Yes. Yes. F** Yes.: Austin & Chelsea's Abernethy Center Wedding*
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Yes. Yes. F** Yes.: Austin & Chelsea's Abernethy Center Wedding*

Austin proposed to Chelsea. And when he did, she left no room for ambiguity about how she felt about it — because on their wedding day at Abernethy Center's Abigail's Garden in Oregon City, she gave him a custom-engraved Timex with the back inscribed with the exact words she said when he got down on one knee. It read: Yes. Yes. F** Yes.* Date: 09.26.2020. That is the energy this entire wedding had, from the private vows in the garden to the moment I2I by Powerline came on and every single person on the dance floor absolutely detonated.

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Two Worlds, One Love: Joyce & Peter's Nigerian-American Wedding at the Abernethy Center
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Two Worlds, One Love: Joyce & Peter's Nigerian-American Wedding at the Abernethy Center

The Abernethy Center's Veiled Garden in Oregon City was the perfect backdrop for Joyce and Peter's multicultural wedding — white doves released into a canopy of Pacific Northwest forest, a Nigerian outfit change mid-reception, and the Norman Sylvester Band keeping the dance floor going all night long.

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Wedding at Abernethy Center — Brunch, Dancing & a Vietnamese Tea Ceremony
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Wedding at Abernethy Center — Brunch, Dancing & a Vietnamese Tea Ceremony

Vincent and Kelly's wedding day started with a gazebo ceremony at Abernethy Center's Abigail's Garden, moved into a sunny brunch reception with banana foster pancakes and Pip's Original doughnuts, a shoe game that had everyone hollering, and a dance floor that didn't quit — then ended with a traditional Vietnamese tea ceremony and gift exchange at a family home, surrounded by generations of people who love them. It was a full, layered, beautiful day, and I was so honored to be there for all of it.

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