My facebook newsfeed this summer read as follows: X got engaged! Y got married! Z had her bachelorette in Vegas! Every weekend there are more engagment announcements than I can count. I'm bombarded by beautiful brides in stunning dresses running through meadows with their partners and wedding parties bounding behind them. It's to be expected. We're at that age (27...for another 2 weeks) when seemingly EVERYONE is getting hitched. And I'm okay with that. As long as the party is hopping and the drinks are flowing, I can get down with the wedding trend that is sweeping through my peers.
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| The Wedding Party |
This summer I had the honour of being a bridesmaid for the first time for one of my dearest friends, Andrea. Quite the opposite of a bridezilla, Di Seb picked out her gown quickly, let us choose bridesmaid dresses we would ACTUALLY wear again, and was cool, calm and collected on her special day. Not that we would have expected anything less out of the PhD Neuroscientist we call our friend and her Neurosurgeon fiance, Mike. They couldn't go on a honeymoon directly following their wedding due to the fact that he had to preform brain surgery the following week, NBD. This brainy twosome had one of the most beautiful, laidback and fun weddings I have ever attended and I'm so lucky to have had my first wedding party experience on their special day.
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| Bride and Groom's First Boogy Down |
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| Doing what we do best. |
Two weeks later, in a little chapel in Ball's Falls, ON, my childhood friend Heather married her sweetheart Steve. The venue was the epitome of rustic chic fitting Heather's personality to a tee. I had a great night catching up with elementary and high school friends, which reminded me why keeping in touch with those who were there since the beginning is so important. Having reconnected this year with a few individuals I had lost touch with since leaving high school, I find that I value these friendships more than ever.
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| The Gorgeous Barn at Ball's Falls |
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| FRANDS! | |
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| With the Beauty of the night |
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| Barnyard Boogie Down |
Congrats to both of the beautiful couples I had the privilege of celebrating with this past month and to all the marriages that came to be this wedding season.
