Wedding Blog

Hello to all bees and readers! I am so amazingly excited to be a part of WeddingBee!

I had never really thought about getting married. I mean, I thought about the actually being married part and sharing my life with someone, but the planning aspect was never something I gave too much thought to, which is strange because I love style, color, planning… and pretty dresses. But then one day, I figured out that Mr. Robin was going to propose, and it struck me how little I knew. That freaked out planning little me, and so to the internet I went, and found the most fun, informative, helpful site - WeddingBee. Now that I am a part of this wonderful site, I can’t wait to inflict my crazy ideas upon you all!

I guess the first thing for you to know is that Mr. Robin and I are tying the knot with a little more speed than your average American couple. From proposal to altar there are exactly four months. However, we only have three months to plan, because Mr. Robin asked me to marry him at the beginning of a three week trip where we were visiting friends in Mexico. This makes the planning and plotting of this once in a lifetime day just a bit more complicated. We have to make sure that we make the right decision the first time, every time (but mistakes will happen).

Why get married so fast? Well, we are just done not being married to each other now that we have made the commitment to do so. We are done not living together, not sharing our lives, not following God together.

We live in Portland, Oregon - an awesome city if you love indie crafts, food, music, and nature (all of which we do love). We can’t wait to have the chance to live together in this beautiful city, but it won’t be for a little while because, God willing, we hope to travel around Mexico, Central and South America in the first year of our marriage.

We love travel, wine, and meeting new people in other cultures. We are planning, tentatively at this point, to travel to see friends in Buenos Aires, explore Chile, climb Machu Picchu, lie on the beaches and explore the rain forests of Costa Rica, then wander through the amazing natural beauty and lovely culture of Mexico until we hit Zacatecas, the city where Mr. Robin popped the question (more on that later) and there we will settle for several months. It will be quite an adventure and a great way to learn how to be as one in our first year together. And after Zacatecas? Who knows.

Looking over the names, I knew I had to be Miss Robin - I have a current obsession with bird-shaped things (earrings mostly) and I find robins kind of goofy, so there is definitely a resemblance between me and them.

And not just the red/brown hair.