ANDY'S GROOMSMEN

Ken Beal - Best Man - Brother

Sean Carey - Groomsman - Brother

Eric Lawrence - Groomsman

Brian Turley - Groomsman

Taylor Wells - Groomsman

 Johnny Tsaur - Groomsman

Brandon Turley - Groomsman

Spencer Harter - Groomsman

EMILY'S BRIDESMAIDS!

Melissa Swan - Maid of Honor

Melissa and I have been best friends since we were five years old. We became friends when my family got in a minor car crash while leaving church one Sunday. My sister Anna got a bloody nose from the crash so my parents took her to the hospital to make sure she was okay and while they did that I went to Melissa's house and played barbies.  When my dad came to take me home I didn't want to go because I was having so much fun...also Melissa had a larger barbie collection than mine and this meant she was really cool back then. Throughout the years we have made several "Best Friend Contracts" to commit to be best friends until a certain age and then once we reached that age we would write a new contract. Now come to think of it, I think Melissa and I need to write up a new one.

Anna Kessie - Bridesmaid - Sister

Anna is the best older sister in the world and was/is an amazing example to me. We used to share a room and whenever she was listening to the radio and there was a bad word in a song, she would run over to the radio from where ever she was and turn down the volume so I wouldn't hear it.  Now Anna has the cutest/most beautiful kids in the universe and I am seriously afraid that my future children won't be as cute as hers! Ahhhh.

Melanie Bliss - Bridesmaid - Sister

I have a burning love for Melanie. We have been sisters since she was born in 1990 and because we were the closest in age we got in the most fights...but at least they were usually hilarious. Once we got into a huge fight because I threw boiled chicken in her hair and she had just washed her hair so she got really mad(I don't really remember why I threw chicken in her hair in the first place though...) In her anger she hit me with a candlestick and it broke and then I got mad at her for breaking our mom's nice candlesticks. At some point in this fight we realized how funny it was and made up.

Sarah Bliss - Bridesmaid - Sister

Sarah is the youngest of all my sisters and I was sad to miss living with her as she went through middle school and high school. She just graduated from high school this last May 2012 but right after she graduated she came up to Utah to live with me for the summer while she went to summer school at BYU. It was the best. We had sleepovers every night(because we shared my room)and she helped me with wedding things all summer long!

Anna Reed - Bridesmaid

Anna and I have been great friends since we were five. I remember admiring Anna's long blonde hair in kindergarten and wanting to be her friend.  We were choir nerds together from elementary school through high school and had many adventures while going on tour to San Francisco and taking several trips to Disneyland! Anna was also the keeper of the coins. In high school if we saw loose change on the ground we would always pick it up and give it to Anna. We had the intention of using the money to have a girls night out or something but we never did. Anna still has the money and it has added up quite a bit! Haha.

Melissa Fletcher - Bridesmaid

Melissa and I have been friends since hmmm... I think 4th grade? I was so excited when I met her because we lived on the same street and I thought that was the coolest thing in the world. As you can see from this picture, Melissa and I share a tremendous love for animals. I remember playing at her house as a child and playing with her very chubby and adorable kitty named Sarah.

Heather Morrison - Bridesmaid

Heather and I have also known each other since we were about five years old however we were never that close of friends until we got out of high school and were roommates at BYU Idaho for one semester and then moved to LA together after that. I have many fond memories of eating sushi with Heather because we both love it so much. Also, Heather and I have gone to Solvang at least three times together which has always been a fun time. I think we were trying to make it a yearly tradition or something.

Chelsea Kunz - Bridesmaid

I don't know how my life would be if I had never met Chelsea.  We met in September of 2008 when we moved into the same house together(this house was home to nine girls). We became immediate friends when we found out that we both enjoyed going out dancing. Through our friendship, we have gotten ourselves into several funny situations. One of which was when we accidentally crashed a Bloody Mary themed wedding on Halloween because we thought it was a Halloween party...and that same night my hair caught on fire. If you want to hear the whole story...just ask me. Or better yet, ask Chelsea because she is really good at telling stories.

ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS

We thought it might be fun to share some of our favorite photos from our engagement shoot. A special thank you to Andy's cousin Jessica Price for taking them!  We loved how they turned out. What do you think?

OUR STORY

Andy- June 29th, 2011 was just a typical Wednesday. After working that day I had decided to be somewhat spiritual and attend Institute, something that I would do on occasion. After institute concluded I was waiting in line for a tasty sweet roll with a friend, Jeremy Colbert, behind another friend, Rachel Ballington. I believe Jeremy and I were goofing around about nothing in particular when Rachel turns to me and says that she has a friend that she wanted to set me up with. I said, "cool". I had never been set up on a blind date before. I was pretty excited, though I hid my emotions because well that's just how I am, not very demonstrative when it comes  to emotions. So, she gives me the phone number of the lucky girl and asks if I want to see a picture of her. In this age of technology with her smart phone she could turn the Blind date into a ...not-so-blind date. I politely declined, thinking to myself that if this was gonna be a blind date then i was gonna make it a REAL blind date. I called this girl the next day and set up a date. We went out, had a lovely time and the rest is history. By history I mean that when i picked her up from her hotel I thought she was cute. By the end of the date I thought she was gorgeous and wanted to date her more...so I did. 

Our matchmaker, Rachel Ballington.

Emily- June 27th, 2011 was just a typical Monday.  I was over at Rachel Ballingtons house telling her about my lack of interest in men when she seemed to have an epiphany and said,"I wonder if you would like my friend Andy....is it okay if I give him your number?" She then proceeded to show me a picture of him on her phone but I couldn't really tell what he looked like because he was dressed up as a gaucho wearing a poncho and fake mustache.  I agreed to let Rachel give him my number not because I was looking for a relationship, but simply because I had only recently moved to Provo and was in need of friends....and it seemed like a fun idea.  A couple days later, on Wednesday the 29th my house had a kitchen fire and I had to move into a hotel temporarily with one of my roommates.  It was this night than Rachel called to tell me that she had given Andy my number and that he was going to call me soon. On Friday Andy called me while I was in class so I didn't answer.  After class I saw that he left me a message so I listened to it and analyzed his voice.  I must admit that I thought that his voice had a nice tone to it, but I made an immediate judgment that he sounded like a player. Not that I cared, I could be friends with a player.  I called him back and we decided to go out that next Wednesday July 6th.  Wednesday came and he called me to ask where I lived so he could come pick me up.  I told him that I was currently living at the La Quinta Inn in Orem and that I would tell him why later. When he arrived at the hotel I walked outside to see him leaning against his car with his arms folded waiting for me(However,Andy just read this and said he was sitting on the trunk of his car with his arms by his sides). I thought he was attractive but had already made up my mind that I most likely would not be interested in dating this guy.  He took me to The Chocolate which is a dessert cafe where we ate cake...this was a good decision on his part because if anyone knows me they know that I absolutely love sweets, especially baked goods.  Because I wasn't worried about impressing him, I was able to be myself (which may have contributed to him loving me so much). By the end of the date I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Andy's company and from that point on we were inseparable.

GIFT REGISTRY

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MAP TO RECEPTION

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Here is the map to our Reception in Bakersfield from the 99 Freeway. When you get to the venue you can park in the big parking lot. The Address is 3401 Chester Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 for you GPS peeps that like to do things on your own.

MAP TO OPEN HOUSE

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Here is a map to the Open House from the 101 freeway. Hopefully it will be enough to help you get there. For those of you with a GPS the address is 6144 ¾ Chesebro Rd. Agoura Hills, CA 91301. That should take you most of the way. We'll guide you in as long as you get close.

WEDDING EVENTS

Even though our families don't live that far apart, we still decided to have two wedding celebrations.  Why not?!  Here is a brief schedule of events:

Friday December 28, 2012

12:30 pm - Wedding ceremony in the Los Angeles Temple

7:00 pm-9:00 pm - Open House at 6144 ¾ Cheseboro Rd, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 w/ snacks and socializing

Saturday December 29, 2012

5:30 pm-8:30 pm - Wedding Reception at The Elements Venue, 3401 Chester Ave, Suite H, Bakersfield, CA 93301 w/ dinner, dancing, and cake!

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WELCOME!

Welcome to our wedding blog!  We are so excited for our big day and hope you can come share it with us.