The Navy Wife Who Would Never Be: Wedding Post!

Why hi there!

So about two months ago I got married to my best friend in the whole world, and today I thought that I would share a little bit about how my wedding went :) My wedding was incredibly small, and was mostly family oriented. Cameron and I both didn't really want a large wedding, nor are we people who really enjoy large events so a small wedding really did suit us best. My aunt and uncle live in Salem, OR and they have an adorable house that is a hundred year old farm house that has been recently renovated, and the property is quite large as my uncle runs a classic car business out of their home buying, renovating, and then selling a variety of classic cars on eBay. They had a beautiful spot for us to do our ceremony, as my aunt gardens as well, which was in the front yard out in front of the pump house for the well(which is a completely original building), and then we held our reception in the other portion of the front yard of the house. We had about 45 people, we rented everything we needed, self catered, and everything turned out perfect! My brother, my two brothers in law, and two of my husband's good friends served as the groomsmen, while my three cousins, my husband's younger sister, and my best friend for the past ten years were my bridesmaids so we had a wedding party of ten people. So crazy, but so much fun! We did a black and white wedding, but had everything in the afternoon, and kept it pretty casual for our guests. We had pasta, meatballs, salad, rolls, and various beverages for our guests to enjoy :) We also created an Italian soda station(as it was about 90 degrees at my wedding and we were outside), and had Otter Pops as well to help keep everyone cool. Thankfully, my aunt and uncle's house has a wrap around porch as well so there was plenty of shade for guests to use as well :)
The ceremony was simple. One of my good friends was gracious enough to drive to Salem for the day from Everett, WA(which is where I live and is about a 4-5 hour drive from Salem) and perform our ceremony. He wrote a very sweet message that was somewhat like a sermon, but unique to us, and we then each read a short message that we had written for each other before exchanging our wedding vows. We both wanted to do traditional and personal vows so we felt this was a nice compromise between the two :) We then exchanged the rings and that was that! :) It was only about thirty minutes from start to finish, but it was wonderful and absolutely worth it :) Our reception was free flowing, and we really just enjoyed hanging out with our friends and family and celebrating the fact that we were finally married! :) It was so nice to have such a great day go so well(we had only a few small, small hiccups which was wonderful!), and we both had an amazing day :) For anyone who's interested here are a couple pictures from our wedding!