Even MORE Honeymoon.....day

So on our last day in California we checked out of our hotel and waited for the car rental man to bring us the car. Well the car rental man came and said "you aren't Seth Sainsbury are you?" I am pretty sure he thought we were two teenagers or something because it seemed like he couldn't believe that we were renting a car. we said "yes" and he walked us out to the hotel pick up zone ....and there sat a beautiful 2008 red dodge charger...like high class charger...my mouth almost dropped to the floor I was about to say "Seth are you serious, do you really think we have the money to just rent a charger for one day." but I held my tongue because the car guy got into the front seat....for some reason when I thought of the enterprise commercials I always assumed that the "we'll pick you up" just meant that they would drop the car off at the given location. I was wrong. They get in the car, and drive you to the enterprise (easily confused with the star ship from star trek, its not the same thing btw) So the car man drove us there and we sign a gagillion papers and then he takes us to our real car...I kinda hoped it would be just as sweet as the charger, but at the same time I did not want it because I just KnEW something would go bad if we did (it's unlucky to try to live a high class life when you don't have the funds to back it). YET I did not want a trashy car that may not make it to the beach (of which was our destination, and then the airport). Luckily we were given a middle-class car that was sheik but not too crazy that someone would rob us on the one day we would do something that was probably not as financially sound as we usually are. Not quite sure what type of car it was but I felt a lot more normal in this one, it's funny how that works, dont you think?
After we got the car, it was Santa Monica Beach, BABY! Side note: Julie (me) hasn't really hung out near the ocean the one time she did it was to a visit to mexico and she preferred the pool that sat right next to the ocean, something about "recent shark sightings in this area" kind of scared her. Other side note: the only beach she has ever hung out at is Utah Lake Beach...which as we all know is not a beach so much as a deposit of mud that suctions the life out of anything that steps on it.
I hoped that Santa Monica would be better. Hoped may be an understatement...I prayed. It was a beautiful balmy 70 degrees. We pulled up into a parking area and were lucky enough to see a van just leaving so we pulled up right behind it. But then we got even more lucky because they got out of their car and gave us their parking pass, so our parking was FREE!!!! ( we would have originally had to pay like 7 dollars I think) It was so cool, one of many blessings that we had on our honeymoon. After parking we walk down toward the side walk that leads to the ferris wheel dock thingy. It was the weirdest thing there was turf grass and people were doing yoga and boxing. Weird but cool I wish that I could just go to the beach and work out to the sound of the waves. Once we were on the dock I was amazed to see the ocean up close. It was so clear (ish) It was absolutely beautiful, I could honestly say that I would love to live by a beach someday. It was just one of those things where you just are stunned by the glory of our heavenly father. so here are seth and I on the ferris wheel dock. And no we did not go on the ferris wheel, I was just as content to sit and stare at the wonders of the ocean.
In these two pictures we were trying to stand just far enough that when we came home we could crop one of us in, so we could be together in the picture (it wasn't too crowded on the dock) Yeah, If I could crop I would try.....



so then we tried to take a picture of ourselves together, we were kind of successful



After we realized this was too much work we decided to ask a couple that happened to walk by if they would take a picture...in reality they were the first people I saw that didn't look like they would steal our camera. :)




After the dock we headed down to the ocean to actually touch the water that was licking the shores of the Santa Monica beach. This sand was like NO sand I have ever touched with my feet. It was so soft and squishy, so here I am enjoying the sand.


As you may notice there is no one in the water, well that wasn't because of shark sightings, but rather it was freezing, up until this point I had managed to stay gingerly warm and dry (other than my toes) but as seth had me posing for the next picture....well see for yourself


Yup a WAVE, a real one, came up from behind and splashed up to my mid thigh. Imagine this julie in cute white capri's...wave....julie in wet white pants. grrrr, oh well, I was after all at a beach in CALIFORNIA with the hottest man on the planet <3 Julie & Seth at Santa Monica beach in California!!!!!



after the beach we rushed to the enterprise drop off zone and were lucky to make our flight back to the freezing Salt Lake City Utah. California was a wonderful surprise, there were so many cool things to do and see! I would love to go back because I know that there is tons of stuff I have yet to see. Thank you Seth for a beautiful trip that I will always remember with a smile on my face.
And thus begins the non-honeymoon chronicles......

Honeymoon Continued.....
On the next day of our California adventure we had a blast hanging out with the mute actors across the park. After seeing several children in pictures with disney characters I thought they were having the time of their life chillin' with the princesses etc. but when I posed for this picture I was so uncomfortable that minney wasn't talking to me....all she could do was mime, needless to say I was a bit disappointed; alas, I was still able to muster up a smile for this photo op that I have seen countless other happy children pose for.


by the way this entire trip we waited in lines but they weren't terrible lines...nothing compared to the boring lagoon lines but I couldn't believe there was a LINE for Minney.

After this precious photo, Seth and I tried to get tickets to the Aladin show but there was like a two hour wait so seth thought it would be funny to take me on the TOWER of TeRrOr .....I'll admit I was a little terrified...okay a lot terrified...so when I was standing in line and saw these five-year-olds all I could think was "what kind of parent would take there miniature child on a terrifying ride" I was scared standing in line, I couldn't believe that they would attempt to scare their kids any further. so yeah...the ride was terrifying but not as terrifying as I was afraid it was going to be, see look I'm kinda smiling!
The Aladdin show was hilarious! Well more like the genie was hilarious! it was really cool to see a disney movie acted out on stage. Some of their props were really cool! In my expert opinion (after the plight with the children on the Terror ride) I would encourage every parent to take their kid to this. We didn't get a photo because I think they said no photos...but that didn't stop some people.
I'm not quite sure where this is..but I thought it was so cool how ornate everything was in Disneyland. Everything looked like the time period/effect it was going for.

and finally my handsome husband! Awww what a stud! So good at surprises!

This is Seth and I in case you didn't know we are in love .....


Here I am at the princess castle!!!!!! Seth didn't want to be in the picture for some reason :)

I think this is toony land (or something) Walt let me drive his car around for a while..We took this picture right after a four- year old girl got out of it...yup I had to fight all of the other four- year olds to get this picture...


This is a small world
Here we are on the buzz lightyear ride, the scores are messed up I am space ranger 1, yeah I know beginners luck.

the last ride that I will post for today is splash mountain. This was the ride Seth told me I was going to love...that it was sooo much fun. I was lucky enough to get the very front of this ride...by the end of this ride I was soaking wet, *note to my future self do not go in the front when seth says I will love this ride.Well when I get more time I will post more stories but in reality we were so lucky on a lot of the rides we went on. We were always on the front of rides. I was the driver on the indiana Jones ride, which was cool! The funniest thing about california is that it was a wonderful 70 degrees and some californians were wearing sweaters and ugg boots, while I was sweating in my short sleeve shirt. The california saga will continue....tomorrow

The Honeymooners!

so for our honeymoon Seth surprised me with a trip to California! This was my first time in Disneyland and my first time in California! California was perfect! Our first day we flew from utah to cali in like three hours it was awesome!

When we arrived it was so amazingly warm. After leaving a 60 degree Utah it was nice to step into 73 degree weather.

Our hotel was a five minute walk from Disneyland. So we basically went back and forth as we pleased which I was so grateful for because it is hard to go on rides for eight hours straight. And it was convenient because we did not have a car.

At first I wasn't too excited to go because I imagined Disneyland would be just like Lagoon. I first knew that Disneyland was different when the front man checking my purse welcomed Seth and I as prince and princess hahah. I had no idea how BIG Disneyland is, there is so much to see that you just cant see it all in one day! After walking past the prince and princess greeter we headed toward the line to get into Disneyland. Then we walked past this building (not quite sure what it was supposed to be) and we were IN Disneyland. IT was so cool...all the detail...the atmosphere... everyone was happy...all of my fears went away and I just soaked up how awesome it was, and we were only in the shopping area! Seth was kind enough to let me walk really slow down this part and point at things and say "look at that!" every two seconds. I was as giddy as a little kid!

So here are pictures of my first time in Disneyland....

I'll post more in a day or two....

I'm Married! November 24th 2009 Seth and I were sealed together FOR-EV-ER

It was a wonderful day but I will admit, it went by sooo quickly. It was A LOT of smiling...people were always telling us that but really my face hurt so bad so in some pictures you can really tell.

It was a beautiful sunny day..the sun provided warmth but that also meant that seth and I were squinty in a lot of pictures so right now I am trying to figure out how to save our wedding pictures because a lot of them have shadows on my face but then seth is squinty winky.

After the temple we rushed to the luncheon (kindly prepared by seths parents) and enjoyed an afternoon of relaxation. I do not have any pictures of the luncheon but hope someone has some!

Our reception went from 7-9. Two hours doesn't seem like a long time, but it is a long time to stand in line! I loved seeing all the people who came, it is kind of surprising who shows up at your receptions. Here are some pictures.....
Awesome cake done by my sister-in-law Deborah...I loved this cake it looked so elegant!

The Sainsburys!

The Calls!!cutting of the cake!

Throwing of the bouquet!!
Overall it was a wonderful day....

for most of us....



Overall November 24th had a fairy tale ending to an exciting day. I couldn't have done it without the love and support of my family and my new family. I have been so blessed with family that loves us so much. I will never forget how willing and kind everyone was! Thank you to all who helped especially: Deborah for her wonderful cake making skills, Brady and Carol for taking care of catering I am so so thankful I did not have to worry about that, Doreen for her elegant floral design, and for all the family that came and set up and took down. I love you all for making this day so special for Mr. & Mrs. Seth Charles Sainsbury!

Im getting married in the morning.....in 13 days!!!!



BAHAHAH I AM GETTING MARRIED!!! I am going crazy if that was the next question to cross your mind. Apparently it is impossible to find married housing at a reasonable price in the middle of November, geeze. Oh well if Seth and I end up living in a box, ....wait I dont know how I feel about that.
Besides the minor details of finding a house....minor minor if i keep repeating that to myself then it will be minor....anyways besides that detail, this last weekend Seth and I did bridals and grooms. Bridals and Grooms for those outside of Utah culture are Bridals with the groom there...in the pictures. So here are some of my favorite. Thanks to Jaime and Matt (Seth's brother) I am able to proudly display my first and only bridals.
So we will start with Kissy pictures first:




Okay I am sick of trying to figure out how to post pictures. Enjoy!

So I know I have a TON to blog about but here I go. So school has been really good lately! I have enjoyed my classes work has also been good......but I guess everyone doesn't really want to hear about that. Okay fine IM ENGAGED! I am going to marry my love Seth aka Sethie poo lover boy according to freshman year. I am sooooo excited! Yet at the same time overwhelmed with trying to get everything done. My schedule has never seemed so busy. I start off going to school at 7:30 every morning with dad. Then class and just before I go to work, I have a wonderful hour break and occasionally I see Seth. After work I either stay at school with Seth and study until 9 at night or go home with dad. So any extra time I can find in the day I try to plan things for the wedding...geesh, things are too time consuming. Now I know why people hire wedding planners.

BUT this is the plan for now. I am getting married November 24th in the Provo Temple!!!!
Now you probably want to hear the engagement story....well, it is really long....lovely but long. So here it goes.

We started out going straight to dinner right out of work. He surprised me by taking me to Chef's table. Which is an awesome place! I felt like royalty from the moment we walked in. We sat in a nice booth both facing out of the window. Guess what was clearly visible through the window????? The Provo temple, so in my mind I thought, YAY he is going to propose tonight. (well I guess I better start earlier than dinner...the night before I had Cindy help do my nails, so they would look good with the ring. I also told both of my parents that I was going to probably come back engaged...I know a little over-presumptuous) We had a wonderful dinner, I was a little nervous because chef's table was a really really nice place. I didn't think I fit in very well. We went through salad, dinner, and dessert without me seeing any signs of a ring in sight.
We ended up leaving without even saying anything about a ring.

When we got in the car he said "so where to you want to go now" that translated to me as "I dont know what to do next, I am not proposing to you tonight." I know, it was a harsh reality for me too. I said I didn't really care, I suggested his mountain, which is his mountain. Instead we went up Provo canyon towards Bridal Veil falls.

Upon reaching the parking lot of Bridal Veil Seth turns to me and says "do you want to see something terrible?" which translated in my head as "we are not really doing anything romantic up here I just wanted to come up here." He parks the car but doesn't turn it off so I assume we really are just going to see something terrible and then leave. So he gets out and heads to a boulder marking the parking stall and starts picking at it. After a while he starts pulling white car paint off of the boulder and tells me this was where he backed his car into earlier today. I felt so bad for him, poor kid, running into rocks! So I said sorry, but then he just kept staring at it and peeling at it. In my head I am thinking 'what is wrong with this kid.' In his head he was thinking, 'what am I going to do know?' Apparently a few engagement plans had fallen through right before dinner and during dinner. In my head, it didn't even translate. So I stood their shivering waiting for him to stop mourning his loss.

After the terrible spot we got back in the car and start driving out of the canyon. At this point I am still pretty full and starting to fall asleep because I was sooo full! So I told Seth I was going to take a quick nap while he decided where we wanted to go next. I wake up maybe five minutes later thinking oh we are probably at a park, that's romantic. I sit up and we are in a residential area. Seth came and opened my door (like he always does, such a good boyfriend) and I ask what this place was. He said it was his aunts house, an aunt I had never met before. Instead of heading for the front door he starts walking to the back. I start asking why we dont just go to the door and introduce me to them and then go in the back, that way I wouldn't feel like I was hanging out in a strangers backyard. However, that awkwardness did not seem to phase him.
He continued to pull me towards the backyard when the thought came to me....hmm maybe something is happening? We turned the corner and there was nothing there. Nothing but darkness.

For some reason this did not deter Seth. We continued to walk and get to a garden portion of the yard, but it was dark, so Seth explained that this was a flower garden. And then I could tell that it was a very beautiful flower garden (similar to Thanksgiving pointe gardens) One part of the garden had a little garden table with two chairs so we sat at the table and just talked. Not about anything in particular, in fact I cannot even remember what we were talking about.

By this point I was so confused. I was a little upset because I thought for sure it was going to happen, but it HADN'T. Yet I was happy because I love him. I also vaguely remember feeling a little sad that some sort of conflict was going on in his mind, but he wasn't telling me.
All of those feelings came to me while sitting at that little garden table. But were soon forgotten when the bushes/flowers next to us started shaking. For some reason I thought people were rushing toward us, so I screamed, really loud in fact. Don't worry though because it was only the SPRINKLERS....gah. Seth and I moved to a portion of the garden where the water wasn't hitting and he just held me tight and started telling me about the ring. And how it wasn't going to be here for another week...."but then," he said, "my uncle called yesterday and said it was ready" He got down on one knee and proposed!!!! Ha so cute! The funny part was that he was holding my right hand when he asked so instead of giving him an answer I said, "wrong hand." HAHAH, his response was "you have to say yes or no before I put it on."

Well I said yes and then we went back to his car (after running through the sprinklers of course). In the car we turned on the light and I got to see my ring for the first time! Seth surprised me with a gorgeous Halo set diamond ring with smaller diamonds lining the side. SOOO beautiful, I couldnt stop saying 'wow' for like an hour.

So that is our story, of course it had to be a long and terribly depressing story but know that Seth is normally very very romantic. We hope to be able to laugh about this forever. Hope you enjoyed it!
ps that is the night he proposed.