A New Journey

If you know me, you know how I LOVE to see new places and experience new things. I prefer change to static life, and change is what I get!

Our wedding was the happiest day (thus far) in my life. I honestly cannot explain how incredible I felt all day long. It went too quickly....way too quickly. I didn't get to speak to half of our guests (I'm sorry to those I missed; I love you all dearly I was just a whirlwind of a bride and had no organized method of meeting with people).

After the craziness ended I got to spend a few special moments with my Maid Of Honor (who makes me tear up every time I think about how much I miss her). She helped me get out of my incredibly filthy and incredibly heavy wedding dress. She had also aided my husband in decorating our hotel suite so I felt special when I finally got to relax. A girl couldn't ask for a better friend and I cannot wait to fly home to stand up as her Maid Of Honor in 57 days! I miss you Beautiful B.

In the morning Micah and I were greeted bright and early by some of our guests who stayed in the same hotel as us....Thanks for the love Chi Omega's and Jennie and Dave. I love you all and was incredibly excited to hear you all pounding on the door at 9 AM.

Then we packed up and headed to open up gifts with the family and said some goodbyes to my brother and Micah's sisters. Bryce and Zach...I miss you guys and cannot wait for you to come out and visit. I could not ask for better brothers to support me.

Jennie and Dave got us the rest of the day and they were amazing friends and helped us pack up all of my belongings....thanks for loving us and being there even when you needed to get home to sleep.

Monday morning we said goodbyes to Grandpa Herman and Mavis and we surprised by a run in with Aunt Kathy who we were delighted to see!

On the Road....for far too long. Crunched in an overloaded Jeep Compass Micah and I headed across Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and into Colorado where we finally stopped for a bit of rest in a sketchy town. The drive was long but it was fun to just sit and talk for 10 hours. Love you babe!

Driving through the Beautiful state of Colorado

God's Creation is honestly...breathtaking!

Woke up in the morning and headed out bright and early Driving through Colorado (the most beautiful state I have seen ever seen) and then on to Utah (the most boring but interestingly pretty state I have ever been in). We decided to make the trip a little thrilling when we were close to empty and realized the closest gas station along our route was 90 miles ahead of us and the other was 30 miles back the opposite direction. We literally coasted in neutral down every hill in hopes to save some gas and not get stranded in the 98 degree desert. I asked Micah what our game plan was if we ran out of gas...he said "well baby, I will start jogging" And with much praying...and more praying...we made it, still had 0.5 gallons left in the tank. If we would have been in drive the whole while instead of neutral we would have ran out of gas....God was watching over us.
Grateful for gas we headed out trying to make up the hour of time we lost backtracking to the gas station....finished off Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.

Utah...A weird pretty....and a HOT pretty

Micah when we stopped off to check out the views

We look like we had been riding in a car for the past 24 hours...Oh wait, we had.

Our gas tank and we frantically made our way back to the gas station.

We stopped in Vegas and stayed over night in Planet Hollywood. It was nice to be able to roam the city together and finally be out of the car for a day. We saw Steve Wyrick's magic show (Highly recommend!!), wandered through shops, ate lots of food, and watched Micah win $250 in craps (where I almost soiled my pants as he laid down $100 to start with....I am not a gambler) We enjoyed the extreme heat and visited the Siegfried and Roy Secret Garden where they keep Tigers and dolphins.....I was in heaven. It was worth the $15.00 because I enjoyed it, but the exhibit only takes about 15 minutes to walk through. I got our money's worth because it took me about 1.5 hours (sorry baby).

Finally out of the car and enjoying Vegas....

Definitely not as good as the real thing...But it sure brought back Memories (For which I have the Duffy family to thank!)


I loved the Greek atmosphere in Ceasars Palace...probably my favorite part of Las Vegas

Enjoying the Air condition of the malls....I love how the ceilings are painted like the sky...I sure thought i was in heaven when I was walking past Gucci, Coach, Louis Vuitton, Kate Spade, and Burberry.....

Outside The Mirage....Beautiful landscaping and fountains!

Dolphins!!!

Little Baby Dolphin showing off

Baby Tiger....I would pay anything to be that guy!!

Micah, wishing his Wife was not obsessed with taking pictures

IIIITTTT GOT ME!!!!!!!!!

Then it was...On the road again. 6 more hours in the car and we were.....HOME.

I must say that I was quite relieved to be able to unload the car and start setting up the apartment (in a slightly more organized fashion than Micah had attempted prior to my arrival.) There is a lot of work to be done….

PICTURES

A sneak peak at our professional pics are now online....We LOVE our photographers!

www.reichmanphoto.com/blog check them out and be sure to click on the link to look at the slideshow!

Hope you love them as much as we do

Mr. and Mrs. Micah Roeschley

It is true....I am no longer Whitney Janssen and that's fine with me. For those of you who were unable to make it to the wedding or just wish to relive it...here are a few shots. I took them all from other people so the quality is not the best but when they are on our photographers website i will be sure to post that so you can check it out!

The wedding was literally everything i had ever hoped for and more. most of my closest friends were there to celebrate with us and the love and support was overflowing. Pastor Tom Zobrist gave us a ceremony that placed God first and spoke words of truth like no one else could. We are so grateful for his teaching.

I always said i would never cry at my wedding, but sure enough i was in tears within a minute of walking down the aisle with dad.

I honestly could not have made it through the day without many of the people there but a few stick out in my mind:

Todd and Jamie Reichman, spending all day with you made me feel so much more calm. I knew that no matter what was going on you were sure to capture it on film, and helped guide me through the day. The pictures you took are breathtaking and we thank God for you presence in our lives. (and i miss you both and even cried a little when we left.)

Katie and Luke, Thanks for standing up with us and our Maid of Honor and Best Man, we are so grateful for your friendship and unconditional love.

Bridesmaids and groomsmen, we LOVE YOU all and cannot thank you enough for all the running around you did for us during the wedding. You never complained and made sure that we felt no stress during the day. You are some of our closest friends and we will never let that go.

Families, thanks for putting up with us (me) for the past 7 months of planning. And thanks for doing everything you could to allow me the resources to have my dream wedding. It would not have been possible without any of you.

Julia, Laura, and Heather....the wedding music was flawless and i cannot tell you how much it brought to the wedding. I received so many compliments on your beautiful music and with that i could hear it over and over again.

Pastor Tom and Cindi....you are honestly the most amazing people EVER and we are so grateful for all that you did for the wedding. We love you both.

I'm leaving out so many people but don't think i don't love you all just the same. But the blog could get boring with all those little personal messages so enjoy the pictures and i will write more about the weekend later.

Myself and my little ring bearer getting used to his pillow that he would throw like a football during the ceremony...Love it

Maid of Honor Katie and myself at the rehearsal dinner.

Sophie Ann!!! My beautiful little flower girl.

Erin doing my hair while Brittney is taking a nap on my lap.

Erin and myself after my hair was finished.

It took a lot of people to get me in the dress but it went rather smoothly.

Katie!!! I love you Maid of Honor

The Bridesmaids at the reception I think....

The wedding party....don't ask me how we got everyone in one pic but it was defintely not easy.

Maid of Honor, Best Man, and Mr and Mrs Roeschley (almost lol)

My little Dylan giving me a good luck kiss before the wedding

Trying to escape to the reception

Cutting the cake

He enjoyed hunting down the garter....and of course i was scolding him during the process

Our first dance and Mr and Mrs

Step Daddy Leon dancing during the dollar dance

Myself and Hubby and my Maid of Honor and her Fiance Jerrod

The Chi Omega's!!!!! Oh how i love you all

Dancing with three of my favorite ladies. Love you Katie, Sophie and Brittney...and Love love love this picture! haha

More to come later

Who said planning a wedding was easy?

We are now down to 4 days.... I honestly never thought we would get here, but now I'm wishing I still had more time. Basically everything major is done, but the little details that can make a person go insane still remain. This week all final payments will be made, programs will be assembled, the candy buffet will be pieced together, dress picked up, planning phone calls made, mani-pedi with the Maid Of Honor, and of course the marriage license will be picked up....and the list goes on.

Final guest count: 313
Bridesmaids: 7
Junior Bridesmaids: 2
Groomsmen: 8
Ring Bearer: 1
Flower Girl: 1

Organization.....a must.....so for those of you who make fun of my OCD it is not being put to good use. Considering I alone am having to keep track of everything, piece everything together, and make the majority of the decisions.....it is necessary to be an obsessive compulsive organizer and
perfectionist. However this obsession made me sick....literally. exactly 2 weeks before the wedding my body began shutting down. I don't use that expression lightly....103 fever, sore throat, laryngitis, sinus headache, no sleep, cough, runny nose, and eventually ear problem. according to the doc there was so much pressure in my head that my eardrum kept popping and swelled up like a balloon. He believes it ruptured (which would explain why it felt quite numb and i couldn't hear out of it) but said he could not be sure because the swelling was covering it up. SOOO he piled on the medicine and now over a week later i am still trying to get better. The ear pain is definitely better, but still not normal. Hopefully i will be 100% by Saturday.

Friday and Saturday we bachelor and bachelorette parties. Mr. Micah and his buddies camped out on a lake all night and seem to have enjoyed themselves. I went out Friday with my favorite twins (Jennie and Betsy) and Jeeves (aka Dave our driver) and met up with Dani down town. Just a low key sittin around talking kind of evening with occasional dancing. Then Saturday it was shopping and dinner at Flat Top Grill with the best of the best. Thanks to those of you who made the time to show up even if only for dinner. It really meant a lot to me!

The plans for the Wedding and after are as follows:
Rehearsal Friday at 6
Rehearsal Dinner at Jonah's
Wedding Saturday at 3 (but bridal party starts at 8 AM)
Reception at Packard Plaza at 5
Sunday is breakfast with the friends and family still in town, and then packing up the vehicle for the week long drive back to California.
Back in Cali Friday morning and Friday Night Liz O comes to stay for a week while Micah heads off to Belgium for work.
Honeymoon September 13-20 and i cannot tell you where we are going because my amazing Fiance planned it (with the help of my Maid of Honor) and I am not allowed to know until we get to the airport!!!

I think we should be back to a normal schedule in a month or so.......then i have to find a job :0)