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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Wedding Time : Paperwork!

Paperwork time! This was easily one of the coolest - yet most anticlimactic - moments of my life. This one piece of paper gives us the legal rights that have been so long denied. This one piece of paper protects us in so many ways. This one piece of paper somehow makes our love and relationship feel just a smidge more "real". It is honestly so easy to get married that it was surprising to me.

We got our license at a nifty little courthouse, complete with giant palm trees and really nice guy to help with the paperwork. And a very funny (outdated) book about "our future together"!

At this point, I think neither of us could believe this was really happening. When we left the courthouse, I literally jumped for joy.

Wedding Time : Get Outta Town!

The travel begins at the crack of dawn. We literally got to watch the sun come up while we ate our airport breakfast. The wedding excitement was fuel enough to get us up and going, I think. :)

Up, up, and away we go!

We spent an hour in Phoenix, running from one end of a terminal to the opposite end of another terminal. It was only about 9am or so there, but we had been awake for hours. Ready for lunch, but instead, got to have breakfast again. :)

The plane from Phoenix to Long Beach was just a little fella...

I mean, really, Long Beach airport makes anyone feel like a celebrity. Little fella plane, cute almost all outdoor airport, and unloading us on the tarmac.

Hellooooooo palm trees..!

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Wedding Time : A Wave

I love waves. I might have taken some pictures of one wave in particular - this one was at Shaw's Cove, where we got married. Then I made this:

Friday, September 13, 2013

Wedding Time : Pack It Up!

And so it begins...

Kim finished her final and her second tier of school (with an A!) and came home to pack for our trip. We packed and repacked a couple of times, but finally got everything to fit. A couple of cold brews helped the game of suitcase Tetris. :)

Zoe couldn't stay home for so long, so we had to take her to our kitty sitting friend. After she inspected our rings. :)

She played peek-a-boo in the car...

Then we got a strong dose of "angry face" while she got settled at Tessa's house.

More photos from our trip will be coming soon!

*Disclaimer: Kim took quite a few of the photos that will follow in the Wedding Time blogs. We put our photos all together so we could better see the "story" of our trip.