As you guys know, Columns Editor Alyssa has a monthly community feature on weddings and anniversaries, so we can all get to know each other a little better, and cheer on those about to be wed. As we’re heading into wedding season, this feature is getting longer and longer, but more and more awesome. This month, as ever, I’m excited to see all the readers and regular commenters who are about to get hitched. But my heart just swells with gratification and happiness seeing all the happily married couples celebrating their anniversaries. Because that’s what all of this is about kids—marriage. Now let’s cheer them on. (And remember, this is an ongoing project, so if you’d like to be included, see the bottom of the post for details.)
Upcoming weddings this month:
Kahiwa and Grant (Team Grahiwa), May 5th, 2011; Blog: Team Grahiwa getting Hitched , Twitter: @kiwafruit
Katie T. and Rob M. May 7th, 2011
Anna (LV Anna) and Steve, May 14th, 2011
Danielle and Chris, May 14th, 2011
Emily and John, May 14th, 2011
Laura Holway and Ben McGinley, May 14th, 2011
Vanessa and Phil, May 14th, 2011; Blog: Into Something Rich and Strange
Cass and Andrew, May 21th, 2011; Blog: Boobs and Beer, Twitter: @cheshire_cassie
Emma and Kyle, May 21st, 2011; Twitter: @emmao257
Kim & John, May 21th, 2011; Blog: Domestocrat
Natalie and Eric, May 21st, 2011; Blog: Natalie – Post-Graduate Pie, Eric – The Other 87
Rachel C. and Troy C., May 21st, 2011; Blog: Chaos and Courtship
Sarah and Andrew, May 21st, 2011; Twitter: Sarah @purplecupcakes, Andrew @Flamingshoe
Tanya & Brian, May 21st, 2011; The Art Nouveau Bride
Neil and Caroline, May 22nd, 2011; Twitter: @CarolineEr
Kristin and Denver, May 26th, 2011; Twitter: Kristin @RockstarBakes; Denver @denverleonard
Amy and Dave, May 28th, 2011
cartascartas & peanut butter, May 28th, 2011
Shiloh and Christian, May 29th, 2011
And Anniversaries:
Dan and Bethany May 1st, 2010 Walnut Wedding
Marissa & Nick Welch (who are expecting a tiny practical person in December!!!!), May 1st, 2010; Blog: Paper Turtles, Twitter: @marissawelch
Meg & Dan, aka Anchor’s Aweigh & The Husband, May 1st, 2010; Blog: Anchor’s Aweigh!
Jami and Carrie, May 5th, 2010; Blog: Somewhat Bookish, Photo by Eva Russo
Lauren & Aidan, May 16, 2009; Blog: Lauren McGlynn Photography, Twitter: @laurenmcglynn
{More happy smiling faces after the jump. Including Alyssa’s super young PARENTS!}
Amanda and Graham, May 15th, 2010, Photo by Dan & Anne
Amy and Jon, May 22nd, 2010; Blog: Making it Mya Photo by Kate McElwee
Ben and Sarah, May 22nd, 2010; Blog: So Very Lovely
Shannon and Kristian, May 22nd, 2010; Blog: From Match to Marriage
Christy and James, May 23rd, 2009; Blog: Christy Tyler Photography
Ellen and Kelly, May 23rd, 2009 (Building Our Nest)
Carol and David (Alyssa’s parents!), May 28th, 1980
Maureen and Buster, May 28th, 2010
Heidi and Aaron W., May 29th, 2010
John and Lindsey, May 29th, 2010; Twitter: @lindz221 Photo by Paul Carlson Photography
Karl and Amanda T., May 29th, 2010
Weston and Emily, May 29th, 2010
Want to join the monthly Weddings and Anniversaries fun? Yes? Well click here, already.
All this joy makes me hopeful and excited! I especially love all the Anniversaries. Thank You APW for being a bright sparkly spot in my day!
April 29, 2011 8:19 am
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Aw, now I wish I sent our picture in. May 29th anniversaries unite!
April 29, 2011 8:24 am
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So many May weddings and anniversaries! Congratulations everyone!!
April 29, 2011 8:27 am
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big smile on my face. Congrats everyone!
April 29, 2011 8:27 am
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Our wedding is this Sunday. And I just want to thank everyone who contributes to this site. I was so done with the planning on Sunday night, I just wanted to run away but it is amazing how things change in just a few short days. I am however still questioning my sanity for actually having a wedding and one over double the size that I was comfortable with. Much love to you all… I can see the other side… Suzanne
April 29, 2011 8:33 am
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That’s amazing! Hope these next few days are a bit of breathing space for you!
April 29, 2011 9:15 am
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Thank YOU for letting us share with you, Suzanne! Congrats!
April 29, 2011 4:27 pm
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Have a fantastic weekend. :)
April 29, 2011 4:45 pm
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Our first wedding was on May 28, 2010. We then had a super Catholic-travaganza wedding (for my side of the world, the Philippines) in Jan of 2011 and our last (phew) wedding (for my husband’s side here in the US) will be on Sept. 10, 2011. We are celebrating May 28 as our official anniversary.
April 29, 2011 8:42 am
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Yay! Happy weddings, and wonderful anniversaries!
April 29, 2011 8:43 am
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ohmygoodness Alyssa..! adorable parents.
happy anniversary to you all, and best wishes for the upcoming weddings! <3
April 29, 2011 8:48 am
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So nice to see so many happy couples and happy couples-to-be!
April 29, 2011 9:15 am
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Eee, yay! Best wishes (and good luck) to everyone getting married this month, and congrats to all of you people celebrating anniversaries!
(Alyssa, I love this feature. It makes me so happy. Just look at our gorgeous community.)
April 29, 2011 9:23 am
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yay! so fun to see our picture on here along with other May brides! I can’t believe it’s been almost a year!
April 29, 2011 9:33 am
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Yay to all of my fellow May 21st weddings! Congrats and enjoy everyone!!!!
April 29, 2011 9:38 am
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YAY May 22nd! I now wish I had sent in a photo… Best wishes to everyone getting married in May and celebrating anniversaries this month !
April 29, 2011 9:39 am
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Yay for weddings and anniversaries! These pictures remind me why it’s all worth it! Congrats to the upcoming wedding kids and happy anniversary to all you marrieds!
April 29, 2011 9:42 am
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Hooray for May wedding and anniversaries! I’m lucky to be able to attend one of those May weddings listed above (Kim and John’s). I plan on dancing my face off and being happy for our awesome friends, yay!
April 29, 2011 9:58 am
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oh my Goodness Alyssa your parents are too adorable! Thanks for doing this, it’s so nice.
Happy Anniversary everyone else in May!
April 29, 2011 10:08 am
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Hooray! My fiancé, Jared, and I are getting married on May 21st! We are so excited for the wedding to be here (and for wedding planning to be over)!
April 29, 2011 10:15 am
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Much happiness and congratulations to all of you!
April 29, 2011 10:58 am
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ack! how is this weekend already may? i need to stop being such a procrastinator. . . our first anniversary is may 27th. i’ll be sure to send in a pic for next year! (ha – maybe i should do that now!)
congrats to all with weddings this month. . . and i love seeing a may 26th date listed above! Yay for thursday-before-memorial-day-weekend weddings :-)
April 29, 2011 11:23 am
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Wishing the engaged couples & anniversary couples much joy & happiness~
April 29, 2011 11:26 am
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Yes, May 21th is a popular date.
When I had to go through group pre-marriage classes at the church, about 5 other couples had the same date. It was only a group of about 20 couples.
April 29, 2011 1:07 pm
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Ah.
Now that’s good stuff.
Sigh.
April 29, 2011 2:34 pm
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Congrats, all! And Alyssa? I would maybe like to marry your parents. They are the CUTEST!
April 29, 2011 8:50 pm
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Hooray! Congrats to all the anniversary-celebrating couples, and joy and love to the upcoming weddings!
April 30, 2011 8:47 am
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Happy anniversary to all the married couples! And best wishes for upcoming brides/grooms-to-be!
May 1, 2011 4:18 pm
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Ack, I can’t believe I forgot to send ours in!
Charlie & Sarah: May 14, 2011
I’ll be thinking of you all!
Thank you so much for this site.
May 1, 2011 5:37 pm
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Surely I would love to share my upcoming wedding and our first anniversary here! Wedding is such a memorable part of a couple’s life and we surely want to celebrate it with everyone we love, even with other people who knows the real importance of weddings and anniversaries! Glad I stumbled upon this site, will surely come back! Thanks!
May 3, 2011 10:59 am
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