1 month... and a sweet shoppe!

Happy 1 month of marriage to us!
Long story short, I cannot believe it has already been a month.

So, blog-wise, let's celebrate by doing another wedding details post!
For this post... I want to focus on the refreshments at the reception.

We had a Sweet Shoppe!

And, as the sign says, everything was home-baked by me, Grandma, Mom, and a few others!

The fabric pennants along the top of the tent was such a cute idea!

Just a small sample of stuff we had.
And you don't see it here, but we also had ice cream that we were handing out
by the dish load. I had some sugar-happy guests, that's for sure!

AND we couldn't leave out the sparkling lemonade! Whether it was sparkling or not,

lemonade basically became the staple drink of all my wedding activities.

And here's the cute little cake!
We didn't need anything too big. I mean... you saw all the sweets in that tent, right?!

Shove it in!!! (Kidding... we were very nice to each other.)

I'll cover all other aspects of the reception in another post. Truth be told, I'm still waiting on a bucket-load of pictures from my Dad... so I'm just making do with what I have right now.

Douglas: This past month has been the best of my life. Thank you for understanding me so well, for being so patient, for loving me unconditionally, and for all the countless times you make me laugh. I'm so glad I get to spend so much time and make so many great memories with my best friend. I love you SO MUCH!

Here's to a happy first month... and here's to many more to come!

Bridal Showers

I was somehow lucky enough to end up with 3 different bridal showers... which is fine by me, quite frankly.

I had one here in Provo, put together by my lovely mother- and sisters-in-law. I, unfortunately, did not get any pictures of the event... but there were plenty of friends, fun games, and lots of food! And all held conveniently in the lobby of my old apartment complex. It was fun, having so many friends right there in one place.

Once I was back in Fresno, my aunt Shelby put together a bridal shower for family members and friends to attend. It was great... like everything Shelby puts together. She took some pictures! So I borrowed them off facebook :)

This stuff is ah.maze.ing. SO good!

Centerpiece on one of the tables: Take a picture frame

and put cutesy stuff in the middle of it, like

fake flowers, bird cages, etc

Cupcakes!

Take-home favors

And here's what she did with the dining room area

Let's not forget friends!

I wish I had gotten pictures with everyone...

These are only a few... and yes, I know these pics are on facebook already

 Yes... I allowed them to tie big bows on my head using the classic 

purple Bed Bath & Beyond ribbons

AAAAaaaaand finally, I had a 3rd bridal shower that was put together by and for people in my church... old Primary leaders, Young Women's leaders, people I've known for years growing up... and I regret not getting pictures of it, the shower was very cute. Held outside, more lemonade (everyone seems to know that I love it), it was super windy...

BUT

I did get a picture of this awesome cake, made specially with me in mind.

Because I love chocolate.

Thank you, Hibbard family. Jacee knows me too well.

Isn't that a ridiculous amount of chocolate?! 2 layer chocolate cake with chocolate icing, Hershey's chocolate around the whole outside, and completely covered with M&Ms on top. Ridiculous.

Needless to say, it was very good.

New last name... New LIFE

Hello once again, blogging world!
I would now officially like to introduce myself as Ashley Kelly!

It's fun getting used to a new last name. I keep having to stop myself from saying Pease. I have a new signature to practice. AND I get to say phrases such as "My husband and I..." and I can check the "married" box when I'm asked what my marital status is.

Pretty great.

And the weirdest thing of all is that it still hasn't hit me that I'm married! I'm just kinda going along, doing my thing... but I'm sure it will hit me one of these days, just randomly out of the blue. We'll see.

Meanwhile... let's talk wedding details!!!!!

Over the next several weeks, I think I'll just make a post here or there about various details from the wedding, such as the reception or a bridal shower or two, the processes, the honeymoon, etc... I'll make this fun. For today though, I'll just let you enjoy this instagram montage of wedding shots.

Photos courtesy of Shelby Coleman

1. Coming out of the temple right after the ceremony

2. The reception, located in my own backyard

3. Sparkling lemonade!

4. Tea lights in glass jars. Simple, yet cute.

5. Le cake

6. Cutting le cake

7. Bride and groom, getting away from the main bustle of the reception and dancing together on the lit-up, decked-out deck outside my parents' room. (No, this was not the first dance. That happened earlier in the evening.)