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Theme: Our wedding was on December 30, just 5 days after Christmas and I wanted to embrace the time of year. Our venue fit this theme perfectly, with gorgeous cafe lights strung across the barn, a huge Christmas tree that thankfully fit into our color scheme, and snow outside.

Color Pallet: Our wedding colors went with the holidays; deep burgundy, light blush, white, and pops of green found in the flowers. The groomsmen wore black suits with black bow-ties, and my bridesmaids wore white dresses. Timeless pieces were extremely important to me.

Little White Dress: This was one of the most exciting parts of the whole wedding! I had the opportunity to design my own dress. Through a friend, I found the most talented designer in Salt Lake City. I brought my inspiration to Penelope and together we designed my perfect dress. Penelope just got me. My first visit, she drew up my dress. I still have the mock-up! It is so sentimental. That first visit we picked out the laces and chiffon. I came back for 3 more fittings, and within a couple months the dress was complete. The dress could not have been more perfect. When I went to my last fitting I brought my parents with me (up until then, my sister accompanied me) and their mouths dropped when I walked out of the dressing room. It was a magical moment for us all!

Florals: The main flowers throughout my bouquet, my bridesmaids bouquets, and table flowers were dahlias, anemones, and garden roses. I wanted to tie in the color green to add to the holiday theme, so the tables were flooded with beautiful greenery. I have always had a love for flowers, so this was such an important aspect of the wedding. The florists I worked with worked hard to make sure everything was perfect!

Details: My favorite wedding detail had to be the center of attention at our reception – the marquee letters! I so badly wanted “A & I” in big marquee letters, but when I shopped around it was just too expensive. Everything was out of my budget! I considered a couple DIY tutorials but didn’t have the tools necessary. My dad reached out to his handy-man friend, who made the marquee letters within a couple days. I was so excited to have these that we made them the center of attention at our reception. They turned out gorgeous in photos and they are now my favorite detail in our home!

First Dance: One of my best friends growing up is married to a wedding singer. How amazing is that?! He graciously sang the song for our first dance, and it was a moment I will forever treasure. Patrick Meek sang “Tenerife Sea” by Ed Sheeran. The song is significant to Adam and I. We heard this song while we were dating and always slow danced to it in my apartment kitchen. We still slow dance to it after I do the dishes.

Favorite Moment: My favorite moment the day of our wedding was right after our ceremony. We had a couple hours in between the ceremony and reception, so we went out to lunch just the two of us. Your wedding day is honestly a blur because typically you’re so rushed going from event to event, talking to friends and family, and dancing the night away. We had a short amount of time to be together for the first time as husband and wife before the reception. It was a pretty surreal moment!

Honeymoon: Instead of flying out of the country, Adam and I decided to stay low-key and go to Newport Beach, California. Instead of feeling the pressure of an extravagant honeymoon, we wanted to focus on what really mattered: spending quality time together! We had so much fun exploring and relaxing together. I wouldn’t change it for anything.

I first spotted Adam in the testing center of our University. We had both just finished our tests, and were waiting outside to see our test results. I immediately noticed him and suddenly didn’t care about my test score, all I knew was I needed to be introduced to him but wasn’t quite sure how that would happen. As far as I knew, we didn’t have any mutual friends so I needed a plan b. I started to notice him everywhere after that; the Crossroads (the University cafeteria), in between classes in the halls, and eventually at the gym every day at 5 pm. Call me a stalker, or just smart, but I started to memorize his schedule and so happened to be everywhere he was. Is this getting weird yet? I continued to see him around, and by some miracle found out my roommate was dating a guy who knew him. I asked my roommates boyfriend to set me up with Adam. Side note, all along I had been calling Adam “Ryan Gosling” because I didn’t know his name but he looked like Mr. Gosling. I was seriously smitten. Well those months of hard work stalking him finally paid off. We got set up on our first date and he was not only so handsome, but he was such a gentleman. We went mini golfing and made cookies, and had amazing conversation. He opened my doors, paid for me, and never once made me feel uncomfortable. Everything was going perfectly. Luckily for me, he continued to ask me out, we had our first kiss outside my apartment, and within two months we were exclusive. I knew Adam was the one for me, and he felt the same. As young as we were (I’m 20, he’s 23) I knew he was my forever. On August 30, 2015 Adam and I were visiting his family in Arizona. We went to get dinner at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. When we got there, they told us it would be a 15 minute wait so Adam led me around the grounds of the resort to pass the time. He walked me to this gazebo that was lit up, with beautiful music playing in the background. I thought we were invading someone else’s event! We walked up the steps to a table setting with flowers and sat down. A server approached us and asked what we wanted to eat and drink. By this point I was stunned. After we ordered, Adam grabbed me and we slow danced to the music in the background. After the song ended, he got down on one knee and proposed to me with the most beautiful ring. I had never felt so loved and in love.