Photography: Chandler Kim Photography Venue + Food: Agora at the Riverside Wedding Dress: d’Anelli Bridal Shoes: Badgley Mischka Accessories: J.Crew Hair + Makeup: Emmy Swenson Floral Design: Whole Foods Market (Boulder) Stationary: The Blooming Brains (coming soon)
It is late Saturday evening. As I am going through the photos of my wedding day, clicking “copy and paste” to the “BLOG” folder, all the glimpses of my wedding day come together. I am thinking to myself that the best day of my life went by so quickly… I never believed or really understood what it meant when someone would say that the wedding day is just one big blur… It is so true! You prepare this whole time and vroooom… it’s gone.
The weekend after Frederick and I came back from our European honeymoon, we decided to go CAMPING!! Of course, I choose something further away from home (Boulder, CO) and 4.5 hours later we were at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
Colorado never fails to surprise me… like how do we get giant sand dunes near the mountains? Disappeared body of water that left huge piles of sand?? Different wind patterns? I’m not a geologist so I had to look it up! Pretty interesting explanation of their formation. Anyway I will stop my rambling…
We stopped at Piñon Flats Campground which has an amazing view of the dunes. The sites are pretty amazing too– large enough to put a couple of tens and each has a fire pit. NIGHTS are so cold! Brrrr
TIP: Get to the campground early (preferably before 10) as it gets full by lunch time.
Murï has his own breathtaking view… HAHA
Back in 2005, when I was 15, I moved from Riga to United States. I was able to go back to visit when I was 19 and last August, ten years after initially leaving Riga, I had an amazing opportunity to visit again… this time with a companion- my husband! I cannot express enough how meaningful it was for me to be able to show him where I grew up, where I went to school, my favorite yummies that I am unable to get here in United States… I was able to share with him my home…home, I miss everyday. Now every time I say,- “oh in Riga…” he knows exactly what I mean. So here is a little “recap” of our time in Riga, Latvia so you can get a glimpse of what home was for me.
We flew into Riga at 11 pm and were fortunate enough to be picked up from the airport by my friend’s aunt (Mila). When we arrived at my friend’s (Noeminj) house, we were sweetly welcomed by her family, and spent another hour catching up and drinking hot tea with cookies and such.
After the two day trip to Stockholm (and all the crazy adventures of it), Frederick and I were on a plane to PARIS! I was so excited to finally be able to go to the city of my dreams!! Out of all the places I have been, I can honestly say that Paris is my favorite. It just has so much charm– cute little shops, BAKERIES, cafés, breathtaking architecture… I suddenly wished that I could live here… speak French, get espressos, and chat away my day wearing nothing but black.