This will make your day...

This week I should be getting back our pictures from the wedding! wohoo! Here is a sneak peak...I stole this hilarious picture of my grandma from the blog of our wedding photographer.  Isn't it awesome? It just makes me want to give her a big smooch!

Wedding Video Preview!!!

I am so crazy excited to share this video... this is the same day edit our videographer Nathan Pickett made in just a couple of hours on our wedding day! He really is so talented, and I can't wait for our full video which will be done later this summer! For now, here is a little preview...

Morgan + Sam Preview from Nathan Pickett on Vimeo.

Washi Tape Adventures

I love Washi tape. It's so cheap, and you can use it on virtually anything! You seriously need to get some if you haven't yet.  I used it a ton in my wedding, so it's only fitting that I make my wedding thank you cards with it right?

One Month Anniversary

Today is our one month anniversary of being married...and I know what you might be thinking... it's kind of cheesy to celebrate your one month! No worries. I think that we might celebrate by going hot tubbing and watching prison break... nothing crazy. haha. But I can't believe how fast time has flown by already! Marriage is so much better than I even expected. It's just like hanging out with my best friend all of the time. It's fun getting to know each other a little bit better every day.  Here is a video of us playing together about a month before we got married. Enjoy!

No One by Alicia Keys from Morgan Rindlesbach Rapp on Vimeo.
A cover song accompanied by my husband
Download the MP3 of this song HERE

Sneak Peak...

I almost forgot to share some of our pictures from our bridal session with Jessica Kettle. I am so happy with how they turned out! Can't wait for the wedding day pics!

Last Minute Wedding Details

Sorry for not writing more! These past couple of weeks have been crazy for me... well, I would even extend it to these last 4 months! I didn't have any idea how much was involved with wedding planning. It is all about the details, and there are a million of them! At the beginning I was really particular about how I wanted things to look, but now I am getting to the point of letting go and often find myself saying "that will work." So far I have been happy with how my projects have turned out, and I think in the end it will all come together well. Last week I found myself getting super stressed (again) about the reception, and then I realized that I hadn't been focusing  on the most important thing... the fact that I am getting married in the temple to the most amazing man I know! As long as that happens, I am golden. Anyways, here is a sneak peek of some recent wedding stuff... can't believe I will be Mrs. Rapp in 2 days!

getting our marriage license!

Lately

Holy cow... lately I have literally been a crazy person. People tell you when you get engaged, pretty soon we will be hoping that we just eloped, and I would always courteously laugh and say "sure", but now I understand what people were talking about! Wedding planning really is stressful stuff... mostly because this last month my family was in South America and I was trying to get things in order while working three jobs. It has been total craziness. For the last few months I have done SOMETHING wedding related every day! I am not trying to complain, but it's just that this last week has proved especially stressful getting invites out, finishing my dress fittings, taking bridals, ect. ect. However, today I am in a much better place and think that I most of it figured out at this point... Thanks to cute Sam, I am feeling much better and am now just getting more and more excited for the big day. It really has come up faster than I thought it would! Just wanted to post some photos from all the recent fun/craziness. I just downloaded the lo-fi camera app. I am in love with it in case you can't tell!

Registering adventures

 

Finding glass-bottled sodas for the reception

Fun at the D.I.

Making cake stands

Engagements...

Here is a sneak peek at our engagement shoot last week with Jessica Kettle. I will post more soon!

My Wedding Website!

I know that there are some wedding website services out there, but I wasn't able to find one that came even close to what I was looking for. So many of them are very cookie cutter in their style and design. I also wanted it to be consistent with my invitations designed by my good friend Jayne, so I decided to be adventurous and build my own wedding website!  I thought that it would only take a few hours, but I had a lot to learn and let's just say it took me a lot longer than that. However, I am finally done with it and I am pretty happy with how it turned out! I don't think that it's too bad considering it's my first website. So hop on over to SamandMorgan.com and look around!

Wedding Inspiration Board

Just wanted to post my inspiration board I put together so I can keep my crazy brain organized! There is a lot of wedding ideas and colors out there, so making this has helped me to stay focused... for the most part :)  I decided to incorporate LOTS of colors in the decor. Here is the sneak peek!

The Proposal

Wow. It really has taken me forever to get around to posting about the night we got engaged! It happened Saturday,January 29th... over 2 weeks ago. Man, time flies. Anyways, Sam and I were just out and about most of Saturday running errands, when about 7:30 p.m. he starts talking about how hungry he is and how his brother told him about this really great buffett downtown. I wasn’t really all that hungry to I tried to convince him that we should just go get some burritos and go home... but he seemed pretty insistant that we go to the buffet... Meanwhile I started to get bugged because I was thinking “ He really doesn’t care about what I want to do right now!” But I decided to just dothings “his way” and go. Well, we end up walking by the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, and Sam says “ I haven’t been in here  before, is that ok if we go in?” Well, Sam seemed to really know his way around and pretty soon we ended up at the top of the building at The Roof. “Reservations for two.” I was like “reservations?” Our table was right in front of a big bay window showcasing the temple.

 The hostess showed us our table, and there were a dozen roses waiting for me. I looked at Sam and he a had a huge smile on his face, meanwhile I felt bad for getting mad at him for making me come all the way downtown to go to a "buffet!" Anyways, long story short, we had a nice meal with a great view. Did you know the roof offers 25 desserts? Their rolls are to die for, as well as their cordon bleu. I had a feeling something was going to happen that night, but then I wasn't sure if he was throwing me off. We finished eating and while walking by some big bay windows right outside of the restaurant, Sam said " hmmm.... what's that?" I looked down and saw this:

 Then I turned around and Sam was on his knee with this:

I said " Of course!" and after a little crying, hugging and kissing we went down to meet our families and took a carriage ride around the temple. It was a memorable night for sure. I know it's cliche, but I feel so lucky to have found my best friend.

it's official!

This last week has been such a whirlwind of events... so sorry for not posting more. Just wanted to let you know I'm engaged! More details soon...