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Recipe Sunday

Recipe Sunday | Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

It's summertime. Go ahead, you know you want to start singing... "summertiiiiiiime and the livin's easy..." So Jeff and I have friends. I know. The rumor is true. There are people out there that are actually willing to hang out with us other than our moms and our...

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Going Postal

She hasn't made an appearance on the bloggy blog in quite some time. In fact, she would rather hide under the bed and quiver all day than show her face to strangers. She is completely normal around Jeff and me, but is afraid of anybody else. Only a lucky few have...

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Recipe Sunday

Recipe Sunday | Summer Vegetable Potato Salad

If this recipe ain't fancy schmancy, I don't know what is. I mean, it's potato salad for Pete's sake. Potato salad! How in the world does a bunch of potatoes, mustard, and mayonnaise get fancy? Well, just nix the good 'ol mustard and mayo and add balsamic and feta....

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Just the Five of Us

I’ve been loving these warm summer mornings lately when Jeff and I can make a way-too-big breakfast filled with waffles, eggs, hash browns, fruit, coffee and fresh-from-the-freezer orange juice. And I love the dance that the two of us have created in our morning...

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Recipe Sunday

Recipe Sunday | Tomato Bread Salad

As I mentioned last week with my Cheese Flautas recipe, I summed up the courage to make two Recipe Sunday dishes for the same meal, and much to my relief, it actually worked! Yay! So take a stab at the Cheese Flautas and throw together this yummy salad for the...

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My Mother Was Always Right

I think I've mentioned my horrible adult acne drama here on the blog before. It's not a pretty sight my friends -  a girl in her mid-twenties still dealing with teenage facial blemishes. In short, it's been about 7 years of struggle with acne for me. It was like an...

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Happy (Belated) Birthday America

I realize I'm a day late, but just ask my friends - I'm the master of belated birthday wishes. And I'm also the master at Friends marathons, as my dear hubby found out yesterday. You see, we just had our very first real weekend to ourselves. You know, the kind of...

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What We loved About Lucca

Sweet, wonderful, picture-perfect Lucca. If it's even possible - if I could drum up the energy to calculate everywhere that we have been in our lifetimes, all of the breathtaking corners of the world that we have seen even in just the last six months - I just may...

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Limelight: Travel Apps

With all of the traveling that Erin and I have been doing lately, we've definitely got our routines down - we can pack in our sleep and going through the security line is an exercise in muscle memory that makes makes me feel like George Clooney in "Up in the Air."...

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Recipe Sunday

Recipe Sunday | Pulled Pork Tacos

Alrighty folks, nothing gets more simple or more tasty than this little gem of a recipe here. Even with taking pictures, this only took me a grand total of fifteen minutes to prepare. That, my folks, is well worth the kitchen hall of fame status you'll get when you...

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We’re Off to Italy – Again!

It's way too early for me to up and writing, but Jeff and I have our bags packed and our passports ready for another trip to our favorite place in the entire world - Tuscany! The first thing I'm gonna do when I arrive is plop myself down in the nearest restaurant,...

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About Us

We're Jeff & Erin

It’s our job to help you slow down and experience every moment of your wedding day – because we believe that it should be savored from top to bottom.

We’re Jeff & Erin Youngren, a hubby & wifey wedding photography team that believes timeless trumps trendy, life is best done together, and tears, hugs, & high fives should never be held back. We consider our couples part of our family – and we cannot wait to meet you!