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Oops, it’s been a while – but I want to finish this series so I can remember all the details that made me so happy! Here they are. I loved and want to remember that our florals were quite simple – we bought a great bundle of boutonnieres, corsages, and bouquets from Costco, and then my mom helped arrange them and add hydrangea to the mix. One snafu was that it was supposed to be blue hydrangea, but they are so finicky and we ended up with hydrangea that were kind of pale green with a hint of blue. I’m […]

We just got home from our honeymoon, and it was absolutely incredible! We spent two weeks in Tanzania and hiked Mount Kilimanjaro; saw all kinds of amazing animals on safari in the Tarangire, Ngorongoro, and Serengeti; and finally spent two days on the beach in Zanzibar. That last part felt like the quintessential honeymoon experience, and it was cool to see the Indian Ocean, but both of us were a little stir crazy for that part of the trip… so I think we planned it perfectly. After such a long time away from work, and especially after those final two