6th Wedding Anniversary Weekend: Victoria & Albert's

After working a really long day at work Omar drove us in my new car (YEAH) to Orlando. Friday morning we woke up and met Omar's "sister" Denise and her friend along with my parents and my sister Kelly at Disney Hollywood Studios. I don't remember the last time that I went there. We had a great time going on Rockin' Rollercoaster, Tower of Terror, Beauty and the Beast show, Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular (I was an extra in it!), and Star Tours. We were there for a few hours and left to go home and rest a little until our anniversary dinner at Victoria & Albert's.

Victoria & Albert's was amazing. It was a 10 course meal. It was not cheap but it was totally worth it. I would be interested to see how price changes through the years so I will just say it cost $210/pp not including tax and gratuity. It was beautiful and very private in the room we were in. We had 2 servers that pampered us. The awesome thing is they are both married to each other and it was wonderful to see how they interacted and treated each other. The whole meal took 3.5 hours! I am surprised we made it through that long at dinner as normally we are at restaurants for about 30 minutes on average. But it was an amazing experience and the time flew by. They gave me a shawl to wear as I was a little cold. They explained each component of the entrees with expertise and suave. I loved it and would go back in a heart beat. What isn't pictured below are the 3 different types of breads and butters they gave us throughout the meal. We were stuffed by the end. Even Omar enjoyed everything

Amuse- Bouche: Maine Lobster "Jar" with Siberian Osetra Caviar



Octopus "A La Plancha" with Black Garlic Aioli

Hot "Smoked" Niman Ranch Lamb with Fuji Apple and Curry Dressing

Fennel Crusted Diver Scallop in a Pink Himalayan Salt Bowl surrounded by aromatic salts and spices

Truffle butter that was made to go along with the truffle brioche bread



Poached Chicken Egg and Sausage

Colorado Bisno with Caraway Seed Vinaigrette



Australian Kobe-Style Beef with Potato Sphere



Selection of cheese from the trolley

Buffalo Mozzarella (Upper left corner); Parmesan; Honey Comb; Dried fruit strip; dried apricots; 2 cheeses I don't recall; candied walnuts and blue cheese

Apple Quark Panna Cotta

percolators brewing tea

Peruvian Chocolate Timbale with Roasted White Chocolate Gelato

One of our waiters describing the various chocolates

We Made it 2 Years!!!

March 8 was our 2 year wedding anniversary. Can you believe it?! We have been together 2 years - time has flown by.

March also happens to be probably one of my busiest working months so we decided to go pretty casual this year and just go to dinner. Who would have thought it would be such an ordeal picking a place. Omar told me that it was his year to pick the restaraunt and I knew he would pick a Brazilian Steakhouse because they have all-you-can-eat meat. So I found online a coupon for $25 off at the Steakhouse, because they tend to be pretty pricey, and called to make reservations for our anniversary. Can you believe it? The one and only day each week they are not open is on Mondays, which happened to be our anniversary day this year.


Omar then was like, "Great...we will just go to an all-you-can eat Japanese/Chinese buffet!" If I didn't like that idea than Golden Corral was the next best choice. You have got to be kidding me...no way was I spending our anniversary at a buffet where people's greasy hands are everywhere.

My friend told me about Roy's which is elegant Hawaiian dining. So we went there. Omar was not such a fan, because he is more about QUANTITY rather than QUALITY. I thought it was delicious.

Ah well...we will try better next year to satisfy both our needs.

A Spanish Wedding

Omar and I with Pinto and his new wife
So we went to our first Spanish activity since leaving the Spanish Branch for the English Ward. Well it wasn't quite an activity, it was a wedding for a Spanish couple in the Branch who are from Honduras. It was a nice wedding and I think people were surprised to see us after so long. It was nice to see everyone again. Omar appeared to be very comfortable and back in his element.

Our First Year Anniversary

Omar Surprised me and bought me a tres leches cake (that is why it  is shown runny in the picture). Each year I will get a different cake on our anniversary

Lizzy's restaurant. Horrible food but great view

On the ghost train tour

So we spent our first year anniversary (March 8) in Savannah, Georgia. It was a very relaxing long weekend together. We had a great time. Really all that we did was eat, walk, sleep, eat and walk, eat and walk and then sleep. It is truly a place for drinkers and eating. We stuck with the eating. Savannah has the largest Historic District in the country. There are some awesome houses and the history there is just incredible!!! We stayed at the Hampton Inn right on the main street of the Historic District. It was a very memorable First Year together.

Fried Green Tomatos at Paula Deens

The fountain is spraying green water in preparation for St Patricks Day

Me in front of the Girl Scout building

A wedding, a bbq, and a church talk

We thought this weekend would be to just relax and enjoy the Olympics. Oh no...Omar was asked by one of the guys who works with him, and one of the members from our spanish branch (congregation) to be a groomsman in his wedding this weekend. He was asked on Thursday and the wedding was on Friday (08/08/08 our 5 month anniversary too)! We were planning on going to the wedding anyhow. Who can resist a spanish wedding (boda)...always amazing food and great dancing. Those weddings last forever! They did not introduce the party until about an hour and half after the wedding was supposed to start. The wedding started at 6:45 and ended at midnight! Later on Saturday Omar barbequed for some of our spanish friends and we got home about 11 PM to make sure our talks were prepared. We talked about charity in the home. I was very proud of myself and how well I spoke in Spanish. What a blessing.


Way to celebrate our own 5 month anniversary (to the date) to go to someone else's wedding celebration










!aye que guapo!
the male wedding party
the ring exchange
Omar with the female bridal party
the food was so yummy...and I guess the server

Wedding Reception Photos

Here are some more of the long awaited wedding pictures - these ones are from the wedding reception. Hope you enjoy - there are quite a few. You will now have to wait 2 weeks until we return from our Honeymoon to Honduras - fun times.

The Long Awaited Wedding Pictures

Please let me know which ones you like best - each one has a number you have to click on "view all images" each caption has a number - make a comment below and put your favorite numbers. That way I can see which ones I want to have in higher resolution and stuff like that from my photographer. Thanks and enjoy! P.S. there will be more pictures coming once I download them - so keep checking back - feel free to send me pictures that you took as well from the wedding or other festivities.

The Breadmaker

Me with my new creation - a 2 lb loaf of 2 cheese bread!
trying to get that bread holder out of the breadmaker - man was it hard!
We cut off one end when we realized we could use our bread slicer to get a perfect bread slice
slicing away!

So we got pretty much all the kitchen gadgets when we got married. I finally tried out one of them. I have always wanted a bread maker because I have envied all those people that can make bread...we never home-made bread in my house when growing up. We had the missionaries over for the 3RD time this week and I made Italian food - you have to have bread with that. I found a recipe for 2 cheese bread and made it. Too bad I didn't know how long it was going to take to bake until I actually started it. It wasn't done in time for the Elders - so we could eat more - MuHAha! And we were able to even use our handy dandy food slicer too. How exciting! Who thinks we can open our own bread factory?

"stupid old lady"

So I thought I would share a few funny moments from the night before and day of the wedding...
Omar now calls me "stupid old lady" - it is a running joke in the Spilsbury household
"stupid" is sometimes understandable
"lady" of course
but "old" - i never considered myself THAT old...
"Stupid Old Lady" Incident #1
It began at the airport when I went Friday night before I was married at like 11:30 to pick up my good friend Sarah. Well a guy hits Omar's car while I was driving through the arrival part of the airport. It had been pouring down rain and I was just thinking "you have got to be kidding me - this is something I don't need to deal with hours away from getting married. The guy made no moves to show that he had recognized that he had hit me. I get out of the car...and walk to him. He rolls down his window and I tell him that he hits me. He proceeds to let out a loud, flavorful amount of bad language and calls me "stupid old lady" about 20 times. At the same time some other people drive by and ask if I need help. The guy cuts around and drives off - I was able to get his license number while the lovely airport attendant proceeds to do his job of moving me along with the whistle (ubelievable). Luckly there was no damage that I could tell.
"Stupid Old Lady" Incident #2
The following day on the way to the temple - we are starving and realize that most likely we would not be eating for the rest of the day. We stop at Burger King really quickly. Omar runs inside to get the food and I sit in the car. Some people come out to get in the car next to us. I notice that the car is parked extremely close to us. Note - that we are parked in the middle of our lines. The lady proceeds to open her door towards Omar's and hits it. I mouth through the window for her to be careful. She then starts cussing me out and calling me "stupid old lady" about 15 times and proceeds to slam the door hard against omar's. If I hadn't been on the way to get sealed in the temple and had my hair and make-up done, I would have gone out there (she could have taken me though). Interesting how Satan can work against you at the last moments. How these people all KNEW to call me "stupid old lady" I will be forever baffled.
The Ring Exchange
In the temple Omar and I exchanged rings. A few people may have noticed that I put his ring on the wrong finger. We died laughing and non-chalantly moved it to the correct hand. So hilarious since everytime he held my hand before that it would be the right hand and he would ask where my ring was - i had to constantly remind him it was on the other hand.
The Veil
So sad day! I bought this beautiful veil to go with my dress and I don't have one picture with it! I forgot to put it on with my bridal pictures and then with the excitement of the day I never put it on. I have never worn my veil and I can't even return that expensive sucker. A few people mentioned to me later that they wondered where it was (including Omar), but didn't want to say anything to me about it - I had it with me the whole time, just plum forgot.

Target: Home of the EVIL crock pot and registry

NEVER EvEr eVeR do a gift registry from Target. Omar and I have learned that the hard way. I have been an avid Target lover and shopper for years - buying all my friends wedding gifts and things from there. Never again! I actually don't ever want to shop at Target again! Well Omar and I got 4 crockpots - 2 of which were the exact same (from my registry). I went to try to return them to Target along with a few other duplicate items and they would not take them back. They said that I had to have a gift receipt. I explained that I was not given one but that I could show that it was on my gift registry and proceeded to show them my printed out version from home. They didn't care. They would only allow 2 returns per year without a receipt and the item had to be under 20 dollars - meaning they wouldn't take anything back - not even for store credit (which was all I wanted). I talked to the manager and she suggested I call the gift givers up and ask for the gift receipt or their original receipt. I asked her if she would actually do that. She didn't respond. So basically we were stuck with too many crock pots.
Until...my husband had an ingenious idea.
What if we were to go and buy the same crock pot in cash and then return it (thus getting our cash back) - we would still have the receipt including the gift receipt and then could return the other crock pot. Well it couldn't hurt to try - so we did. It worked we were able to even get cash back for the other crock pot. Who did I marry that would actually come up with a scheme like that? Target doesn't deserve our business. We have already told a handful of other friends that are getting married not to register there.

Wedding Pictures

So people probably have wondered a little bit about the wedding. My mom and uncle have some pictures at this website if you would like to check it out (they are from the temple and also from the reception).
http://picasaweb.google.com/LDwakefield/KatesWeddingForKelly?authkey=2qFsXEuLikc

The family bbq - we had a get together at my aunt and uncle's house for both sides of the family. It was a lot of fun and had good food of course - bbq our favorite!
I thought I would show some pics of getting my hair done - these were actually for my bridal pics though.



Our bed on our wedding night at the Celebration Hotel

How sweet of him - it was actually the first time he ever got me flowers

Too bad they were fake - I love you still - at least they will be easier to preserve



Margaret and Kate

Uncle Turner and Uncle John

Aunt Diana, Mom, Aunt Dianna

cousin Nicole with son Croix, Aunt Nancy, Aunt Pam, Aunt Corinne, and grandpa

Cousin Cisco, Ariana (daughter) with wife Jessica, Omar's parents Grace and Jose

Diana, Kate, Omar, Dianna, Laura

Omar with our new little nephew (I am finally an AUNT!) Jayden

Aunt Diana, cousin Margaret, and Omar's friend from New York Denise

Lindsey and Kate

Omar and Kate

Grandpa, Aunt Nancy, Uncle Marshall, and Kate's mom


Kate getting her hair done

my makeup was done by a friend