That took long enough...

Shawn and I got our marriage license little over a month before the wedding. When you get all the stuff signed in the office to be licensed they tell you that this is public record and will be published in the paper. Well, that took a whole month itself! So by the time we got to see this beautiful newspaper clipping, we were back from our mini-moon already!

Oh State of Nebraska...

PS: ENTER THE GIVEAWAY!!! ENDS 7/7/11!

Vintage Dress Alteration

BEFORE

Shawn and I have been "married" to each other for a few years now. We have lived and conducted ourselves in a way that if Nebraska recognized it, it would be commonlaw marriage. In light of our upcoming legal marriage we want to make a stand with Nature that we were married first, before the State said so!
That being said, we will wake up around Dawn on Thursday, pack up and hike out into the woods we love. We are going to pack my vintage dress, an outfit for him, and his camera equipment. We have found a spot already that we wanted to get married at. It is so beautiful with a sunken in creek bed and trees everywhere. Once there, we'll change, take some photos and privately discuss what we only want the other to hear. Some stuff I don't think everyone would care to see us get all mushy over at the Friday wedding!
So what do you think of the vintage dress's real purpose now?

AFTER

Very understandibly my alteration lady is too busy leaving for her Summer trip to finish up the hem shortening. So being the HiLLjO, I did it myself!And what do you think of its new length?

Bunnays is Licensed!

We have officially gotten our Marriage License from the State of Nebraska!!! We got out of work early last Thursday and made the trek to the courthouse!

You need a form of identification, to know your parents' places of birth and mom's maiden name... and $15! $20 will get you pre-paid for a certified copy with which to change your name. Funny thing about changing your name... to do it ladies, take your marriage license copy to the Social Security office and tell them you'd like to change it. That is the straight answer on the "how?"

Us with the pretty keepsake copy in the courthouse!!! YEEEEE!!!! 24 Days!