Christmas Decorations at the Rosner's

As promised- pictures of this Christmas Wonderland house! I'd say it's Richard's hobby ;p
If you look closely, you will find two things Jan-Michael and I have contributed... A Christmas spirited Jack Sparrow and a wintery Belle and Beast!

Rosner Family Christmas

Today we celebrated Christmas! Sure it was technically 4 days after Christmas, but we waited for brother Wesley to fly in. We all slept in, I made my family traditional breakfast- strawberry blintzes, we ate turkey dinner, and finally opened gifts! At the end, my husband sent me on a scavenger-hunt by "Joey the Elf". After 5 letters, we found the gift outside, hanging from a pine tree. However, it was a Barbie for brother Rich! Finally I found my gift behind "santa" and it was Holiday Barbie :) My in-laws
got us a couple Christmas decorations so that we may decorate our house like they do! They are crazy about Christmas decorating! I will post
another blog with pictures of their amazing house! I'd say I had a pretty "princessy" Christmas and my husband had a very "piratey" Christmas :) Also, brother Rich gave us a flat screen TV as a wedding gift! After we were finished opening gifts and playing in the paper, friends Matt and Maggie came over with
their adorable son, Aidan. That concludes our PA Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Rosner Family! Jan-Michael's oldest brother Rich, came down from Pittsburgh to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas day with us. We attended Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at a beautiful and old Roman Catholic church in downtown Uniontown. Twillet, my new Mother-in-law, reads The Night Before Christmas every Christmas Eve. The book she reads from is the same book she's had since a child.

Christmas day was warm and wonderful. Jan and I opened gifts that were shipped from my parents (THANK YOU!). Later we had a turkey dinner and watched A Christmas Story - it was my first time watching it! We are waiting to open gifts and celebrate Christmas when Wesley, Jan-Michael's other brother, arrives from California.


This is Twillet and I in my Victoria's Secret santa skirts haha!

Christmas Cheer- Small Town Style

The other night, we attended a live Nativity at a church in town. They blocked off the street and performed outside. Besides it being cold, it was wonderful. Afterward, we went inside for hot cocoa, cookies, and a showcase of personal Nativity sets. What a way to get into the Christmas spirit!
The next day we decided to go towards Pittsburgh to do some Christmas shopping. It was amazing how drastic the attitudes differed from those here in our small town. I was quite astonished. You would think I'd be used to the rudeness, coming from a big city- even L.A! Let me tell you Pittsburgh, you are NO Los Angeles, so check your attitudes!
Anyway, it's nice to come home to, what I like to call, my own little "Everwood". I am being a bit dramatic- Uniontown isn't THAT small... trust me, you haven't seen small until you go to Peru, Indiana! But I'd like to say congratulations to Uniontown for keeping that small town spirit. Merry Christmas!!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

After our first week in PA and seeing nothing but rain and wind, it finally snowed! Every morning, I would wake up and look out the window to see if the ground would be white. Nothing. Finally last weekend while we were eating breakfast, it started to snow! And kept going until the ground was a beautiful white! I loved it! The ground stayed covered for about two days before it finally melted. I can't wait for it to snow again!! This was the second time in my entire life that I had seen it snow. The first time was last year when I came to PA for the first time, but it didn't snow for very long. So it was quite exciting this year, to see the ground actually get covered! Maybe next time, there will be enough to make a princess snowgirl! haha!

Moving Across the USA

Our shipping container has finally made it to Pennsylvania. We didn't have much stuff, so we had everything shipped instead of renting a Uhaul and driving cross country. It was supposed to arrive shortly after our honeymoon, but instead came about a week and a half later. My car was also shipped, but arrived in PA 2 days into our honeymoon! Hooray, all our stuff is finally here and being stored at Grandma's until our house is finished! Thanks Dad, Kara, Mom, Skyler, Paul, Grandma K, and Mom & Dad #2 for all your help! From driving it to AZ, to packing up the box, everyone helped us out!

The only horrors that come with shipping instead of driving it yourself, is that things can be damaged. Not necessarily by the shipping company, but just because everything is packed so tight and for so long. Not 3 days, but 2 weeks. We have a few damaged boxes, cracked hope chest, dented TV, ripped wedding gown bag, and so forth. But, what can you do? There's no use in being mad because you can't change anything now. We haven't opened anything or check to see if things work. We'll worry about that once we get in to our new house.

Speaking of which, here is a picture or our house in progress! We drove by it the other day and took a picture. The outside is pretty much finished except some paint on the doors, shutters, and railing. The inside is a whole other story! Lets pray we can get our house finished soon! I can't wait to move in!!

Our Disney Honeymoon

First of all, thanks to everyone who helped make our honeymoon dreams come true! I found this wonderful website called TheBigDay.com which allowed us to "register" our honeymoon! So thanks to all who "purchased" items!
We started off with a night at the brand new Hilton Garden Inn in Avondale. This would be by far the largest room of our honeymoon, so too bad it was only for one night! haha! Then we flew to Florida and arrived at our Port Orleans French Quarter hotel pretty late in the evening. Disney takes care of their guests, so we didn't even need to go to baggage claim and get our luggage to the hotel! They simply picked it up and delivered it to our room. It did take a couple hours though, so since we got in so late, I didn't get to wash my face until 2am! haha!

Day 2, we went to Disney's MGM Studios. It was a bit smaller than I had imagined, so we finished the park fairly early. We watched their cute motor car Hollywood Holly-Day parade. We also watched their version of Fantasmic--- not recommended. Sure it was great to be able to sit in stadium seating and show up 5 minutes before show time, but the show itself is nothing compared to Disneyland's. My favorite, by far, was this cute Little Mermaid show! They used the movie as a background and
puppets and live Ariel and Eric. So cute! MGM is also home to Beauty and the Beast live stage show :) Trust me, we video taped everything, so if you are curious, you just have to come over and watch! At night they have the Osborne Family Spectacular of Lights- which is buildings decked out in Christmas lights that dance to music. My husband's favorite ride of the day was Aerosmith's Rockin' Rollercoaster. It's like Space Mountain, only it takes you through L.A. We were unable to dine at any of the restaurants. Even though it was a Monday, they were all booked! We found that happening every night. I guess Disney World is always crowded with world travelers. So we left and went to Downtown Disney. We had a wonderful dinner at Planet Hollywood- it's huge! Then, of course, we went shopping!

Day 3, we went to my favorite of the Disney World parks- Epcot! It was just so much fun traveling from country to country tasting drinks and food from around the world! It was such an experience! We had espresso from Italy, pasteries from France, chocolate from England (Cadbury to be exact!), dinner in China, snacks in Germany... It was amazing! Infact, all the Cast Members who work in the countries are actually FROM that country! USA's part was dressed in colonial times, which I totally love! Besides having fun in all the countries, we also enjoyed their ride called Test Track where you get to be a dummy in a car test!

Day 4 brought us to our fairytale, Magic Kingdom. We started our day by having breakfast INSIDE the castle at Cinderella's Royal Table. They take your picture with Cinderella as you enter, and later frame it and give it to you as a keepsake! They also hand you a sword (for the guys) and wand (for the girls) as you enter. Because we were on our honeymoon, they gave us two engraved champagne glasses! Of course all the princesses are there to greet you and take pictures with you. Afterwards, we explored the park. I enjoyed visiting rides that haven't been at Disneyland for years- like the Country Bears, People Mover, and Carousel of Progress. I also throughly enjoyed both of their parades- Disney Dreams and SpectroMagic (which is like a circus version of Electrical Parade). During our visit, we popped into Guest Relations and ended up chatting with a
Cast Member named Sarah. She gaves us a gift card for $175 to go buy our pictures from our Photo Pass! It was her wedding gift to us :) My favorite ride of the day was The Hall of Presidents- it's like Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln in Disneyland. I guess it's more of a show than a ride. I loved Liberty Square! It's my favorite land! As a whole, I must say that I still prefer Disneyland. Yes, Magic Kingdom was bigger, but it didn't have MORE rides, it was just more spread out. Also, Disneyland seems to seclude their lands better, so you really feel like you're in Toontown or Fantasyland, not BOTH.

Day 5 started out with our Disney Cruise Line bus forgetting us! haha! What a way to start the day! So, they rushed us over to another resort and we were picked up there. No joke! The ship was gorgeous, totally decked out everywhere in Disney magic. Our ship's name is the Disney Wonder, which is the smaller of the two. Our cute little stateroom was on Deck 7. Again, our
luggage was brought to our room. Disney threw a sailing off party as we left the dock. Mickey, Minnie and all the gang were dressed in cute little sailing outfits! We dined at Parrot Cay with other honeymooners who were so fun! We ended our night by watching a movie in the ship's theatre- Dan in Real Life.

Day 6 the ship docked at the island of Nassau in the Bahamas. We took a historic tour of Nassau, which was a bit crazy- they loaded us up in a van and drove us to two different forts while pointing out things along the way. The crazy part was all the driving. They drive on the left and have hardly any stop signs and only one traffic light! I think I got a bit car sick! We didn't do much shopping- just popped into one store called Del Sol where everything changes color in the sun! We gladly boarded on ship early! haha! That night we watched a live stage show in the Walt Disney Theatre called the Golden Mickey's. It was a
broadway performance! The theme for dinner was Pirates IN the Caribbean, so Jan and I bought matching Pirate Disney Cruise Line shirts. We dined at Triton's that night and they gave us all pirate bandanas to wear. After dinner, Mickey and the gang had a pirate party and fireworks, which ended with a pirate buffet!

Day 7 was my most favorite day and night of the cruise. We docked at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. I've never seen a more beautiful and *clean* island! They even had a tram to take you to different parts of the beach. Jan and I layed out on provided chairs with cocktails. The sand was like flour and the water was as clear as glass. It was gorgeous! Disney also provided lunch and icecream. We had to board early because I had a hair appointment. The theme was formal and we booked reservations separately at an intimate restaurant called Palo. The food was amazing and we had such a wonderful experience.
After dinner, we watched my favorite show of the trip- Disney Dreams! At the end, Tinker Bell seemed to have sprinkled our ship with pixie dust and the whole ceiling started to glitter! It was simply magical. Afterward, we changed in to PJs and went down to what we thought would be a farewell show- well, it was actually an opportunity to take pictures with all the characters! So we ran back up and put our dress and suite back on! It was worth it because we got the best picture with Donald!

Day 8, our final meal on the ship was at Animator's Palate for breakfast. Then we had to leave the ship :( They drove us to the airport and we walked around, shopped, ate, and slept. We had to wait 8 hours for our flight! Our layover was in Cincinnati, where it was cold, foggy, and rainy. As I looked around, everyone was in coats and winter apparel. Here I was in flip flops and
a Disney sweat jacket! Talk about sticking out like a sore thumb! They stuck us on a tiny plane I was sure was going to crash- but we made it to Pittsburgh. We were welcomed by my new in-laws who had a banner made that said Congratulations!


We would go on another Disney cruise in a heartbeat! Infact, I don't think we will ever be able to cruise with anyone else! It was also fantastic being around so many people from all over the world!

Our Wedding Pictures at Blueiconcepts

Olivia, our wonderful photographer, has uploaded our winter wonderland wedding pictures! You can view and buy them by going to www.blueiconcepts.com (client login: rosner). They are stunning! Here's just a sample to tease you!

Wedding Rehearsal

We're married! I have joined the married club! It's so exciting!
Normally since I love taking pictures, I would have tons of wedding pictures up. However, apparently when you're the bride, it doesn't look so good if you're carrying a camera :( So, we have no pictures yet. Saddness. But until then, I have some great pictures from our rehearsal! The most adorable moment goes to: our flowergirls, Cassie and Hayley! They were so excited to get their bride buid-a-bears, they even took them to the salon the next day! I just love my cousins :)
Although it was raining and the church power had gone out, everything went pretty well by the time rehearsal started. A special thanks to Cindy and Kim who spent a lot of time getting the church to look so beautiful and like a winter wonderland!
I would also like to thank Christy and Ken for reading my poem, Lindsey for singing, Aunt Carrie for reading a prayer, my Mom and Twillet for lighting the candles, and Summer for singing. Weren't they all so wonderful?! Golly I love my family and friends!
Wedding Day thanks go to Cindy, Charlie, Christy, Ken, and Kyle for turning our reception hall into a fairytale come true! Thanks to Kim for making us girls all so beautiful- that goes to Natalie as well! Thanks to Dad for remembering the rings! Thanks to Mom for making sure we all had food and lots of space to get ready. Vanessa- lots of thanks for keeping us sane, running around for me, keeping things moving, holding all our crap, getting lights on everyone, and finally getting us out the door! Thanks to Kara for providing our Radio Disney DJ! Many thanks from all the Rosners to Brian for such a great video! To Olivia for the beautiful wedding pictures we're all about to see in about 2 days and the wonderful growing up DVD! To Nathan for being the unofficial photographer :) Thanks to my flowergirls and bridesmaids for at some point in time, carrying my dress off the wet ground! To Wesley, Rich, Twillet, Richard, Dad, Nathan, and Janelle for wonderful toasting speeches! And to Domonique who bought the bride and groom's toasting glasses! Thanks to everyone who contributed to our dollar dance and bought from our honeymoon registry- we had a wonderful honeymoon thanks to you guys!
We're so so so grateful to everyone!