Merry Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from The Nices!!

May your Christmas be merry and bright! Merry Christmas and a happy new year from our family to yours!! Let us all remember the reason for this magical season:) Thank you baby Jesus for being born and for the celebration we have for you every year!!

Source: thatartistwoman.org via Heidi on Pinterest

Ornament Swap!

This is the first year that I participated in an ornament swap! Laura, at The Luckiest In Love was sweet enough to host a super fun swap! I was paired up with Danielle, who blogs over here! She lives all the way in Maine! Wowza, that's a long way from California! It was super fun being able to pick out some fun "California" things, as well as Christmas goodies!!

I emailed her once I found out we were partners and quickly found out we had alot of similarities! We both got married in 2011 (*smile*) and both love the color pink!! She told me her Christmas tree 'theme' was pink, so I quickly got to searching for a fun pink ornmanet to buy/make!

It was super fun waiting for a fun package to come in the mail! When I got my package I literally squeeled! So exciting:) This is what I found when I opened it:)

The card was adressed to my hubby and me, and he got quite a kick out of that! He liked being apart of it:) I LOVED the super cute polar bear ornament, and couldn't wait to try the peppermint bark! All this was from Maine and it was super fun knowing how far away it came to live with me! I also loved the Maine lobster:) Too cute!

Thanks Danielle! I loved being apart of the swap and loved all the fun goodies!!
This is part of what I sent her:)

They weren't quite done in this picture- but I thought that they turned out cute!!

Anyway, this swap is something that I would love to continue to do in the future! A new Christmas tradition, I do love me some fun traditions!! So thanks Laura, for hosting such a fun event!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I can't believe how fast this year has flown by!
This year I have been thankful for so many things! Amazing parents, and in-laws who helped us with our wedding, my amazing Savior Jesus!, an amazing extended family and friends, food on the table and a roof over my head.

But the thing that I have been extra thankful for, and have been talking about all Novemeber, is my sweet husband. I am so incredibly thankful for a man that works so hard for our little family. I COULD NOT be more blessed to have him:) He is truly my best friend, love of my life, future father of my children, and all in all amazing man of GOD!
I tell him everyday how proud and thankful I am of him, but it never seems to be enough. He is the hardest worker and puts his all into all the things that are important and all the things he loves. I can't get enough of this man!
I really am soo thankful for HIM this Thanksgiving. Plus, I get to keep him forever ;)

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone! There is SO much to be thankful for this year and every year!!

Thanksgiving 2011

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!

Its that time again!!! The Christmas season is RIGHT around the corner, and I can.not.wait. Since this is Kevin and I's first Christmas as a married couple and as a family I am soooo excited to get our Christmas cards!

Tiny Print's is doing a blogger giveway and there Christmas Cards are THE CUTEST!! Go and check them out here.

Here are some of the cards I am trying to decide on:









I LOVE them all- and Im almost tempted to get a few of each!! But I think, this being our first Christmas how can I not get the last one!!

I loved everything about our wedding, and this card reminds me so much of us being newlyweds! Soooo... I think I'm gonna choose that one. But everyone should really head over to the site, and check out their amazing Christmas Cards !!!

Can't wait to order them asap! Thanksgiving is only in 16 days!

27 days and counting!

So, my brother in law is here for the weekend! Such fun, so while the boys are being brother's I've been having a little time to myself on the computer, drooling over Christmas decorations, Christmas cookies, Christmas wrapping, Christmas anything!!

There are 27 days until Thanksgiving! Can you believe its already almost here?! With Thanksgiving, comes the Christmas season to me. The.very.next.day. I get to decorating!!
Anyway, Pinterest is the most addicting site of my life. Especially when it comes to all things Christmas, I mean I could spend days on that site just looking at all the adorable Christmas things! Never mind the fact that my time could be spent doing more important things. ha.
Here are some of the things I am really hoping to incorporate to our apartment this year (the first time I get to decorate MY own place with Kevin of course!)

I'm adoring red/white/silver ornaments in any type of glass container!

How cute are these jingle bells?? Can you say dollar tree project?

I am completely obsessed with all things WORDS. If it has any sort of cute saying or quote, I'm hooked. I just bought this adorable "Merry and Bright" sign at HomeGoods. OMGoodness its too cute!

This one, is one I am totally planning on doing, another dollar tree masterpiece. They sell the candle stick holders, and I'm gonna use some cute ornaments I already have! Can't wait to see how it turns out!

Adoring this wreath!

Might just have to do this because it's Kevin and I's first Christmas <3

No matter how wrapped up in the "Christmas" part of the season, its always good to remember the real meaning of Christmas.

And lastly, I must explain my OBSESSION with "Believe." Polar Express anyone? The first time I saw that movie, I almost died. I was in love. It's my Favorite Christmas movie and anything BELIEVE I'm a sucker for. Just wait till I show you our first Christmas card this year!

Sigh, unfortuntley my husband won't let me get ANY decorations out until after Thanksgiving...I will have to work on him. PLUS my In-Laws are coming to visit us the week before Thanksgiving so I can't very well have boxes upon boxes of Christmas decorations laying around our tiny apartment. In the meantime, I will continue to drool over all sorts of Christmas decorations until I can get my hands on some for myself! Can't wait:)

27 days and counting!!

Jackie Nice

Our Wedding: The Ceremony Part 1

I wish that I had the time, and I hope to one day get to write down the exact words that were exchanged between everyone during the ceremony at our wedding, but for now I am just going to to the overall recap. Kevin was raised Catholic, and I was raised Christian (not that there is really that much of a difference between the two of us) but we knew that we wanted to do a mixed ceremony, by having a Priest and Pastor marry us. My Uncle, who works at the Church we got married at, married us as well as Father Ron, who actually was a coach on Kevin's football team when he played at our Community College.

Our ceremony was very traditional, as we are a very traditional couple. I would say we are old fashioned and traditional which are almost the same thing. We wanted all the traditional vows said, we didn't want to write out own. How cool is it to say the same thing that SO many amazing couples before you have said. Our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and many others.

Here is our ceremony in pictures. I figure this will be the best way to recap it.

My grandparents

My grandma on the left, and Great Aunt

Kevin's grandparents

Kevin's parents and brother

My mom and brother

Our candle lighteres (my cousins- so gorgeous!)

Our mom's lighting their part of the unity candle

Myhandsome groom!

Kevin waiting for me to walk down the isle

Here we go...

Trying so hard not to cry.. but the tears are just coming out. This was by far the best moment of our wedding, see Kevin waiting for me at the end of the isle, waiting for us to become husband and wife. No moment will ever compare.

Love this photo, Maid of Honor W is wiping her tears on the stage, and I love being able to see Kevin's face.

We had group hugs and individual hugs before Kevin and I walked up to the stage. Our parents are the one who got us to this point in our lives, and we wanted to thank them for that.

We had our grandparents walk down the isle first, then our parents. Then our 8 pairs of bridesmaids and groomsmen. I loved everyone of them, but waiting in the back for all of the bridal party to walk down the isle was crazy! I couldn't wait to see my handsome groom waiting for me, and it just seemed to take forever!

Part 2 of the ceremony coming up!

Our Wedding: The Church

SOOO the church that Kevin and I settled on getting married in, was Green Valley Christian Center which also doubles as a Christian school. My mom teaches 2nd grade at the school, my entire family attends church there, and my Uncle is a pastor there! So, while it is not my home church (25minute drive from my house) we knew it would be special and so fun!

We had the rehersal the night before the wedding there, and set up some of the decorations, but here are some of my favorite pics of the church all set up!

The stage all set up!

one of three large floral arrangments on the stage of the church

One of my FAVORITE parts, the isle. Loved everything about it.

Our Programs

Programs and guest book

Unity Candle

Overall, the details were what made MY wedding unique and I loved them all!! I remember telling Kevin on our honeymoon that I wish I could have just stood at the end of our isle after the ceremony and looked at the room for five minutes. It all went by so fast, however I do love the pictures that were captured:)

Up next, The Ceremony!!!