Hugh's Retirement Party

So a few months ago, my boss, Hugh Feehan, unexpectedly retired! While it was a shock to all of us, it was a decision that Hugh made and I think all in all it's been good for him--I mean who WOULDN'T enjoy retired life!!! (I'm considering it in the next few months...errr...years) :) I really miss him--he's the nicest man. When I first met him I called dad and told him that he reminded me of a mixture of Santa Clause and Roy Rogers. He's just so friendly and fun and thoughtful. I'm glad I had the chance to work with him and begin to gain an understanding of the Investment world. (mixture of friendships, relationships, politics, and playing your cards right...)

The best part about it all is that SGC threw him a retirement party that was fantastic!!!! I wish I could have taken pictures of all the food--from a Crabcake bar, to a create your own ceasar salad, to seth's favorite ever jumbo cajun shrimp, the empanadas, the beef tenderloin, the grilled veggies...mmmm mmmm mmm.

Here we are with Hugh!
And Hugh's Speech:
Note the globe next to him. His retirement gift that said "May all your circumnavigations end at home"
Heidi, party planner extraordinaire, giving her speech
And Ed Garlich, the founder of WRG and one of my favorite people ever!
And this is seth's impression of my fake smile. He does a good impression! :)

Haircut!!!

My Hairs are all Cut and I think I lost 4 pounds! (um seriously)

Just a little background....

Oh about two years ago my hair stylist Meredith helped me make the decision to grow my hair out. I was nervous but excited with the thought--and in the back of my mind thought it would be so fun to have long hair for the wedding. Well, my hair got SUPER long in two years time, and when Seth and I got engaged I was so excited to be able to have uber long hair for our wedding. About a month later I got so excited that AFTER the wedding I could cut it! AND, bonus, it was long enough that I could donate it!

At this point, I had started getting my hair cut by my long time friend from high school, DJ Miller (Now he goes by Del). He's the head stylist at the Aveda Salon on Pentagon Row. It's so fun every time I go in because we get to catch up on all the Sugar City life, and we can talk about our lives now! It's like a blast from the past every time i go in, i love it.

Okay, so last night I asked Seth to take a picture of my long hair one more time....


And then today I brought him in to tape Del cutting it off. We cut off about 8 inches, and still had plenty for the style! Here's the video!


And the finished product! (Okay so i had just woken up from a little nap, so my bangs are a little slicked back...normally they fall just like the picture...)
Couple Shot!

And Another!


Me with my Julies, who came to dinner tonight. She's on a medical BRAT diet (Banana, Rice, Applesauce, & Toast) so we had a dinner of RICE BALLS with BANANAS in the Middle with some APPLESAUCE drizzle. It was tasty, thanks for coming over Julies!!! :)

Pretending to be seductive, hee hee.

What about Bob

This is how my hair looks today:


And this is how it should look tomorrow:


And this is why:


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Oh...two more!

Mommy just sent me some pictures from the Arizona reception and i just HAD to post a few.....they're so cute!

After the Wedding

I promise to post about the wedding, I just want to wait until I get all the pictures from the shower and my official wedding pictures (they're in the mail on a dvd!)

I just can't help but write tonight about how GRATEFUL I am for FAMILY and FRIENDS and the tremendous support from EVERYONE!!!! I feel so lucky to be surrounded by people that I love so much.

When I think of the wedding, I can't help but just have flashes of all the "DETAILS" that went into everything. As I was wandering around being a bride, I took in all the DETAILS that I've been processing still for the past two weeks. The organizing, the stepping in to help, the "going out of the way to-do-a-task that janey would love" the little hugs, the helping hands, the smallest details in the reception that made everything perfect, the wink or smile or nudge, the sighs of relief, the nod of understanding from afar......in my dreams at night and during my daydreams, I just see these little flashes in my head of all the people and things that went in to making our Wedding so special.

I don't know how I can ever really express all of my "Thank You's" adequately to Mom & Dad, to Gina & Curt, to our Siblings who traveled from everywhere and ALL took the time to help at every opportunity, the aunts, uncles, & cousins (who also traveled from everywhere!), friends, and loved ones who made the sacrifices to come and be with us on our special day. We are SO GRATEFUL and SO HAPPY that we were able to spend time with everyone and be together in Celebration!!!! We are also grateful for our "Friends and Family" from afar who weren't able to make it. We know of your support and love and appreciate you all so much!

Most of all, I'm FILLED with gratitude for my amazing husband, Seth. These past 15 days have just been a dream! I don't know why I'm still surprised (but happy) to see that Seth is so caring, understanding, sweet, fun, adventurous, humorous, and overall just as close to perfect as they come (Gina was right, he is the perfect boy!) We had a perfect honeymoon in Hawaii filled with fun, adventure, and sweet surprises (not to mention Haupia Ice Cream...mmm). After our honeymoon we got to spend another week in Arizona with the Johnsons. I don't think Seth and I left each other's sides for more than an hour or two throughout the past two weeks--it has been blissful. I have a feeling that our marriage will be one of bliss for quite some time--I just am enjoying every moment and basking in the knowledge that we have each other forever. FOREVER! Yay!

Wedding Candids

So much to catch up on, so little time!!!

While you're waiting (I'll post more next week) here are some candids from the sisters blogs & a few others.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2043419&l=1e331&id=21204440

If you have pictures from the wedding, it would be AWESOME if you could upload them into a Picasa Webalbum (the biggest size AKA longest upload) I'd love to start my collection! Please send them my way!

I'll post more about this later, but the wedding was LOVELY. Many thanks to friends and family who bent over backwards to make things perfect, it really turned out PERFECT. I couldn't be happier about how everything turned out, and I LOVE being married to that amazing Seth Johnson. Sigh. Off to go pick some mangos for breakfast!

Update! Thanks to CJ we have some of the in-laws!!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/willowquest/SethJaneSWeddingWeekend

Golf Tourney!

The company I work for is one of the sponsors for the AT&T National Tiger Woods Tournament, so we got to go for work on their Practice Round Day! It just happens that our cute intern, Ali, has all the hookups, as her dad runs the Tiger Woods foundation. We got to eat lunch in the Players lunch area! (Not that I know who any of these players ARE, but it was still SUPER cool :)

Coworker Lauren Showing us the Golf Course:



At one of the Tee-Off places:



At our Tent: (Jane, Ali, Lauren, Heidi, Patrick)



So FUN!

Engagement Party!

Lest I leave Seth out of all the fun....

Ryan Morley & DeEtte Chatterton got even MORE of our friends together for an engagement party before we left for Utah. It was SO classy and SO fun!! They had a chocolate fountain (with amazing chocolate I might add) with fresh fruit and amazing cheese and crackers. Amanda Stanfill made this AWESOME "Mormon Punch" consisting of Pineapple Juice, Ginger Ale, and Mint leaves. It really was YUMMY and added another touch of class.

I don't have a ton of pictures from the party, so if anyone else has some I'd LOVE copies!!

Two of my girls, Belle & Laura

The Punch!!!



DeEtte:



Thank you for ALL of your love and support, our great DC friends!!!

Tea Party Shower in DC!

My dear DC friends threw a shower for me in DC!!! It was AMAZING.

This is the AMAZING FOOD:



And the tea party costumes :)



And my Girls:





Hats!



Millie:


Newly Engaged Jocie:


My Julies:



Mrs. Pressley & Jocie:



THANKS Girls!!!!!

Our First Wedding Gift!

Yesterday I got home from work to a big package at the front door! It was from BB&B, so I could only assume it was our very first wedding gift!!!

I anxiously waited until Seth came over, and we opened it together. As Seth was reading the note, he groaned...

Rewind three weeks: We were registering. A "High Heel Cake Server" caught my eye, and I said "Oh, this this. Scan it!" Seth said "Nope!" and laughed at me. We then got into a very detailed discussion of what it meant to use a cake server in the shape of a high heel to serve cake. Normally something like that would gross me out, but the cake server is ADORABLE and I wanted it. Normally Seth wouldn't care, but he REALLY didn't want a high heel for a cake server.

I said "beep it" and seth pretended to scan the server and said "Boop beep." It just happened that there were several people around us at the time, and everyone started laughing. I even cracked up.

Well...somehow it ended up on our registry....and dear friend Terrah saw it and must have KNOWN there was a story behind it. I told her this lovely story, both of us laughing.

Fast forward to present. Terrah & Tyler save the day with the best first wedding gift EVER, complete with a tray to serve the cake on. Thanks guys!!!!