OUR VERY FIRST MAGICAL POST!

Hi bloggers! Now that Rich and I are starting our life together, we thought we should start a blog, and from what I read and hear from EVERYONE, I guess it is an awesome, mature thing to do, so here we are! I’ve never blogged before though—so bear with me. Soon I will be a professional bloggist. :) I’ll probably be the primary blogger on here, but I’ll try and get Rich to bloggity blog blog blog on here too.

To begin with, my name is Janelle Warnick. It was Janelle Possin. Now my last name is a lot easier to say and spell for most people. Warnick. Like War and Nick. I am no longer a Possum. Sorry Jess and Christine. Haha. :) I changed my name on August 22^nd, 2009 because I married the most wonderful person in the world—Richard Warnick (I usually call him Rich). Rich and I met three years ago. He was roomies with my cousin. Our dating years were awesome. I’m really glad we had time to get to know each other and have the experiences that we did. We broke up for a while, but when we got back together—Rich proposed a month later while we were in Germany with his family, at the Neuschwanstein castle. I was COMPLETELY surprised because we had not gone ring shopping. We were in Germany together, but he wasn’t even really referring to me as his girlfriend, and he had NEVER brought up marriage since we’d gotten back together after our breakup. I guess he really wanted to surprise me, and he did! It was perfect. I said yes and cried.

Our engagement was short. Only three months, but once I had a ring on my finger—I just wanted to be married so we made it work. Wedding plans were crazy! My mom flew out and we went wedding dress shopping. That was so much fun. I love my mom. We are so different yet so alike. We found the perfect dress and figured most of the other stuff out. Rich’s family helped a ton with the wedding too. I have the most awesome in-laws in the world. With a ton of help and planning, our wedding was perfect.

The day went by so fast! I couldn’t fall asleep the night before, but my mom said she couldn’t sleep either. I finally fell asleep around three. I woke up at seven to get ready then drove to Manti to get married! We got married at 11:00am in the Manti temple. It was such an amazing experience. It was a perfect day. I can’t really put the sealing into words, but it was beautiful. I am so happy that Rich is my husband. He is my best friend, and I am excited and so thankful that I can spend the rest of my life with him. Rich and I were so grateful for how many people showed up. It was so awesome having our close friends and families there. After the sealing, we took pictures, and then we had a luncheon at the Manti House Inn. The food was delicious. Everyone had chicken, except me. I had salmon. After the luncheon, we went back and had our reception. It was amazing. There were so many people that helped with putting everything together. It was a gorgeous reception, but it went by way too fast. It was the best day of my life.

This next part is pretty sappy, but I wanted to write my feelings out, so read at your own risk.

Getting married is the best thing that anyone could do. I remember looking into Richard’s eyes on our wedding day and feeling so happy and thankful. It is so amazing being married to my best friend. I always loved everything about Rich, but getting married just deepened those feelings. I love knowing that we will be together forever. Songs describe my feelings better than I can describe them, and that song by Kenny Chesney, “Me and You” describe my feelings perfectly:

Ordinary no, really don’t think so
Not a love this true
Common destiny
We were meant to be
Me and you
Like a perfect scene from a movie screen
We’re a dream come true
Suited perfectly for eternity
Me and you
Every day, I need you even more
And the night time too
There’s no way
I could ever let you go
Even if I wanted to
Every day I live
Try my best to give
All I have to you
Thank the stars above
That we share this love
Me and you

We are loving married life. Everyone always asks me how I like married life, and the answer is that it is perfect and it is the best thing that ever happened to me. Being married is so much more real and fulfilling than dating. I knew it would be different, but I never thought it would be this amazing. I am so blessed to have Rich and the friends and the family that I have in my life. Life is wonderful. The end....or the beginning. :)