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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:
I married the man of my dreams and my best friend. I’m pretty much the luckiest chic on the planet.

The men looking snazzy in their tuxes

My mom handmade all of the dresses for the wedding party

My aunt made my wedding bouquet and added in a handkerchief and cameo from my great-grandmother

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.

My family made tasty desserts for our dessert and coffee reception

My little sister was my maid of honor—Isn’t she lovely?

Our wedding party was slightly LARGE—It was nice being surrounded by friends and family

The Mother-of-the-Bride and the Mother-of-the-Groom accidentally got the same dresses… but, they looked gorgeous!

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!
It was a busy, busy weekend. I was actually looking forward to the start of the week just so things would slow down a bit… but, it was also a FUN weekend. 
Beet Pierogis with cabbage, polish sausage, and beet mashed potatoes

One of my goals this year is to cook one new thing each week and this dish was this week’s “new dish.” I’m not the biggest fan of beets, but, we keep getting them in our veggie box. So, I’m trying a lot of new beet dishes. The pierogi dish was tasty… but, the mashed potatoes were so amazing! Recipes will be going up sometime this week!

Glasses and Straws from this weekend’s Blogger’s Brunch— the straws were made by Sam Rosen

I had such fun at this weekend’s Portland Blogger’s Brunch. We did a Valentine’s Day theme this time and it was ADORABLE. I’ll be posting more about this event shortly!

I had fun wearing BRIGHT colors this weekend.
Winterhawks game

Had a fun double date at the Winterhawks game on Saturday night. Dinner at our place, a MAX ride out to the Rose Quarter, and then the game. They unfortunately lost in the last 30 seconds…
but, we had a good time nonetheless!

Photo by my hubby

After work on Sunday morning we enjoyed the great weather by going to the park with the little guy. He had his first time on a swing set and loved it!

Well, that was my weekend.
How was yours?