Monday, September 19, 2011

sweet memories

it's funny what stands out to me exactly a year from that whirlwind of a day.
here are a few of my favorite memories from our wedding:

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sneaking off to grab breakfast with the mister the morning of our wedding, not telling anyone
where we were or what we were doing.  it was just us, hidden from the entire world during that hour.

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i don't remember much from our vows except that dannon promised to take care of
any and all spiders for me. and really, isn't that the most important thing anyway?


the sidewalk chalk path of doom which one had to survive before reaching
"kim & dannon's sweet-ass wedding," courtesy of one of my favoritest friends ever.


watching my grandma rock the bocce ball.  seriously, she could not be stopped!


dancing at the "alter." instead of walking down an aisle, dannon and i decided to come in together and greet all of our guests {who were sitting on picnic blankets} on our way up to the front.  afterward, we ended up with some time while our friend sang the seu jorge cover of david bowie's "rebel rebel," so we shared a sweet dance.


the kazoo sing-a-long!  i've said it before and i'll say it again, hearing 50 people play along on kazoos to the tune of "i'm a believer" and "when i'm 64" was pretty much the most fun thing ever! and what was even more fun was how into it all our loved ones were.  i had made up a booklet of 5 songs from which we could choose, thinking we'd only do a couple, but our guests wouldn't have it.  we sang them ALL! and with such enthusiastic energy.


even with all eco-friendly, biodegradable table wear, and without any metal forks or glasses to
bang against, our friends still found a way to make us kiss whenever they wanted us to {usually
someone would just shout "kiss her!" and then everyone would start kazooing.}.


seeing all of our loved ones from different phases in our life come together on one small lawn.
we loved everyone that was there, and knew that if they all had the chance,
they would love each other too.  it was truly beautiful.

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the rubber chicken.


the sharing of the picnic baskets.  we made up picnic dinners to be shared with 6 or 8 people,
so our guests would have yet another opportunity to mingle and connect.


hearing dannon play the violin with our wedding band and dancing with my mom.


dannon whispering in my ear as we danced "ready? let's get out of here," to which i replied "yup, let's go!" and off we ran from the dance floor shouting "bye! we love you!" we then hopped on our bikes and rode off into the distance.

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how ALL of the hard work, late nights, and tears over the previous month planning our wedding came together that day.  i wish we could have spent so many more hours enjoying everything with our loved ones!

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thanks for taking a walk down memory lane with me over the past week.  if you'd like to read
more about our non-traditional ceremony and celebration, click on the "love & adventure" tab,
or you can scroll through all of my wedding posts by clicking here.

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{all photos by nataliya cole, except photos with {+} were taken by crystal, and {++} was taking by a dear friend.}

28 comments:

  1. I love that the two of you had breakfast alone that morning

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  2. Amazing day - amazing - that's all I have to say :)

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  3. I love the dancing picture!!! You looked so happy!

    Belly B :)

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  4. Oh my gosh! This so beautiful. You had such a gorgeous wedding. Your dress, the picnic dinners the paper poms poms. Wow!

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  5. Beautiful as ever Kim. I really love your kazoo and picnic basket ideas.

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  6. I had been just about to ask if you still remembered your vows! I'm so blown away by how relaxed and friendly your wedding looks.

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  7. I just love reading about your wedding:)

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  8. I love that you two snuck off for breakfast, that is sweet and totally adorable!

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  9. Oh my goodness! This is so unbelievably adorable!

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  10. Geez, and those hollywood guys pay fortunes to make up fairytales ;).

    Lovely, exquisite, funny, adorable - everything comes to my mind when I read about your day.

    Don't want to call it wedding anymore as this is, was (hopefully will be) so much more than that.

    Wishing Happy Ever After - in your way - to You and Dannon.

    You're The Best!!!

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  11. Seriously one of the coolest, most unique weddings I've ever seen (and you know that in the blogging world, we see lots of creative stuff out there!). I'm so glad you relived the wedding with us :) There really are so many beautiful things that you and Dannon did during that day...it just looks like pure FUN!! :) Happy Anniversary to you two!! :)

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  12. "Kim & Dannon's Sweet-Ass Wedding"... awesome!

    I love that you guys snuck off for breakfast on your wedding day.

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  13. Everything here is so perfect. I think you should throw more parties- you rock at it.

    And I get to seee youuuu sooooon!

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  14. I seriously get goosebumps reading about your wedding! It seems it was simply magical!

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  15. Aw! What a sweet day, I think that is how a lot people feel! You spend all this time planning a wedding, and the day flies by sooooo quickly!

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  16. I may have just fallen in love with you. (Not in a creepy way, of course.) It's adorable that you two snuck off to breakfast. That totally sounds like something that Mr. A and I would do! I also love the "sweet-ass" chalking. Again, that is something else that we would do. :)

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  17. Wow, your wedding looked AMAZING! I love your dress and all the details so so much! Happy anniversary!

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  18. I remember seeing your wedding photos, before I met you. And I have to tell you, now that I know you, I can see you in these photos so much more. It's like your laughter is echoing out of them. Oh, Kim, I miss you! Next time you and Dannon decide to go gypsy, come to wherever I am.

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  19. seems like such a fun wedding! if granny's having a blast you know it's good

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  20. Okay I'm bawling. These are just the kind of memories I hope we make someday. Love that you snuck off for breakfast together!

    xoxo,
    C

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  21. oh my dear-- i'm trying so hard not to post all of your wedding photos on pinterest. you, my dear, are a stunning bride. i'm so happy that your day was as beautiful as you.

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  22. awwwh i love this post, so sweet! happy anniversary month to the two of you xoxo

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  23. oh my goodness i am in love with your wedding, we just celebrated 12 years of wedded bliss :) love your blog!

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  24. I love everything about your wedding. I feel as though I must've left this comment about 1,000,000 times, but it cannot be stressed enough. Just too sweet for words :)

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  25. That chalk greeting is the most unique, creative and artsy wedding greeting ive seen in my life! <3

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  26. What an amazing celebration of your love! The picnic blankets and bocce ball and the bike riding departure are so fun!

    x

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