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Ain’t no rain gonna ruin this party! What a beautiful day full of love, passion and joy, no matter what storms may have been lingering. What a remarkable day indeed…


We caught a little pre-festivities phone call between Kurt+Meg. I had no idea that W was snapping away on the other end, till I looked through them.

An adventurous couple indeed… We love it.

Waiting out the rain… always leaves room for amazing moments.

The courageous job of cutting the cake… someone’s gotta do it.

Moves were most definitely being busted…

Kurt+Meg… What a blessing it was to have been able to experience your day alongside your friends and family. Your passion to love the least is inspiring. We are so thankful for people like yourselves-people who are longing to see a new kingdom present in the world today. The fact that you gift was giving to those who need it most, says enough about who you are and who you live for. We are glad to know you both. Much love friends.

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We are migrating our email over to a new host tonight. So if you happen to send us an email in the next day and it bounces back to you, have no fear! Just wait a bit and hit the send button one more time!

Im guessing we won’t be down more than a few minutes, but I thought I’d throw up a little note just in case the internet got a case of the Microsoft bug or anything… :)

Oh… and I’ll be up late posting a wedding tonight. Hold on to your hats. Or beret. Or whatever other type of headgear you might be wearing. Ahhh…. Nevermind. Its too stinkin’ late. Catch all the love on here tomorrow!

Adios!

UPDATE…. all set! Smooth as butta!

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Every week, while the beautiful new couple is chowing down on their elegantly scrumptious dinner, we sneak in and steal the rings. And every week we get to watch the new Mr. & Mrs. wiggle, moan, twist, struggle and pull with all their might…. just to get that new shiny goodness off of their fingers.

It’s so stinkin’ cute.

I don’t even remember capturing these images. But they are priceless.

Congrats Justin+Sarah! Soak up all that sun in the Carribean for us while we jealously deal with the return of the Seattle rain.

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So my sweet lil’ mom has been in town for the past few days. It has been quite lovely. When she first arrived I shared with her my dream of eventually owning a crepe cafe. Our own cafe to meet with clients in? Are you kidding me… it’d be amazing.

Crepes are ridiculous. And the best ones we’ve ever had are in Vancouver. Side note.

So one day while she (my mother) was wandering around Seattle, she decided to get us a few supplies so we can start the Harms’ crepe cafe in our own kitchen. So tonight we decided to fire up the stove and get to cookin’.

Buuuuuut….. before the party got rollin’, I made a little trip to the super market. Fred Meyer to be exact. And while literally fumbling around in the whip cream cooler, I dropped a can of said whipped cream and suddenly found myself covered, head to toe, in artificial heavy whipped cream.

The results:

One might immediately be frustrated by such an event, especially after having a bit of a hellish afternoon. However, I happened to be carrying in my wallet my official Ryler Society membership card. As the frustration began to seep to the surface, I was reminded of my calling as a member of the Ryler Society. According to my official membership kit:

“Say some bird poop hits you on your way to lunch… do you laugh at that? Or how about when the sink splashes you in the crotch just enough to make it look like you’ve peed yourself — or maybe you did a little bit. People are so quick to get upset. And that crap should be funny. We aren’t alive long enough to miss these things; to be embarrassed, fearful, or angry. And it’s not worth it anyway.”

And the fact that I literally EXPLODED a can of whipped cream all over myself in the middle of the grocery story, is in fact, hilarious. And should be. Life is too short to be angry at such beautiful moments.

aaaaanyway….

We ended up making some incredible crepes. Phenomenal actually. With no further adue…

We started the night with a spinach, mushroom, bacon + cheese combo and finished with the above nutella, strawberry + banana combo.

Mmmmm. Lovely indeed. Hope you had a happy Sunday.

Even if you did find yourself near the dairy cooler completely covered in whipped cream.

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At least it’s how we rolled at tonights off-the-hizzy wedding.

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