Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The Honeymoon

Okay first things first...We had such an amazing time at our wedding and seriously could not ask for a better or more beautiful time!  We were surrounded by our family, friends and most of all little miss Capri.  Having her with us was the best time and made my baby fever crazier!  Lets not get ahead of ourselves though there are no new baby Mainvilles yet!  I will post and talk more about every detail of our wedding after I get our photos back though...our photographer still has them and we are so anxious to get to see them.  So we will do this a bit backwards, with our honeymoon first.

Chase and I had no idea where we were going for our honeymoon because my grandparents were secretly planning our entire trip.  At the wedding they annouced we were leaving on the Monday after our wedding to Cancun, Mexico!  We were thrilled and could not wait to get out of town to spend some time just the two of us...especially because any of you who have thrown a wedding know it is sooooo exhausting! Any ways here are a few photos and timeline of just how our honeymoon went :)

This was the view from our suite we had a two bedroom, two bathroom, two kitchens, a living room...needless to say it was crazy huge and the bell boy couldnt get over the fact that it was just the two of us.




Here are a few photos of our suite. It was so nice and the service at our resort (The Westin Cancun) was the best Chase and I have ever experienced!

It was so humid while we were there that fixing my hair was completely pointless so this was the main style I stuck to...Chase didnt seem to mind haha

While we were in Cancun we spent a lot of time on the beach and in the ocean but we had to do some adventure while we were there so we went several hours away to two different Mayan Ruins (Tulum & Chichen Itza)  Also we went snorkeling on the reef outfront of the Tulum ruins which is one of our favorite pictures from the whole trip!

Love the Mainvilles

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

{Our love story}

Okay first a tid-bit on our backgrounds :)
Chase is the middle child of three.  Megan, Chase & Hunter who were raised by their parents Sherry & Dean Mainville.  He has lived in Arizona all his life and thinks it is the best place to live (even though it is stupid hot). 

Chase Also has a daughter named Capri Kelley Mainville who lives in Colorado with her mother Brooke Kelley.  Capri is now 2 and was born March 2, 2009.  She is such an amazing little girl who is very smart, talented and beautiful.  (She has brains like her father)  We try and arrange a trip to see her as often as we possibly can and currently are hoping to be there for Halloween this year.  Miss Capri is also our flower girl in our upcoming wedding and we cannot wait to see her and spend this special time with her as we become family.



I am the oldest of three. Stephanie (me), Ryan & Rachel and we were raised by our parents Sharry & Mike Nelson.  (Yes, our mothers have the same name ha kind of funny).  However, I was not raised in Arizona all my life even though I do claim this my home since I have lived here most of my life I actually was born in Missoula, Montana moved to Salem, Oregon then Salt Lake City, Utah.  Finally arriving in AZ when I was almost in the fourth grade.  Although I have never been in one school for longer than two years. 
Now how Chase & I met...Well honestly we have known eachother for quite sometime now.  Chase and I met back through some old friends/ex's etc. (I was even at the babyshower for Capri) He has attended some of my family functions (birthdays, holidays, etc.) After him being with his girlfriend on and off for so long and the same for me and my then boyfriend we both had broke away from the highschool relationships that were holding us back and my friend (Taylor Orlando) started begging me to just go and hangout with him but I honestly was not looking for another relationship.  After her pushing I agreeded that WE could go hangout with him but of course how do you think that went...last minute she cancels and he still wants to hangout so I still agreed (thank you Taylor, I do appreciate it obvi) Little did I or he know that that was just the beginning to our amazing relationship.  The only problem was that he was scheduled to be leaving for the US Airforce in only a few months and that honestly made me nervous to see where we would be.  All along we were both willing to see where it would take us even if it was only for a short time.  A few months passed and then came the tears when he had to go because I honestly fell in love with him so fast, I was shocked that I could have these kind of feelings for someone I had only been dating for a few months.  He also felt the same because on one of our dates home from the movies he says "well, I kinda..think..I love you."  (At this point I was thinking in my head umm did he just say he loves me or he thinks he loves me?! haha)  Later on our goodnight phone call it was official...this was love! Chase left for the airforce and letter after letter, month after month we grew stronger and marriage started to become a topic for discussion. We kept our want for marriage and a family to ourselves for so long so that we could do things the traditional way.  Chase wanted to ask my father for my hand in the proper, old fashioned kind of way and I wanted him to be here to celebrate telling our friends and family the great news!  After he was FINALLY home we picked a ring and it was official the next 13 months of planning started and our date was set 09-10-11.  It was perfect, little did I know though that planning a wedding for 13 months is just crazy ;) We are ready to be a family and be husband and wife.
Mr. & Mrs. Chase David Mainville