We just got our wedding video back, Woopee! Nathan Pickett is absolutely incredible and we couldn't be happier.  We are so lucky we can relive our favorite day! Matthew, as you can tell, is the most caring and loving guy in the world. He is ssooo slow to frustration and quick to laugh. :D I married my best friend, first and last kiss, and first and last love! 

Tessa + Matt: Temple from Nathan Pickett on Vimeo.

My lil' miss'

Say hello to the girl that rocks my world all day :D

To say the least, I have found a few odd n' end jobs out here in New York, and this is one of them! Let me introduce... Gabriella. :) :) I watch her big bro, Elgen, and the littlest mamma is Lina. ( El was at school, Lina was napping) when I was lucky enough to get a makeover. Sticky blue glitter eyeshadow that had to be reapplied as often as possible. And of coarse that even meant to take breaks at the pool to reapply.

When I started with this family Gabriella would call me Mandy ( ? ) and then random other names hoping to get it right. So picture this with all the tude' in the world. And with the thick accent of a Long Islander, I will type it just how it sounds. "Mee-andy...Jen... (huff and puff)... hEy!!.(grunt)..I kee-ant see ya name!"  haha she couldn't think of it so, 'I can't say ya name' would come out remixed. I couldn't help but just let her keep trying cause' it would get me laughing so hard! Every 2 minutes she would huff and puff that sentence. 

Mmm. Hmmm. (snap)

This is my not-so-sleeping beauty! Lina Bean :) I so love these kids, they are remarkable because of their parents. They are cuddle bugs! Nothing makes you feel so good as when you pick up one of these girls and their head drops right to your shoulder. Oooo it's to die for!

Testing .. testing..

Yay! blog #1 from long island! This has been everything that i hoped it would be.. an adventure with my Dear. It's one a those weird things you are not sure if it's only been a day.. but I would totally believe you if you told me it has been a year.ha Loving it!
So.. a quick recap for you! (and bless my heart this will be a recap for me as well...my precious memory)
Matthew and I flew in on a red eye flight. I know that you can perfectly imagine us; perky as energizer bunnies, most excited couple you ever saw. Arms outstretched, head looking to the sky, slow motion twirling the second I walked off the plane. Within minutes I was wearing an  'I <3 NY'  t-shirt. And all of this celebration of a new world... through... 'tired eyes'. ha. My infamous 'tired eyes' and 'morning face.' This is where my eyes shrink down to half their normal size, so I am peering through slits, and my lips double their normal size.... Welcome to New York City Tess...
Nah... it didn't quite happen like that. hahaha But those were my feelings about it. And I am still ecstatic to be here!! The Lord really let an outpouring of blessings come to Matthew and I to get us out here, and I still feel em' coming. Just can't help but smile and feel overwhelmed with gratitude!!