Dear Wedding Guest, Wedding season is upon us and we know you're excited to attend the wedding of your family, friends or loved ones, and we're excited to host you. Truly. So are the lovely newlyweds who sent that invitation your way. But there's some things we want you to know, and we think the bride and groom want you to know them too. Bear with us, this might get a little lengthy. Weddings are a thing of beauty, but also a thing of intense, time-consuming and very detailed

Last year Nora and I took one of my favorite trips of all time-- We spent 8 entire days road-tripping around Ireland and Northern Ireland and it was fabulous! We crammed SO much into those 8 days that we returned home exhausted, but with full hearts. We shared tid-bits on Instagram but never fully blogged the trip because it just felt so overwhelming to sort through and include everything. But it's about time! We landed at Dulles a year ago today, cameras loaded with memories