Honeymoon

I am cheating and finishing my What I’m Loving Wednesday on Thursday. I have been blessed so much that it just must spill over. :) I want to use this post to shed some light on the humor that continued on from our ceremony to the honeymoon.

*I am loving Zach’s hiccups. I know that sounds silly, so I shall explain. When he gets hiccups they last forever! I remember a case he had in college that literally lasted days. The reason I love his hiccups is because they usually are a result of intense laughter. There was a considerable amount of time in our honeymoon in which Zach was drinking water upside down in order to get rid of hiccups. We laughed a LOT! It was wonderful.

*I soon found out that I married a sleep talker. I am loving his sleep talking. He talks to me every night. Ha I am a VERY light sleeper. My alarm clock is simply my phone ringing on vibrate, and I can wake up to it even if it is on the other side of the room. One of the funniest is when he sat up in the bed, shook me, and yelled, “THOMAS THE TRAIN?!? REALLY?!? HE’S SHOWING TONIGHT?!? YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!” Then he immediately fell back on his pillow in his deep sleep. It was quite hilarious.

*I am loving all of the fun things we got to do on our honeymoon.

We toured the Biltmore mansion.

It was HUGE!!! Guess that’s why they call it a mansion.

*We also went kayaking down the Nantahala River. I don’t have pictures of that yet, because they are on a waterproof camera that we have not yet developed. That was my second time down the Nantahala and Zach’s first. We both LOVED it! The weather was perfect, and it was beautiful. I also got a good little arm workout. ;)

We went to a zip line park.

It was loads of fun.

It began raining not too long into our adventure, and that just made the line rides much more quick and exciting. :)

I didn’t want to come home.

*I am loving our mugs that our wonderful friend Kyla got us! They make me smile.

The inside rim has a verse from Songs that says, “My heart has found the one it loves”, and they both have hearts on the inside bottom.

*I am loving that the first thing Zach has done every morning after his alarm goes off is says, “I love you so much!” It is literally the first thing he does before his eyes are open well. Some days he has even said it before he turns off his alarm. He wasn’t even aware that he did that until I told him about it. I hope that never stops. I like it. :)

*I am loving that he is my prayer warrior. He stops to pray over me constantly. He learned that from his precious Daddy who I now get to share with him. :) He knows how nervous I am about  my first year of teaching. I had my first workshop today, and before he walked out the door to his early Thursday morning men’s group he came over to pray over me. It blesses my heart. I LOVE him!

I hope you have enjoyed the short summary of my wedding weekend and honeymoon, and I hope that you got in some laughs yourself. I know that I will forever cherish the memories. Thanks again to all of those that helped make it so wonderful!

Shaped by Grace,

Jessica Hardy

Wedded Bliss!

It’s Wednesday! It’s Wednesday! It’s Wednesday! I get to link up with Jamie for WILW! This is kinda my favorite, and I am loving a LOT right now so hold on to your britches!

Well, most of you know that I am a newlywed. Planning a wedding can make you want to elope, but as I look back at the weekend and all of the wedding happenings it was all worth it. Laughter consumes me when I reflect on pretty much anything starting with my Thursday bachelorette party. I really do burst out in random laugher. Ask Zach. Let me fill you in on some of the things I LOVED about my wedding weekend.

*Well, it helps that I am REALLY loving this guy right here. If you haven’t met him, you need to. He is probably the goofiest, fun loving, excitable man you will ever meet. I also must mention that he is a walking jukebox. He is just…Zach Hardy.
*I loved when all of my friends and family began coming in town. My bachelorette party was HILARIOUS! My maids of honor dressed me up in a pink formal dress, flashing tiara, high heels with light up heels, and a sash that read “bachelorette”.

I had everyone’s attention. Heads were turning, and eyes were glued wherever I walked. So naturally, with the probing of my maids of honor, I began doing the beauty queen wave. T’was funny. The night was filled with jokes, laughter so good that it was coupled with tears, and love. I will share a few snaps of the night.









*I also received a text from one of Zach’s groomsmen informing me that Zach had hurt his ankle at Sky Zone (trampoline park) where he was having his bachelor party. I sent him back a playful text, because I thought he was joking. He was not. The next day Zach walked in the church to help decorate with his ankle HUGE and on ice. It was no joke. That cancelled our hiking plans. Ha

*Decorating was even fun. I LOVED all the help I had. Everyone was wonderful.

Thanks for all of your help, guys! Love ya, mean it!
*Rehearsal dinner was also full of laughter as well as tears. It was a sweet, sweet time.


* The wedding day was full of humor. I am loving looking back on it and smiling/laughing.  Zach, of course, had a couple of pranks planned for the actual ceremony. When it came time for our vows he pulled out a piece of paper out of his jacket pocket that unrolled to be about a mile long. Ha Then, he pulled out his actual vows on a single sheet. The next trick was mouth spray sprayed by his father (best man) before the kiss. I was unaware of this. I told him he could have allowed me to have fresh breath as well! Ha
The funniest part, though, was dancing down the aisle for our exit. We had planned ever since February that that is how it would happen and that our exit song would be “Dance” by David Crowder. We had never practiced what WE would do, though. Our first go at our dance was when we were doing it for the ceremony. My dress had a loooong train on it. He did not think this through. He spun me and wrapped me up in my train, so I kind of side stepped my way down the rest of the aisle. I laugh because I can remember the whole audience gasping at once when he spun me and the panicked look upon my wedding coordinator’s face. She was ready to pounce. The relief on her face when I danced my train out to normal was just as wonderful. I cannot wait to watch the video. Ha

*I don’t know that I am necessarily loving  the decoration that was on our car on the way out. Ha Our car was written on with shaving cream and car paint. We had the traditional cans. It was filled with Hawaiian leis, condoms, pregnancy tests, 5 hour energy drinks, peanut butter, nutella, and other random things that I’m not sure of the purpose. Ha Our first stop was the car wash. Ha It was very funny though.
I shall fill you in on the honeymoon humor tomorrow. I will break the rules a bit and finish my WILW on a Thursday. :) Reflect on all of your blessings and reasons to love, reader friends!

Shaped by Grace,

Jessica Hardy

Aaaaaaawww Snap!