// Happy Two Years, Mr. Flynn

Two years ago I married my best friend. I used to side-eye people a little when they said they were married to their best friend, but now I get it. I am sharing my forever with the one person I love to laugh, cry, bicker and debate with. We always share a drink, and I chase him around the house with pickles (I love them and he thinks they're disgusting). We binge watch Netflix together when he's not studying, and I drill him with flashcards on disorders and medications I can barely pronounce. He's given me the gift of two precious little boys, and I can't wait to spend the rest of forever with him. I'd marry this man a thousand times over just to relive the excitement of our wedding day. I'll never get tired of these photos.

I had a big, long post whirling around in my head, but then I read what I wrote last year and it honestly summed up our relationship perfectly. No sense in trying to out do that one. I'll just say I'm looking forward to many more road trips and adventures and kids together. This one is a keeper! xo

If you'd like to see more of our wedding, you can click here! 

Preview // Bridals // Bride + Groom // Wedding Party // Ceremony // Reception

Photos by Arrow and Apple

// Our Wedding - Details

The final post from our wedding! I bet you thought you were done with being force fed these photos, huh? Well, just in time for Valentine's Day (you know, because this crazy hectic moving schedule totally nixed the entire 2-week V-Day line up I had planned... ugh!) I think the details are some of my favorites because they really showcase the little bits and bobs that may have gone unnoticed otherwise.

A few things worth noting about these photos/the details: I handmade our programs (and they were sewn, too!), and Mike built all of our signage. We decided to do favor baskets by using pulp berry baskets filled with glass bottled sodas (coke, root beer, cream soda, etc), moon pies and goo goo clusters (tennessee treats!), a mixtape that we created (with the custom illustrated cd sleeve!) and a copy of the October NATIVE magazine (a little shameless plug - but we had a 6 pg feature in the issue [which I conveniently forgot to share on here! Whoops!]) -- My stepdad and Mike built the picnic tables that were there, too. My grandma, my parents, my stepdad's parents, and we got to each keep one. I love that we'll always have that special handmade piece from our wedding. My parents made the delicious BBQ and Mike's family made the yummy salad + sandwiches (each 'wich was wrapped up and tagged). Beca (from Tumbleweeds) baked all of the sweet treats you see on our dessert bar. That was without a doubt the most beautiful part of the reception. Oh my stars. I wish I could have her bake me some macarons every single day. It wouldn't have been the same without Beca's amazing touch! And though Doug couldn't make it, he crafted us the most gorgeous knife to cut our wedding pie with. Those two are rockstars!

Thanks for tolerating all of these posts. I hope I didn't bombard you! I just realized that I never posted the last half of our honeymoon, so I'll put that in the queue for an upcoming day. Don't worry - it's not an overload of mushy photos or anything. Just gorgeous Mexican scenery caught on film. I can't believe we've already been married for four months! What?! Where has time gone?! -- Hope your week is going well! xo (photos by arrow & apple)

Other wedding posts:

Preview // Bridals // Bride + Groom // Wedding Party // Ceremony // Reception 

// Our Wedding : Reception

Most of these are silly photos, so beware! Screw flattering, right?! The dancing was without a doubt the cherry on top of our wedding sundae. It felt good to finally just let go, feel free, and DANCE! It was nice to feel like I could just throw caution to the wind after all of the stressful stuff came and went. Regardless of everything that happened (or didn't) at the wedding, this made it so worth it.

Look closely and you can even see Mike doing Gangnam Style, and I maybe whip out a "Bernie" or two... yes, everyone thought I was crazy. Luckily Chris (Susannah's boyfriend) knew the Bernie, too, so he did it with me. It was my wedding! I could do whatever I wanted! ;P Though I'm probably a little bit crazy for sharing it with the world... You decide. (And yes, there was apparently a zombie apocalypse, too!)

Clearly I am a very lucky lady. Pinch me!

// Our Wedding - The Ceremony

Here are some photos from our wedding ceremony. Many of the people pictured get mentioned here a lot, but I don't usually share photos just to respect their privacy. I don't want to exploit anyone for my blog, but I'm hoping I can make an exception just this once to share photos. These people mean so much to us (like I said a million times over on the last wedding post). It's kind of surreal to look back and try to remember everything that happened because it's like it was over in a blink of the eye. I still can't shake the fact that I totally spit on Mike though... while reading my vows. I got choked up a little bit! haha We're so grateful to our family and friends who braved the unusually icy cold weather of our wedding day. 

I promise I only have 2 posts left! Details + Reception... and the reception ones are mostly just ridiculous pictures of us all dancing. There's even a picture of me doing the Bernie... in a a wedding dress... while everyone stares at me like I'm an idiot. Clearly it's amazing. And I have good taste in dance moves.  (photos by arrow & apple)