Life is "OK" (aka "Omar & Kate")

So I thought it was time to change the title of my blog since now it is for 2 people! If you can think of a better title let me know - I just like incorporating our initials (OK). Omar and I have now been married for 1 week! Crazy. We decided that we would switch off who is in charge of the Saturday activity. This week is my week. I heard about this festival down in St. Augustine called "Rhythm and Ribs" it had music and of course delicious bbq. It for sure put Texas to shame. Afterwards we walked around the shops downtown and looked at the fort. St.Augustine is America's oldest city and the fort is actually made of coquina (which is seashells). We were able to see them shoot guns and the cannon. It was exciting.


Omar in front of the Fort Omar and I at the waterfront walkway in St. Augustine a random sign in a park
At the Rhythm and blues festival
A little bit of the bbq Omar eating his bbq Omar and the pig - oink oink! Me eating the bbq

Mr. Butterball

So of all the gifts that we got, I think that Omar was the most excited about this one. For those who don't know Omar, he is obsessed with meat! When we were dating I think everything that he ate was a steak - we could have gone somewhere to eat and somehow they would have a steak on the menu. Well we got a food slicer - we went out and bought cooked, unsliced ham and turkey (he wanted to go all out and get a few other kinds of meat) and took it home. He took a break from work and came home and sliced those suckers up. There I was packing away more and more meat to freeze. We will be slicing all our own meat now - no more Publix deli or Oscar Meyer for us! We are our own Subway. It is a good money saver - plus who knows it might excite me into becoming a bread baker!
So be sure to bring us a cooked ham or butterball when you drop by to visit.


Here is that mean slicing machine - that is what I call meat!

I meant Omar

cute but crazy

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

Happy Leap Year

Omar drove down from Jacksonville and pretty much when he got here we headed over to a Leap Year Party - they do only happen once every 4 years. We talked and played chubby bunny! I always thought Omar had a huge mouth - i was right - he got like 12 of those large marshmallows in his mouth and still had plenty of room. If he hadn't started laughing he probably would have been able to get at least 5 more in. Sick! I could only do 4 before I started gagging.

Blonde Moment #1

So I thought I would start to record some of my blonde moments. There are too many of them to count and those that know me won't be a bit shocked by this one...
My mom was sick with bronchitis about a week ago and she had dropped off a prescription at CVS. I was such a kind daughter and offered to go and pick it up for her. She gave me her credit card and I went. I told the guy my moms name and he looked at me and asked when I had dropped it off. I said I didn't remember. He then asked for confirmation information. What is your birthday. I respond with "12 - 25..." trying to not forget the birthyear he responded in the middle of my sentence "1954" I said "yup thats right" he then asked me my address to which I told him and he said "hmmm..." do you know how this prescription works. I said yup and rang the stuff up and left. I went home and told my mom that it was weird that he was asking me all these questions about you - "it was like he didn't believe that I was you." My mom then had to explain to me after she stopped laughing that it might be a little difficult to believe that I was 53 years old.

Announcement Pictures

Our real engagement picture

just a random one

another random one

us registering at Bed, Bath, and Beyond

us at Sea World

Money Money Money

I have been completely shocked and appalled at how expensive weddings are! It is actually quite ridiculous. I have watched a few episodes of “Platinum Weddings” and have been in awe at how someone could spend $50,000 on a wedding (no offense to those of you who spent that much or close to that much on your wedding). I read in a bridal magazine the other day how someone spent 70 million – I said MILLION, on their wedding! Just think of what good things could have happened with that money. That is 2 times the amount that Mitt Romney used from his personal funds for his campaign. Sickening.