Why, hello there! It’s been so long, it took me a good three tries to correctly log in to this blog of mine. But do I have the best excuses…

Just one week after my last post back in February, Ben and I took a long weekend to Charleston, SC, and managed to come back engaged. It’s a romantic town, what can I say?

From there, it’s been a wild ride. I’ll tell you one thing – for all of a wedding’s craziness, there’s no better excuse for months and months of celebrating with friends and family. Hands down, between our engagement party, showers (including one particuarly boozy night at Big Boss Brewery), Bachelorette parties, wedding rehearsal and the big day, it was the busiest, happiest summer of our lives.

Throw in a torn ACL, post-wedding surgery, my little brother’s move to college here in Raleigh, and that about rounds things out. Oh, and the move from my place to his – with the help of our parents.

Yep, that’s about it.

And just as all of the celebratory haze starts to wear off, a blog post like this one from A Darling Day, the crazy talented stylist who made our wedding into the elegant honky tonk tailgate I envisioned, it all comes rushing back.

The gorgeous photos below, looking out over Lake Lure from our perch on Chimney Rock, is by A Darling Day’s Jessica Barley. (Seriously, folks, snap her up – she’s based out of GA/SC, and does photography in addition to her vintage rentals and styling.) Check out her recap of some of the details of the day.