Mr. & Mrs.
We are home! from the destination wedding to end all destination weddings, so perfect was every moment, and while there are piles of laundry sitting about (and, in my defense, myriad in the process of being washed and folded, too), and suitcases still needing to be fully unpacked, over the past two days I have managed to (sleep, and shower, and miss clam chowder, and) traipse through a good portion of the millions of pictures taken since last we met.
Pictures from pre-wedding Wednesday and Thursday are here, mostly in order along with the pictures I’ve managed to upload from the much anticipated day of vow-taking itself. There are (amazing, better edited) pictures on Chris’ photostream, and more coming soon.
A huge Mr. & Mrs. thank you! to everyone who emailed and commented and texted well-wishes and congratulations. While I feel like I am mostly good at responding to comments in a timely fashion, I am admittedly a bit buried in my inbox at the moment, but please know that both Chris and I read every single comment, every single email and text, and we are grateful and giddy and fully aware of how lucky we are to have such a stellar support network both online and off.
I’ve tried writing this entry over and over in my head, and while I could recount every moment of every day (something I did in a journal-a real! journal filled with my very own handwriting!-during our trek up and down the Oregon Coast) I think I would probably lose most of you after the first two days. It was a lot of walking, a lot of driving, a lot of photo-snapping, plenty of sunset smooching, and even more cooing and smiling at each other while the rest of the coast dissolved into a euphoric blur of newlywed bliss.
It’s more than easy and completely honest to say that I have never been happier. Not ever. Even easier and more truthful is the realization that this trip will forever be the most important, the most beautiful, the most amazing, the most sea lion-laden one I’ve ever taken.
This was my aisle:
Chris was waiting for me on the other side:
It was surprisingly perfect on all accounts, probably because it started in Cannon Beach and ended in Portland, and every little coastal city we wandered into along the way was each interesting and memorable in its own sandy way. Add a full week of unabashed sunshine, an unexpected upgrade to the most incredible honeymoon suite ever, family and friends who stand miles above the greatest expectations by simply existing, copious bowls of coastal clam chowder (say that! five times fast), and a husband who made every moment of our journey more fun than I could have imagined, and you have the giddy outline of the story of the past ten days.
I fully intend on writing about all of it more and with greater detail (and thus, greater length) in the days and weeks and months to come, but I am still playing with different ideas on how and where and when to do all of that, and so, until I can make a more concrete composition decision, on we go! to the pictures you have all been so patiently waiting for (How many of you already scrolled ahead to the pictures? You are totally busted. Also: I would have done the same thing.):
(The full set is here.)
congratulations!
It’s beautiful, you’re gorgeous, congratulations!! Can’t wait to hear more about it…what a beautiful memory! :)
Congratulations! I am oddly smitten by the fact that Chris’s tie matches your dress. And how awesome are your wedding pictures? VERY.
Wonderful photos! Wonderful dress! Wonderful venue! You look so lovely.
You both look so happy, and that gives me a warm, squishy feeling in my heart. Congratulations! Now go bask in your newlywed glow.
Wow, I love you guys. I’m so happy for you both! :)
Wahoooooo! :)
You are gorgeous, hubby is gorgeous, the setting is gorgeous, everything looked beautiful. Looks like a wedding to remember. Now importantly … did you trash the dress?
(sayyessayessayyes!)
xo
Congratulations! It looks like you had a fabulous time.
So, so happy for you both I am! Yoda, I also evidently am. But really, the setting, you guys, the wedding party, the family, the pictures. All so, so beautiful. Happy, happy life together to you!
congratulations, mr. & mrs.! i already peeked at the pics as soon as they were up on flickr and i happily repeat myself here: you look absolutely beautiful! you are both glowing with love it feels like i can grab it right off the screen.
i can’t put into words you how happy i am. i was thinking of you all day [and isn't it awesome that maggie marie B. was born on your wedding day?]. sending you a big *smooch* and wishing you both the most wonderful life together! :)
what beautiful photos!!
i love the color of your dress and your flowers. So pretty. Everything looks so beautiful…your bare feet in the sand…lovely.
Congrats!! I hope you two live a long and happy life together!
Is it creepy that I looked at, nay gushed at, all of the wedding photos last night? Just let me know.
I am so happy for you. Congratulations to you both.
Beautiful!
that jumping picture makes me so happy every time i see it. and i’m so glad i could be there that day to celebrate with you and chris. i love you both, and cannot wait until you’re here in p-town for good. i’m going to visit you too often and probably overstay my welcome every time. it will be awesome. (for me, at least)
what wonderful pictures [already looked at on flickr]… and more here… you’re such a beautiful and happy couple. it makes everyone jealous who looks at those pictures up there. but you fully deserve it and i am so happy to see one more couple having overcome the obstacles of long distance relationships… :)
xoxo
CONGRATS!!!! Wow. You guys look GREAT.
There are no words. What a beautiful location and a beautiful bride. You two look so happy and radiant and I so happy for you and your Mr.!
Oh my gosh - I LOVE your dress. It’s beautiful!
Congratulations, you guys! It looked like you had the perfect location. (I’m off to look at the rest of your pictures.)
Your dress is amazing!
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! (yay!)
I am SOOOOO excited for you and for Chris and for your new married life together!!!! You both look amazing in the photos!!! I am just so very happy for you!
Big Big BIG internet hugs (hug you monitor, now) from me to you!
OH. MY. GAH. you look soooo beautiful! and you both look so happy and in love. CONGRATULATIONS MRS.!!!
also, i absolutely LOVE your bouquet..such pretty colors!
You looked amazing, I love your dress! Best wishes!
CONGRATULATIONS!! It looks absolutely lovely, and your dress is utterly divine! All the best!
There is so much love in your words and your photos. Everything is so beautiful (love your dress and the whole color scheme). I’m dying to hear your vows. Congrats to you both!
Awww! (There’s no making me tear up this early in the morning!!)
It all looks amazing. You look like a princess in your awesome dress!
I’m sooo happy for you! Congratulations to you both.
Love and smooches!
Breathtakingly Beautiful! All of it!
Kerri-Bo-Berri!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
And MY GOD, these photos are PHENOMENAL. So much so that I CANNOT STOP USING CAPS! My favorite shot is the one of you and the other three silhouettes. Oh. My. GAW. Gorgeous. And you look beautiful!!
I owe you an e-mail and a hundred thousand comments. I’ve been a horrible blogger lately - I’m constantly behind on e-mail and I have no idea what is going on in anyone’s life. :( I had two weeks of hellish hours at work and it has thrown everything topsy turvy. I can’t wait to read through your archives to catch up.
xoxooxo
Holy cow, what gorgeous pictures. And the story, what little you’ve shared so far, is amazing.
I can’t wait to hear more.
Congrats to you both. May you always be this happy.
Oh, how I love the Oregon coast.
You look beautiful.
Congrats.
(mental note: I must take the ear doctor to see haystack rock some day)
Hooray!! Welcome back, and congratulations once again! May the two of you have a long and happy marriage filled with only good things.
Yippeee! We were in that area of the country this spring, and it is a magical place. Congratulations to the two of you!!
wow wow wow !!! you are so beautiful and that dress makes my heart stop and what a perfect aisle and did i mention how absolutely gorgeous those photos are. sigh. congratulations ~ you two look so absolutely blissful :) xox
AND NOW ITS TIME TO UPDATE.
How’s married life you crazy kids?!
the pictures are amazing.
what a perfect aisle, and a perfect sky…the pictures are fantastic. whatever you paid for them…well worth it.
it’s nice to hear a happy story.
may it continue for many, many more blog entries.
oh big huge major congrats! how positively exciting. you looked lovely! that dress is stunning :)
Happiness and Congratulations!
I hope you are well, stranger! ;)
Congratulations! What a great dress and location. I wish you two well.
Hey I just started tuning in, but wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS! You look beautiful and happy.
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Thank! you. And: welcome!