Wedding Blog

After spending time in Florence and Rome, we continued down the coast and arrived in Naples. We took yet another tour bus to the ancient city of Pompeii.

Here are a few things we learned while exploring:

1. The city was buried under ash after Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, and was rediscovered in 1748. You can see Mt. Vesuvius in the background of most of…

On the fifth day of our honeymoon, we arrived in the port of Civitavecchia, which is the port near Rome. We had a full day excursion ahead of us so we grabbed some breakfast and set off with our tour group.

Fact: The honeymoon posts seem to be well-received, but they take a really long time to write! And I’m feeling lazy today. So, sorry. Rather than not posting anything, I’ll leave you with a bunch of pictures of me and my husband! Exciting, I know. But these are some of our pre-wedding/engagement pictures that were taken two days before our wedding. Our photographers Deb and…

We left France and headed for Italy on day 4 of our honeymoon. We arrived in Livorno, enjoyed yet another sunrise, and headed to Florence.

After taking a day to recover on the boat, we arrived at our first port of Cannes, France at sunrise. Since our excursion was an early one, we had a chance to enjoy the beautiful view of the coast before our tour.

It seems a little surreal to think that we’ve already been married for a month! I think it’s safe to say it’s been the best month of my life thus far. What better way to celebrate our one month anniversary than by sharing a couple more pictures of the wedding day?

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Our journey to our honeymoon was a long one. It started on Sunday, September 6th, at approximately 6:00 AM. Yes, we woke up at 6 AM the day after our wedding! We showered, got ready, and packed all of our things before making our way to my parents’ house to say goodbye to our families. We had a short visit and a homemade breakfast, hugged…

It’s too hard to narrow it down. I asked for a teaser or two to tide you all over (who am I kidding, to tide myself over), and our photographers delivered. They delivered 53 teasers, to be exact. But you’ll have to survive on three for today.

I have a confession to make. We’ve been back from our honeymoon for a whole week and I haven’t blogged about the wedding yet. For some reason, I’ve been nervous to write my first post as a Mrs., but I suppose today is as good a day as any! My husband (HUSBAND!!) and I have been busy putting our life and apartment back together after…

To my almost husband-

Today is the day. The day we have been planning, stressing, and obsessing over for the past 14 months. The day that we’ve been waiting so patiently for during these past 8 years. I’ll never forget that day way back when we were teenagers, the day when we were talking on the phone, and the words “I love you” slipped out of…

Well, one of us is off. The car is packed and I’ll be making my way back to the UP tonight after work! My fiance (that’s one of the last times I’ll get to say that word) will be staying for one more night and coming up on Wednesday after work. The rest of the week will be filled with the projects I couldn’t do from…

With only a little over a week left until the wedding, I cannot help but look past the wedding and move on to the honeymoon. Don’t get me wrong, I am very excited for the wedding, the marriage, and everything that comes with being husband and wife. But at this point I am slightly stressed, a little anxious, and looking forward to VACATION!

The morning after…

This weekend, we’re off to the first of four weddings (not counting our own) that we have to go to in the next nine weeks. Yes, that means 5 out of 9 weekends will be spent celebrating marriage. Talk about a wedding marathon! And to top it off, 2 of the additional weekends (or weeks, actually) will be spent on our honeymoon (to be blogged…

This past weekend I went back up to the UP for the last time before the wedding. In addition to vendor meetings to make sure everyone is on the right track for the big day, I had my makeup trial.

When I got to the salon, Leah, the girl who will be doing my makeup, told me to look at the makeup book they have to…

Please forgive me for all the DIY posts lately. Honestly it’s all I’ve been doing the past few weeks! Here’s a project that anyone can do… it’s super simple! So easy in fact, I’m not sure it requires pictures. But I took some for you anyway!

I’m not sure where I first found them, but for a long time now I’ve wanted to use canvas bags…