Sorry, got caught up enjoying my 6th anniversary with the hubby to post today. I’ll make it up to you tomorrow.
I love you. I just love him more. 😉
My husband and I met after we were set up on a blind date by mutual friends. He was three weeks from graduating college and I still had two full years to go. A year and a half later and we were engaged to be married. I had never really even thought about marriage before meeting him. After I met him I felt like my whole world flipped on its head and was finally going in the right direction. June 6, 2006 I married my best friend. To this day I am still excited to share my day with him, to listen to his day, and to dream about our future together.
My favorite memories of the past six years:
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Our First Year of Marriage:
1. Our wedding & honeymoon
Our Second Year of Marriage:
1. Our move to Oregon— we hopped into our Uhaul and hit the road.
It was a long, hard trip. But, such a good decision for us both.
2. My hubby (after two months without a job) got a job at a bookstore where we met some of our greatest friends.
Our Third Year of Marriage:
1.Visited the Oregon coast for the first time. It was my very first trip to see the Pacific Ocean!
2. My family came to visit Oregon for the first time. I was able to show them all around town.
3. We threw our very first Halloween party (A Haunted Halloween Dinner Party) and it became a yearly tradition for us to host the Halloween party.
Our Fourth Year of Marriage:
1.Went camping with friends at Crater Lake.
Seriously… Oregon is the most beautiful state I’ve ever seen.
2. Traveled to Colorado to see my brother get married.
3. My husband found a job that he really loves and is fantastic at.
4. I started my blog, A Well Crafted Party.
Our Fifth Year of Marriage:
1. Got to see my lil’ sister get married.
2. Really got started with A Well Crafted Party having parties featured all over the internet.
3. Hubby and I found out we were pregnant!!
4. We bought our first car together.
5. Went on an anniversary weekend touring Portland as if we were tourists.
Our Sixth Year of Marriage:
1. We became a family of three.
2. I was able to introduce my son to his paternal great-grandparents. This was very important to me because I grew up with them and wanted so very much for them to meet my children. This was a first time flying on a plane with a little one as well.
3. The wonderful long visit of my in-laws over the holidays. X was lucky to get to spend his first Christmas with family and I was fortunate to have the extra help over that stressful time.
5. The Portland Blogger Meet-Ups began and I was fortunate enough to get to work with wonderful bloggers and make some great new friends.
6. My son… this year so far has been filled with so much love and learning for both me, my husband, and our son. It has seriously been the best thing to happen in my life so far and everything else pales in comparison.
Today is my sixth anniversary with my husband.
To my love,
Thank you for supporting me and for challenging me.
Thank you for laughing with me and continually making me laugh.
Thank you for giving me our son.
Thank you for being a wonderful friend, husband, and father.
I love you always,
Jenni
Thanks to all my readers for letting me share so much of my life with you.
What has been your favorite memory of your marriage (or relationship) so far?
I could have sworn that I had posted my wedding on here before…but, searching through my posts I couldn’t find anything about it. My hubby and I are coming up on our six-year anniversary.
That of course has got me thinking about our big day.
I loved our wedding. We worked really hard on making it special (and affordable). We tried to pay for most of the event ourselves, but we were very thankful to have help from friends and family. It was an ideal start for a young couple and it has only got better each and every day that we’ve been married.
We put our wedding together before the invention of Pinterest and the many wedding blogs out there. Part of me looks forward to one of our bigger anniversary dates so I can throw a huge anniversary party utilizing all of those new tools.
Here are some of my favorite details of the wedding:
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| I married the man of my dreams and my best friend. I’m pretty much the luckiest chic on the planet. |
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| The men looking snazzy in their tuxes |
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| My mom handmade all of the dresses for the wedding party |
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| My aunt made my wedding bouquet and added in a handkerchief and cameo from my great-grandmother |
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| We scraped together enough money to pay for a wonderful Jazz band—I wish that I could pay them three times what we did. They were absolutely amazing. |
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| My family made tasty desserts for our dessert and coffee reception |
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| My little sister was my maid of honor—Isn’t she lovely? |
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| Our wedding party was slightly LARGE—It was nice being surrounded by friends and family |
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| The Mother-of-the-Bride and the Mother-of-the-Groom accidentally got the same dresses… but, they looked gorgeous! |
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| My lovely flower girls walking down the aisle |
Tomorrow I’ll have a post about the DIY elements of the wedding. Thanks for letting me share!
