Til Death Do We Part

In early March, I went to Dallas for a wedding shower and for bridal pictures. Click here to see the pics.

At the end of March, Jeff and I headed to Dallas for our wedding! When we got there, it was so amazing to see leaves on trees! Philly trees didn't get leaves for a few more weeks.

Weddings are stressful. Everybody has their own idea of what a wedding should be like. I think ours was a little "different."

For one, we got married on April Fool's Day. We weren't originally going to get married on a Sunday, but as we looked at possible wedding dates, April 1 ended up being both convenient and memorable.

For me, the day was a reflection of the life I intended to have with Jeff. For one, it was fun. We had a piñata and a bounce house and a cookie cake with milk. But also, it was heartfelt. We recited vows and exchanged rings, and neither of us took those things lightly. I hope my marriage continues in the manner we intentionally displayed that day – fun, but taken seriously.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day.

Awwww! How sweet!


The tame version of the cake smash.


Jeff has flipped for me!


I am a bride to respect. Damn it.


The race has begun!



Jeff and I went to Club Med Turkoise for our honeymoon. You know what's great about Club Med vacations? They do all the thinking for you. It was all-inclusive, so the food was free, drinks were free, and many of the activities were free. We kayaked, and windsurfed (I was so sore the next day,) and trampolined, and scuba dived (scuba dove?), and salsa danced, and swam in the ocean, and swam in the pool, and went to the shows, and flew on a trapeze. For real. Oh, also, we ate and drank. And slept. Honk shu!

The first time I have been warm since September!


Down at Sharkie's bar


Just relaxing. Streeeetch!


Oops. I stretched too much and flipped myself over.


That's my husband on that there trapeze!






Marriage has not been easy. It has been a lot of hard work. Sometimes it's hard to figure out who you are as a person within the context of marriage. At least it has been for me.

But I love being married to Jeff. It's worth the hard work. It's worth the upheaval of moving and leaving everything I knew. It's exciting to go back and think about all that has happened in the last two years. And the next two are going to be even better.