BEST. DAY. EVER.

Well, this week we will be just talking about the wedding day! Since that's a lengthy subject and all! Also, since we are writing about the wedding, we will both be writing this post together. So you don't know who's writing right now, Daniel or Tori, and that's okay!

First off, the wedding was beautiful! There were so many people who helped out on the big day and we are so thankful for all of them! They helped make the day as stress free as possible!

We decided that the best way to tell the day of the wedding is through pictures, like a picture book! Obviously there are many more wonderful pictures to come, even photos we haven't seen yet, but this should do! :)

Maggie (Maid of Honor) doing the finishing touches on Tori's make-up!  

Pre-Wedding prayer with Bridesmaids and Parents!

Finally seeing Tori walk down the aisle, before the tears started coming! :)

We went for a non-traditional approach. We washed each other's feet during the ceremony, signifying a servant hearted  relationship that will foreshadow our married life!

BAM!

Walking my wife back down the aisle! 

And the photos begin! (Notice the tip-toes)

The amazing John R. Evans! (our officiant) 

Our beautiful parents! We are so blessed to have them!

The bride, after and before! :)

KISSES!

Yeah, we are pretty awesome when we're silly!

Eskimo Kisses!

Getting down at the reception!

I hope that it is apparent that we had an amazing day! It's hards to say enough words because most of the day was a blur, and the rest is to hard to put into words. There will be more pictures to come!

It's Wedding Week!

So, it's finally here! We are officially in the Wedding Week! Lately, we've been tying loose ends, running around and finalizing last minute details! However, this past week we moved all of our stuff into our new apartment! Yay! It's absolutely beautiful and is so perfect! We are so excited to be living there so so soon! We still have a long way to go, but here are some pictures!

The office!

The bedroom!

Dining room (a little bit of the kitchen too!)

Playing hide-n-seek... Ya know?

Trying new food places in our new city! Which Wich?

It was our last week at Genesis Church. We had the opportunity to lead worship together, which was great! Daniel and I were kept on stage by John (who is marrying us) as he told the church about us, how this was our last week and how he gets to marry us Saturday. Exciting stuff! We felt so special!

Last night, I had the bridesmaids over to thank them for all their help! I gave them their gifts and we all had tea, because we're just that classy! We played with make up and hair and were just plain girls! Also fun stuff!! We're pretty silly...

Since we are getting married this weekend, and leaving for our honeymoon after... Don't expect a post next week! ;) Love to you all! Can't wait to see so many of you on Saturday!!

We're Getting Married Next Week... :O

Hello everyone! Wow, 11 days and counting! I can't believe that we are so close to the start of a new life together! That being said, there was a lot that happened this past week getting us set up for our future together! Tori got a hair cut and, as you can tell in the picture below, it looks great:

Though not related to wedding stuff, I did get my penny board which is fun and so I'm pretty excited about it!

More heavily related to the wedding than the above photograph, were the bachelor and bachelorette party! So, we tried to stay far away from the typical scene for these events but still wanted to have a great time! Tori went to a restaurant with her bridesmaids and a few other girls where there's authentic greek food and entertainment! They had belly dancers and even encouraged all their guests to get up and dance on the tables! As you can see here:

After dinner the girls headed back to Tori's dorm for a chick flick movie.

For my bachelor party, we went to a Disney resort and hung out by the pool for a while. Then we all got ready and headed to downtown disney. We ate at a bowling ally that serves sushi (an odd combination, agreed) and didn't quite get to bowl a whole game, but we had a blast! Afterwards we went to the theater there to watch Ironman 3! Which pumps me up to get to working on technology! (nerd).

When we got back, it was mothers day! So shout out to Tori's mom and my mom for always being there for us and for helping us through this time of getting ready for the big day! For mothers day, I caught my mom at home before she headed out to go kayaking and gave her a gift! Tori gave her mom a gift as well! Then we headed to Symphony Under the Stars with Tori's family to listen to a beautiful orchestra playing songs from movies, with a beautiful fireworks display, sampled for you here!

This week, since mothers day, has been all about wrapping up some loose ends before moving our stuff into our apartment tomorrow! That meant a lot of packing, and a lot of Tori finishing beautiful crafts, like the one in the picture below!

THREE WEEKS.

That's right. Less than three weeks away now! Yay! We have finally finished up the semester, with great grades too! Daniel graduated! Hooray! We're back in Ocala now, and it's crunch time. It's time to get all the little details in order and make sure we have everything we need! We're doing lots of crafts, cleaning, organizing, ordering and errand running! Hahaha. Thank goodness for our parents and bridesmaids for helping in all sorts of ways. Praise God! Also, Daniel forgot to mention last week, but we bought our mattress, which is pretty exciting!! MORE exciting is the fact that we got our marriage license today!! I also had another dress fitting that went really well!

Daniel's new Penny hat, the board is coming soon! (his graduation presents from his parents)

Filling out the marriage license paper work! 

In other news, I managed to skin my knee just three weeks before the wedding...

 Lots to do in little time! But so much fun, excitement and happiness! LET'S DO THIS!

OMGoodnes... It's May!!!

IT'S FINALLY HERE! Crazzzy to think that in 25 days we are getting married! We are so very excited! This Saturday, it's three weeks away! Also, we both finished school this week! And I graduate this Thursday... weird! Then it's all hands on deck for wrapping up wedding stuff and preparations for life after marriage! So anyways, now I guess I will tell you all about our week! 

So first off, shout out of congratulations to my buddy Lucas, who got married this past weekend! He has been a classmate, a friend, and soon a coworker as we both head to Harris! We wish him and his wife, Hannah, all the best!

In other news, Tori and I have already made new friends in Melbourne/Palm Bay! So this past Friday, after Tori finished her finals, we headed to Palm Bay to have dinner and socialize with our new friends, Rett and Becca! We grilled out and played a couple rounds of Catch Phrase!

As I mentioned in the first paragraph, Tori and I were able to successfully complete our semester! My graduation ceremony is on Thursday and I'm excited to do that and make my family proud! Second Ramirez to get a Bachelor's Degree! Woohoo! Tori ended strong, and might even have received straight A's this semester! So proud of her! Also, there were elephants on campus! o.O

I hope you all have a great week and we will give you another update next week! With the wedding approaching and school out of the way, the blog will probably take a turn more towards that direction! Get excited cause we are! ;)

So Much Going On!

It's true! There is so much going on! Stress levels are pretty low, so that's good! Finals are this week and next and the wedding is almost a month away. WOW. Daniel had his final senior design showcase Friday. Saturday, we ran a 5k with Daniel's family and then showed them around Melbourne! Sunday, we did worship, ate lunch with the pastors and their families and then went to IKEA! Ooooh! Monday, we had FCA and had a little finals week jam (videos below to show a little bit of the awesome talent we experienced). Today, we went to the gym and then found the new suits for the wedding! That's a brief highlight of the past week!

Looking so handsome doin' his thang!

Post Run For It 5k!

The gator at our apartment! Ah! Yet to be named... Stay tuned.

We found my all time favorite candy bar at a British store in downtown Melbourne! Win!

Soon-to-be sister, Kristina and I trying on fun hats!

The couch we might be getting!

Taking a sunglasses break while looking for suits today!

Senior Design Project Worked!

Our friend Kayla made Tori cupcakes for her birthday!

Tori is stylish.

For those of you who have been following our post over the last 9 months will know that since the beginning of last semester, I have been working on a project. Since this project state quite frankly that you can or cannot graduate, it's kind of a big deal! But after a long hard battle, my group and I came through and got the win! So now I can graduate, so I can get a job, so I can afford a place to live and food to eat, and so Tori and I are ready for our next chapter in life!

We had a little party to celebrate the end of senior design, with bunny pizza (and cake)! Tori's parents came over to my parent's house and it was great! It is so nice that our families can get together with no awkwardness or tension and that we can just sit around telling stories and joking with one another. Truly, we are blessed!

In preparation for that next chapter, over the weekend Tori was able to get some stuff done! She had another fitting and picked out chairs for the ceremony! We also went to some mattress places to see what we are interested in! We really think a good night's sleep is important!

Brooke made Tori a "Special" salad...

This week so far, we have been pretty relaxed. I took Tori out for her Birthday! Even though it was last week, I had so much school going on that I had to postpone surprising her until tonight! We grabbed some tacos and went to see the Croods, which was a really cute movie! So success!!

Now that the semester is almost over, the wedding is feeling closer and closer and anticipation is growing. We are so excited and trying to enjoy every minute of it! I hope you are all having a great week! We will check back in next week!

We also participated in TOMS One Day Without Shoes!

The theme for this week must be feet, seeing as we have three pictures of feet...