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GTKY: Wedding Porn for You!
We got married on September 29, 2012. Our good friend from grad school officiated a 10-15 minute ceremony attended by around 90 guests. My MOH was my best friend since first grade, and my two bridesmaids were my sister and DH's (step-)sister. DH's groomsmen were two of his fraternity brothers from undergrad and a good friend from a job he worked for most of the first 4 years of grad school. We had a "first look" at the hotel, then did all of our wedding party photos before the ceremony.
The Dress:
Wedding party:
First Look:
Our colors were plum and powder blue with a few silver accents, and we served breakfast for dinner. I didn't think to get pictures of the food, but we had stuffed french toast, potatoes O'brien, berry blintzes, lots of bacon, and a top-your-own-waffle station at dinner; we also had a late-night coffee bar with pastries and biscotti. We cut a small cinnamon spice cake and had a cupcake tree with pancake-bacon and butter-pecan cupcakes. We also had a sugar-free chocolate groom's cake that I swear you couldn't tell was sugar-free.
The Cake:
A couple other relatively unique things we did that I loved: 1) we had a wine box ceremony, where we wrote each other letters to read and a bought bottle of wine to open on our 10th anniversary, and our parents wrote letters and bought us wine for our first and fifth anniversaries, which we keep in a box we stained and had engraved with our names and wedding date; 2) I also asked my parents to walk me down the aisle together. My poor mom was trying so hard not to cry.
Wine Box:
Our Rings:
Okay, I could PIP all night, but you'd get bored so I'll stop there.
ETA: Ooh! But I forgot to add: we spent the week of Thanksgiving (and also my birthday!) on our honeymoon at an all-inclusive resort in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It was beautiful, and the unlimited drinks were definitely a plus. 
We didn't have a ton of money to go out on day tours, so we spent most of our time at the resort and got to know a lot of the workers there, which was really fun. We did get off the resort for one very long day trip to the rainforest alongside an active volcano (Arenal), where we did a really cool nature hike and spent some time in the hot springs.
We didn't have a ton of money to go out on day tours, so we spent most of our time at the resort and got to know a lot of the workers there, which was really fun. We did get off the resort for one very long day trip to the rainforest alongside an active volcano (Arenal), where we did a really cool nature hike and spent some time in the hot springs.
TTC #1 August 2014. BFP 9/26! EDD 6/9/15
Baby A born 6/17/2015
Re: GTKY: Wedding Porn for You!
Baby Boy born 5.3.15
DE IVF ER - 12/2/2016 (17R/10F = 8 frosties); FET 1.0 (1/27/2017) - BFP 6dp5dt (EDD 10/16/2017)
~ S & L 8-25-12 ~