Herron to Rivera

Viva Fiesta! Viva San Antonio! Viva la Alamo! This past weekend we spent a (short) day squeezing in all of our normal Fiesta activities since Robert and I thought last minute that it would just be too weird if we had missed out on our annual Fiesta trip that we've gone on the past 5 years. So we road tripped it out on Friday afternoon (BIG mistake) and finally made the 4 hour journey in about 6 hours-thank you Dallas traffic and thank you 18-wheeler for hanging off the bridge in Hillsboro; I just love being stuck in your traffic for an hour and a half while we watched a thunderstorm rapidly approach going 0mph on the highway. Goodness gracious. But we made it! And Jessica was there, amongst her peeps for the first time ;)  Saturday started out pretty slow. I had all of these expectations for Jessica to see and we get to the Market Square and it's pretty empty. THEN we tried to hit up our annual photo booth spot and they were closed. So we went on a walk and ended up down b

Wow, if I thought life went by fast before, it's nothing compared to post-wedding/honeymoon life! It's already been almost 2 weeks since the big day, and almost a full week since we've returned from paradise. I'm definitely experiencing post-honeymoon blues, and I am more sad that I thought I would be now that the wedding stress/planning/picking/talking/arguing/doing is all done. During our time in the Bahamas time seemed to go by slow and we got to stop and take a deep breath and just enjoy being away, and now that we are back it's full steam ahead again like nothing ever happened. It also probably doesn't help that I changed my background on my work computers to our view of the beach, but hey-I gotta find peace somehow! Alas, also with a big sigh, I will continue to day dream about Miami Vice's, warm sun, and tan lines.  Am I right, or am I right? We woke up on Wednesday and hit the gym like we had done the previous days. With a view li

Where to start, where to start? It's surreal to me how we've ALREADY been married over a week, AND that we've already been to the Bahamas and back :( The Bahamas (in Nassau to be exact) is such a beautiful place. It's the same island that has the Atlantis Resort on it, which we could see in the distance down the coast from our resort. We really picked the perfect place to spend our honeymoon. We left cloudy, rainy Dallas and Atlanta to sunshine and white sand, blue water, and 80 degree weather! It's so crazy to me that we've already been back from there after spending the week out of the country.  Obligatory newlywed plane selfie Monday morning came dark and early at 4am to catch our first flight out of DFW. I was proudly wearing my super comfy new "wifey" sweatshirt that my friend/bridesmaid Shohreh got me-thank goodness she stalks me on Pinterest ;) along with our brand spankin new wedding bands. Robert's ring looks so good against his

Y'all I'm married! A wife! A Rivera!  How do you even start to describe the most beautiful (yet busiest!) day of your life? They weren't kidding when they said it would fly by. I blinked and it was over and we were unpacking boxes and picture frames and cake the next day. I felt sort of out-of-body to the whole experience. I honestly didn't even have time to worry or get nervous about anything because things were were shuffling by so fast that it was like an out of body experience where I was just going through everything and nothing phased me. It went perfectly-I don't know of anything that didn't go the way that it was supposed to, and even the small things that sort of messed up I didn't even care. I was told several times that I was too laid back for a bride on her wedding day. The rehearsal dinner/day was actually more stress-inducing than anything with trying to get everyone there at one time and saying hi to everyone (wi

Thoughts leading up to the big day: Monday, April 6 - Alright, wedding week! Dang we did a lot this past weekend. What else do we have to do this week (let's make a list! I love lists)? When do I need to shave my legs again?  Tuesday, April 7- I don't really feel stressed at all-I'm getting things done in my own time and not stressing, so whyyyy is my skin all of a sudden breaking out? I haven't changed anything about what I'm eating or drinking or activity levels. Meh. I also feel a little sad because time has gone by so fast that I truly am no longer a kid or fresh out of school. This is adult real life and I'm making adult real life decisions. Just kinda sad that my youth really is over. Not that I'm not excited for the future. Guess it's all those old pictures my mom has been going through from my childhood that makes me feel this way. But I sure was cute, right?!    (In honor of this past Easter weekend. Clearly didn't feel the n

Holy Moly we are in April! Is it too early to start physically packing for the Honeymoon yet? (I mean it's already all in my head-sorta).  I thought it would be neat take a stroll down memory lane and share some moments leading up to THE moment :) This was the night that I met Robert (January 2009). I was trying to do the "Bird Walk" in this picture that someone *luckily* snapped, and it wasn't until after I got home from this party that I was outside on my balcony which is where the whole thing started. Thank goodness for Ihop taquitos (which really came from Whataburger).  First official picture together, May 2009. We were at a friend's sister's graduation party in Mesquite, and I definitely did not realize what I was getting into. Going into this party we were "dating," but later that night after we had gotten home back at his Gateway apartment, Robert told me that we should be boyfriend and girlfriend, and I agreed. Not sure i