Lauren's Happenings

 

 

There's so much I could say about the wedding day. I'll do my best to relay it all.

Starting with the night before...

We had the wedding dinner the day before. From being in a few weddings of my friends, I liked this best, as opposed to a luncheon the day of. His mom hired someone to decorate and it was BEAUTIFUL.





We were so lucky to have my grandpa seal us. It was so sweet and perfect. The room was full of so many people so dear to us. I loved looking around and seeing everyone who came to support us. It was all so special. A few years ago, I went to my BFF Sheridan's wedding. She (and her spouse) were SO CONFIDENT in getting married. Zero fears, zero doubts.  Just all in. That became my goal. To find a guy that I can confidently marry and of course have it equally reciprocated. Well I found him in Steven. I had zero reservations. Just excitement.



At 12:08, we were husband and wife. (shoutout to my sister for looking at the time).



Walking out and seeing our loved ones was so fun. I went straight for Alie and then Nate (my 2 siblings that are not yet endowed).

Then began all the pictures.. luckily we saved the bridal party pictures for later. It was nice not having all of them at the same time.
It started to lightly sprinkle for a second but I prayed real hard and the rain stopped. Pictures with family was actually pretty fun (minus holding my huge bouquet the whole time). We had a lot of inside jokes made and many laughs.

We finished right on time (with my mental schedule lolz) and headed to my parents to get some pizza. Following, Steven and I got some much needed soda from soda shop and they were super hyped for us!

Then the bad hit....IT RAINED. HARD. My dad quickly set up tables and chairs at the table just in case the rain didn't let up. I jokingly, not so jokingly said if it rains during the reception, we will just leave early. Everyone was so hard at work, putting up tents and drying off tables so the florist could finish setting up her stuff. It was pretty chaotic. Thankfully, the rain stopped (thanks to many prayers).

We were able to get our bridal pictures done even considering people showed up a half hour early...

I think my expectations for the reception were a little off. It wasn't as fun as I anticipated. I think I thought i'd get to interact more than I actually did. The 5 minute dancing was fun, but everything else was pretty crazy. We should have probably had the reception go even longer since the line took so long.

Shoutout to the DJ for keeping things rolling and going, and shoutout to our photographer, Kim Skinner and videographer, Lex.photoandfilm for taking care of us. They made sure we were hydrated the whole night!

It was still a good night, but I think by the end I was just SO READY to leave (and not just for the reasons one would assume).


When we drove off as bride and groom, we turned straight onto the next street and took off the streamers since Steven couldn't really see. Then we drove straight to a drive through car wash since Alie told us they opened glowsticks on the car. While in the drive through, we realized we weren't given enough food, so we drove straight to Chick Fil A (our first date place).

Finding the hotel was also a mess, so we probably didn't actually get there until like 11. Happy Wedding. Lolz.

I'll go into our perfect honeymoon on my next blogpost. PLUS a stream of pictures once I get them all back!

I’m a married woman and honestly I love this new chapter in my life. I wasn’t always good at “dating” because I wanted to be 100% all in (before the relationship was ready to be all in). I feel like most girls probably feel the same way. Marriage is wonderful because we are SUPPOSED to put our spouse first, love them with all our heart and serve. Marriage is my jam. I was made to be a wife. I love taking care of my people and being in very aspect of their life. I found my other half that also loves always being together (we literally saw eachother everyday while we were dating), let’s me in every aspect of his life, calls me every chance he can get (let’s me ask a million questions about his day), loves to be cuddled up, and let’s me be me. I love this phase where I work and come home. I don’t have any homework or many “extra” things so I can fully focus on Steven and serve him. I love cleaning the house, doing laundry, getting food for us, and doing all i can do love him. Someday down the road we will have kids and he won’t have all my focus. So I love this phase where it’s just the two of us.

I knew Steven had a good heart full of love, but being married to him completely blew me away. I’m always in awe at just how genuine and sweet he is. Steven never stops taking care of me, checking in to make sure all my needs are meet and just really, truly loving me. He validates me, prays for me, keeps us on track with our scripture study/prayer, and the list can go on and on. He is the reason we communicate so well. He is literally perfect. I often just feel so overwhelmed with gratitude that I was given Steven- so much that I am moved to tears (and I’m not a cryer). He is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

Today is 5 months that we’ve been together. That was a hecka fast relationship. Two months dating, engaged for 2 and a half months... but I can’t imagine waiting any longer. He’s the highlight of my life.

I love being married to Steven. I love being his Mrs Scott. His wife. His teammate forever.

Bridal shower

Exactly one month before the wedding and at the exact same time as the sealing, we had a bridal shower. It was a pretty busy day. I dropped my car off to get maintenance and then DJ so kindly picked me up and dropped me off at the nail salon. Then he picked me up and we got everything ready for the shower. We decided to use the reception wood pallets as decoration. Why not get our money worth (everyone wants to borrow them now so we definitely will). I had a few requests for the shower: Oreo truffles, BRIDE balloons, and yummy green salads. My mom of course went above and beyond and killed herself getting everything ready.

I didn’t love opening gifts in front of everyone. It felt awkward and I was sitting too far from everyone so I couldn’t really interact. BUT it was so fun visiting with so many people I love. Plus I felt so loved knowing people gave up their time to celebrate with me. My love bucket was full.

We played a game that made that bucket overflow. It was my favorite game where I had to guess Stevens answers to questions. If I got it wrong, someone got to keep the gift, but if I got it right then I got to keep it. They were all extra gifts my mom bought, I wasn’t losing my shower gifts. Haha. My love bucket was overflowing hearing the sweet words Steven said.

When it was over, Steven came to help clean up. I wasn’t expecting him just yet, so it was the best surprise!!!!!

But shoutout to my mom, Janice and all the ward members that helped shower me with love and kick off my new home with Steven :)















Surprise dinner


Morgan was in town for the half marathon and decided to surprise me with a dinner with the bridesmaids and sisters. It kind of turned into a bachelorette party with the gifts I got ;)

She was so sweet to find everyone’s numbers and coordinate it all. I have been a crummy friend, so I haven’t seen much of my girls. So it was so fun to have girl talk and catch up over yummy oreganos!!
We definitely binged!

A year ago I was super motivated to set goals. I made weekly, monthly, and quarter goals. One was to run a half marathon. Idk where it came from, I just wanted to push myself physically. I started to “train” (only at a max of 2 miles so far), but then I got pneumonia. I knew I wouldn’t have enough time to recover and train, so I decided to wait for another year. My grandma ended up passing away and her funeral was the same day as the race, so it was probably a good thing I bailed.

October of 2017, I was interpreting a class where they were setting goals for the new quarter. I decided I should also set some goals. I did some research and realized if I started training that week, I would be right on track for February!!!! So I group texted my family, with some bribing, Nate, DJ, Morgan and Payson all agreed to do it!!

I trained super hard and consist for awhile. I did a lot of research and picked out people’s brains that have done them before. I wanted to know everything. Once I could run 6 miles, I let steven train with me. He has always been a runner so I knew I needed a head start. I was nervous to run with him because I’m not an actual runner. In fact I used to HATE it. But running with him meant getting to see him earlier and longer so I let him run with me. It was best thing ever. Then on, we only ran together. Often late, in the COLD dark night. Our latest run started at 10pm... training with Steven was so fun and bonding too- having a common goal and working together.

We slacked off and didn’t train near the end, so going into the race our longest mile run was 8. We somehow made the 13 miles though.

My mom was a saint and did last minute shopping for us all the night before. PLUS she woke up at 4 to lay out everything and drive us right to the start of the race! She also came to pick us up from the race, wait for us to get a picture, eat food and then bought us all food on the way back! She’s the best!

The half marathon started with the national anthem and fireworks. It was quite official and magical. We were surrounded by 6,000 other people and it was quite exhilarating!!!! It gave me energy the whole run! I didn’t even have to distract myself with positive thoughts. Steven and I had a great pace and kept it steady the whole time. Every 2 miles initially (and later every mile) there was a water station with volunteers cheering us on, plus people along the way cheering us on with signs. It was so empowering. It made me smile every time.

The last mile was brutal. I couldn’t see the end and it was so hard to endure. I gave it my all once I could see the end and tried to sprint but it was still pretty slow. I was DEAD and near tears but we did it!!!! I was so proud of us.

I recommend it to all! It was a good experience training but amazing running with so many people!! I was amazed at how strong our bodies are! I went from 2-13 in just a few months! AMAZING.