Three years ago today, I married the man of my dreams at Eagle Castle in Paso Robles, CA. I can still remember how beautiful the bridesmaids are with their sage bridesmaid dresses. 
June wedding in Paso Robles = I ordered fans from Oriental Trading Company. It ended up being pretty chilly, but at least we had them. Searching for Richmond wedding photographers call Debbie Eko Photography. Looking for wedding photographers Charlottesville call Celestial Sights Photography.
The tables were named after places we visited…
I kept some of these and they’re in our living room now.
Football mums were the main flowers
The reason I got married…
Well, the cake and this (I married up).
I had my dress made by a dress shop in Montebello. I DID NOT want a strapless dress so I had sleeves made that I could remove for dancing. The dress maker and I went back and forth a few times to ensure the sleeves were just right.
Unfortunately, I forgot them (I was super late). Biggest regret and I’m still bummed about it to this day because I was so adamant about not having a strapless wedding dress for the ceremony. Jessica Smith Photographer is a wedding photographer Leesburg.
So, the next time we see a Groupon for a photo session Ben said I should buy it up and at least redo a few pics with sleeves on as we love to spend time together as a couple. Three years later, it’s kinda dumb but the fact that it still bugs me means I really should get over it want to do it. It was either redo some pics or get married all over again, which was vetoed 
Alternatively, they could explore options for adding some excitement to their relationship at peachybdsm.com.au.
Back to my anniversary…
I’m very very lucky.
The only other small snag in our wedding day was that the servers accidently cut into our anniversary cake! I was so devastated about this we started a tradition to get an anniversary cake every year!
So tonight – we will have cake!
Happy Anniversary Ben. I love cake you.
Aww, happy anniversary to the fun couple!
Aww, love this. I got married a few months after you and you inspired my center peices/tables…we named our tables after races we have done together 🙂
Love it!
Happy anniversay! I realize I’m a day late, but better late than never! Your wedding was beautiful.
1. Happy Anniversary!!!
2. Totally random : Do you watch The Glee Project? There is a gorgeous girl on there, Shana.. who I keep thinking is a baby blonde version of you!
I don’t watch Glee – now I’m curious!
You look gorgeous! Happy anniversary to you two!
What a cool venue! I love your dress without or without sleeves by the way 🙂
Happy Anniversary to you and your husband. May there be MANY more to celebrate together.
Happy Anniversary!! Hope your cake is amazing!
Congrats Monica! And the dress is still stunning without the sleeves.
Congrats, you two! Me and my hubs never had a traditional wedding, but we DID have cake! And honestly, that one small detail (and having the cake to freeze for the 1st anniversary) almost made the entire day, so I’m with ya there 😉
I love your dress! I don’t know how the sleeves should have looked, but I love the dress without them
Congratulations my dear friend 🙂
You were a gorgeous bride! Happy anniversary!
that dress is beautiful on you! the back is fantastic.
We used those same fans in silver. worked perfect for an august georgia wedding 🙂
congratulations!!!! you look absolutely beautiful in your dress! 😀
congratulations to you both for surviving 3 years! you were a beautiful bride and ben is a lucky dude (to get a whole anniversary cake every year).
I had my mother in law make my dress…and she lived in LA and I lived in Miami. And she’s not super responsible. I didn’t want her to make it because I know she’s not responsible, but it was really important to my hubs’ family, so I let her. So…I finally got to see my dress <24hours before the wedding. She had promised she'd send it a few weeks ahead of time, but instead it arrived with her the day before the wedding. She had sewed a huge ugly bow on the ass. (I had NOT asked for this). When your wedding is the next day and you hate the dress that your mother-in-law made, guess what you do? You say "thank you" and wear it. I still sometimes get teary when I see our wedding pics with that stupid ass-bow.
Happy anniversary!
Does that mean I get to buy some cake tonight too?
Happy anniversary!
Congratulations! Your wedding pictures are really beautiful 🙂
Aw, too sweet–happy anniversary! It’s funny how one little thing that wasn’t quite ‘perfect’ can stick in your mind so much; after 32 years, it still bugs my husband that we walked down the aisle afterward hand in hand instead of arm in arm, LOL! No way to retake those photos, though; we live way too far away from the church where we were married (La Puente), and I will never be skinny enough to fit into my wedding dress again. I’m relatively close, but my, ahem, shape has changed since getting married and I don’t think it’s ever going back to pre-marriage shape. 😀
happy anniversary!! 🙂
Happy Anniversary!
And THANK YOU for reminding me that we do anniversary cake every year too and my 4 year anniversary is next Wednesday! Eek! I’d better get that ordered.
How cute! Your blog keeps inspiring me to a healthy life. One days maybe I also will have what it takes to run a long distance race. Slowly but surely I’m daring to eat as much as I should be. Hugs!
Susa
Thanks Susa!
Aw congrats! Killer dress!
Monica,
Maybe its because I’m a guy, but why were the sleeves so important?
It’s important because I would never wear strapless under other circumstances, I don’t like how strapless looks on me. For some reason the dumb little sleeves made me feel a lot better 🙂 But yeah, it’s a girl thing. And your wedding dress is supposed to be the perfect one (just like the guy).
Happy Anniversary to you both :)!
Happy Anniversary!! My husband and I were also married 3 years ago today! Must have been a great day to get married. We will also be celebrating with some cake (molten cake)! Have a wonderful night!
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! Love the pictures, you were (and still are) beautiful! It’s our 3 year wedding anniversary today, too!
Happy Anniversary Monica and Ben!! Your pictures and dress are gorgeous! 🙂
SO sweet. And YES, you should get a do over if that is what you want.
The Kidless Kronicles
Aw, happy anniversary! Do you guys celebrate the date when you started dating, too? So you can get two presents a year? My husband and I got married on the anniversary when we started dating, so I only get one 🙂
We don’t exchange presents anyways, so it wouldn’t matter 🙂 We usually go on a trip instead.
I love the train on your dress! happy anniversary to you and ben.
What great pictures! You both look so happy and glowing in those pictures. 🙂 Coming up on my 3rd in October… it’s always the weekend of the last triathlon of the season, so I guess you can say that we celebrate by swim, bike, and running! 🙂
Happy Anniversary! Hubby and I celebrate our fifth anniversary on Saturday 🙂 We didn’t have a pro photographer and didn’t get ANY really good photos from the person we had taking them and to this day, I still am bummed about it, so I get what you mean about the sleeve thing. Kinda similar. But you’re right, we still got our men. Woohoo!! That pretty much rocks. 🙂
Happy Anniversary!
I got married this past weekend and my husband already wants to have our anniversary cake. He says it’s b/c its the flavor he wanted and he didn’t get any at the wedding. Depending on who wins, we may have anniversary cake every year too!
Happy anniversary! And gorgeous photos- you look fabulous.
What a great day. Happy anniversary!
Congratulations! I think you looked stunning without the sleeves 🙂
I love the idea of always getting an anniversary cake & I may need to borrow your idea 🙂
Happy anniversary!!!
Happy Anniversary! Beautiful pictures! 🙂
Has it really been three years?!?!? I feel like I was just reading about it on the blog a short time ago. Time flies! Congrats to you two. Hope your anniversary is full of fatty food and frozen yogurt 😉
Happy anniversary! Your dress was awesome! Your pics make me want to try mine on again, but I’m a little scared it won’t fit 😉
Happy anniversary – you guys look great! Enjoy your special day!
What a lovely post. Happy Anniversary!
Beautiful wedding – happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! You look beautiful and I love the cake!! Have a great day together!
Happy Anniversary Monica! You looked absolutely breathtaking! Here’s to many more years! 🙂
Happy anniversary! I love the cake idea–I think my husband and I are going to have to start that tradition this year. I’m always looking for an excuse to have delicious cake!
happy anniversary! love you!
Happy Anniversary, but for chrissakes, were all those cake comments really necessary? You obviously read GOMI. Take a break from being a “healthy” food blogger, stop thinking about food for 5 seconds, and just be decent to your husband.
Thanks Andrea, but I don’t read GOMI so I don’t know what you’re referencing (I’m not asking to be filled in either, I’d rather not know just sayin’).
I love the idea of an anniversary cake! Any reason to eat cake is a good reason! Thanks for sharing this wonderful part of you life with everyone!
Happy Anniversary!!! and I love the tradition of having cake each year. Totally worth every bite. 🙂
Happy anniversary! And your dress is beautiful!
Love this! Happy Anniversary!!
Happy anniversary! I told Casey we need to do a second wedding because I was distracted when we signed the marriage cert and signed in my work writing. I am not happy about it and I want a do-over.
I really love the table decorations.
Happy anniversary! You, the setting and the photos are all gorgeous!
yay happy anniversary!! beautiful pics! 🙂
Happy Anniversary!!
We named our tables after places we had been too! I didn’t have pictures of us in each place that worked, so I cut sections out of maps, then on the back of the table card I put the story of our trip. I really should do something with them since it took my sister and I half a day to figure that crap out and glue them together! haha.
Awww, happy anniversary! This was such an adorable post!
Happy Anniversary! You are so beautiful! You should dress in your wedding dress every day
I’m going to put it on right now!
Kidding. It’s at my mom’s…
I think I know the store in Montebello you’re talking about! I dropped by there just before I found my dress at another store, but it was definitely worth a look — good prices!
Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary to you and Ben. Today is our 10 year wedding anniversary .
Wow, happy 10th! That’s amazing =) I hope you have great plans!
Stunning!!
Very pretty wedding! I loved your dress! Congratulations on 3 years!
I just recently found your blog and then the other night I was reading Oxygen and I saw your pic in there. Very cool!
Ha! That Oxygen recipe is the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me. Glad you saw it 🙂
Happy Anniversary! Wishing you many more years of wedded bliss, and cake.
You rocked that dress! The sleeves were really just a little strip along your arm so I don’t think you should let it get to you. They only made a slight difference to the look of the dress in my opinion. Gorgeous either way.
Happy anniversary! And I think your dress looks amazing even without the sleeves but I totally dig the idea of getting a “re-do” of the photos so they’re just the way you imagined.
Your dress is still gorg even without the sleeves!!
happy anniversary! you look beautiful with or without the sleeves:)
Yay! i hope you two have some fun tonight 😉
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!! 😀 2009 weddings FTW 🙂
Stunning bride! Congrats on 3 years of marriage, many more happy years to you both! I love cake, too. 😉
Happy anniversary! Your dress is beautiful.