It’s really hard to believe (because I’m so young, right? RIGHT?) but three years ago today, June 18th, Brian and I were getting ready to head down the aisle! It was a perfect day- the ceremony went down without a hitch, and the reception, though packed, was SO much fun. It was quite the party; we anticipated 300ish guests and ended up with 400! Although we probably broke the fire code many times over and severely stressed out the Belo’s wedding coordinator, it went beautifully! I really wish we could go back and to it all over again (especially after hearing some of the stories afterwards…). So HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, Brian! After over 7 years together I can’t imagine a day without you- and wouldn’t want to, either. I’m the luckiest 
Although we have hundreds of pictures from the wedding, sadly I don’t have many in electronic format- just those that friends and family have emailed. But here are a few!
At the church:
THE CAKE… I sketched out a picture of this cake probably a year and a half before we actually got married (a little career foreshadowing, perhaps?):
Four of our six gorgeous bridesmaids- Maggie and Joy, where are you??
And finally, one of our rare moments together at the reception! We spent so much time talking to guests that, other than dancing and about 5 minutes to eat, we barely hung out. Let that be a lesson to you engaged people- stick with your new spouse at your reception!!
So there it is! When I have more time I’ll type out the story of our engagement, because it is the best engagement story in the history of the world. And I’m not biased at all.
This should probably be a separate post, but I’m lazy and have to get the kids up soon. Last night we were busy in class:
- Hazelnut Biscotti
- Spritz Cookies
- Nut Cookies (kind of like Mexican Wedding Cookies)
- Cinnamon Cocoa Pinwheels
Plus icing the brownies from yesterday with ganache. I think it was a full moon last night- everyone in my group cut themselves. I have a huge gash in my pinky from my 12″ serrated bread knife… and I wasn’t even using the knife at the time. It was just sitting next to me! Needless to say, I spent the remainder of the class wearing a band-aid and rubber gloves.
I handled the spritz cookies and brownies, and the other two in my group took care of the rest. You’ll have to wait until Monday for the cinnamon cocoa pinwheels- they’re icebox cookies and have to set in the freezer. The spritz cookies were fun… once you get the piping technique down (I’m still working on that), they’re easy.
Next week is bread! And our first quiz. Yikes.
