6 months later...

So, I came on here, set up a new blog, I was very excited to get started...then my boyfriend proposed and really threw a curveball that changed the next few months!  We got married just a little over 3 months after he proposed, and it was an absolutely perfect day.  Everything turned out exactly the way we wanted.

We had the wedding under a HUGE tent in my parents backyard.

We had so many wonderful family members and friends who spent the day with us.  My parents normally throw a party for the 4th of July, so this year we turned that party into a wedding - complete with a red, white and blue color scheme.

We had a VERY short ceremony, under the same tent, followed by dinner & dancing.  Eventually, the wedding turned into the normal party, with karaoke, margaritas, and a water fight.  It was the perfect mix of classy, fun, wedding, partying, and more fun.  Everyone had a great time, and we wished we could do it all over again every weekend.

I did manage to get my own personal touch in the wedding.  I made the cake that sat on top of our cupcake tower (Gigi's cupcakes - so good!).  It did not turn out as I had envisioned, but you know, I had a few other things going on that week, and it gave us something to cut during the reception.

All in all, it was a perfect day.  And I was a very happy bride.

But it was a production, and we did plan it, start to finish, in 3 months.  So it definitely threw off my plans of starting a blog back in March.  (Not to mention, I had two other cousins who got married in the 6 weeks after I did, which meant spring and summer were consumed with trips home to Michigan for showers and weddings, and one Relay For Life).

Now things have calmed down around here - I have no plans for travel to Michigan until Christmas, and I'm not quite sure what to do with myself.  But I have managed to get some crafting and cooking done over these last few months, so I'm off to go take some pictures so I can show off what I've been up to!