Kaleb & Sereina Tie the Knot

Thursday This was the first day before the wedding that I wasn't working and I was so looking forward to. It was so nice to just focus on weddings stuff without being at work. It was also the day that the flowers arrived! From the beginning I knew I wanted to do the flowers myself, for many reasons. I like doing crafty stuff, it's much less expensive, and I didn't want anything super complected. Honestly the hardest part about doing them myself was figuring out how many of each thing to get. I ordered all of the flowers and greenery from Fifty Flowers and was very happy with them. After placing the order they call to confirm the order and delivery date, as certain types of flowers need more or less time to open up. They all arrived on time and as expected, so I was happy. I'd definitely recommend them if you're looking to order flowers in bulk! Here's the summary of  what I ordered : Red Carnation Flowers  - 200 stems - $120 Israeli Ruscus Greenery

The weekend before the wedding was the time when all of the festivities really began to start. My mom, Tiana, and Alina arrived in town the Friday the week before the wedding and stayed the whole week. Almost every day we had friends or family arriving in town. Brunch A month or so earlier I though it would be nice to block out some time on our calendar the weekend before to have some quality time together and take a little break from the craziness of planning. We were both really glad we did this! So on Saturday we went to The Commons in Woodinville and had an amazing brunch. Kaleb got french toast and I got this scramble bowl. The potatoes were seasoned soooo good! After bunch we made the impromptu decision to go to Flower World, since it had been something we'd been talking about doing, but hadn't had the time to do. So we went and browsed all the beautiful plants together. On the way home we made a quick stop at a garage sale we saw on the way there, but didn

In the almost 5 months we were engaged, we did a lot. We traveled a lot. We ran a lot of errands. We cooked a lot. We unpacked so many boxes. It was a busy time for sure! I thought I'd share some of the photo highlights we have from that season of life. We sent Alina a lot of ring shots. #sparkle Fun times during Camp Jitterbug. On our last day in Vancouver for Lindy Bout, I planned a surprise breakfast party for Kaleb's birthday. Meetings with our friend/officiant, Josh. Lots of unpacking after getting Kaleb's stuff back from smoke restoration. Fun times at Big Sky Weekend. Poker with the Millers, Tiana, and Daniel. Buying patio chairs at Fred Meyer. We bought a new dresser from Ashley Furniture at it was delivered a few days after my bridal shower. Instead of a company picnic at work, they took us to a Mariners game, which was lots of fun.