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A Cup of Tay

Newlywed, Jesus Lover, All-Around Sassy Gal

The Value of Valentine’s Day

I gotta tell you, I would have never expected to write a blog post with this title. While my mushy-gushy romantic side kind of loves Valentine’s Day, practically I know that the holiday should be called “Support the Florists and Chocolatiers of America Day.” Brandon always says “I don’t need a day to show much I love you; I do that all the time,” and I usually agree with him.

Valentines’ Day is less about the feeling of love and more about outward displays of love, and while I’m not saying there’s anything wrong AT ALL with celebrating the day, being in a relationship for almost 6 years now has shown me that there’s a lot more to love than chocolate and flowers. In the 6 Valentines’ Days we’ve been together, we’ve always kept it pretty low-key, so even though this year is our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple, I wasn’t expecting anything out of the ordinary.

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The Best Marriage Advice I’ve Received

Although Brandon and I have been together for almost 6 years now (wow, I feel old), today’s kind of a big deal. Today marks 6 months of marriage, or what Brandon jokingly referred to earlier as his “lifetime prison sentence.” We’re not about those monthiversaries but there is something to be said for surviving half a year of this crazy new adventure.

What a 6 months it’s been! We got married, moved in together (and moved to a new city), went to another wedding, traveled a lot, managed all of the holidays as a married couple, and balanced work and school. I can tell you that I have learned A LOT: about myself, about Brandon, and about us together.

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6 Wedding Traditions We Ditched (And Why)

Are anyone else’s toes basically numb? It’s crazy cold here in the Rockies, and between the cold temps and the wind (always the wind in Wyoming), I’m pretty sure I’m not going to thaw until June.

I know a lot of people who are planning weddings, which makes me think back on my own wedding planning process. What was weirdest to me about planning a wedding was how many rules there are. Unlike planning a birthday party, a wedding has so many prescribed rules, traditions, and expectations. Which should you follow? Which are outdated? Everyone has their own thoughts, but there are 6 big traditions we ditched.

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Wedding Recap

After a week that totally kicked me in the rear because I had zero motivation, I got to kick back, relax, and spend some time looking through our wedding photos, pulling my faves, and giving you all a little recap. I know it happened FOREVER ago but goodness I blogged about the build-up and planning like nobody’s business and then right before the wedding, I took a blogging break – not fair! I feel like I at least owe you people a sense of how the story ended/began.

The day before the wedding was insanity. We were crazy busy decorating, welcoming family, and trying to make sure everything was in place. We were truly overwhelmed by how awesome our family and friends were at stepping up and helping us make our my super-ambitious decorating plans happen. One of Brandon’s groomsmen spent 3+ hours fluffing pom-poms for the ceiling. What a champ.

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