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Amy Roloff and Chris Marek are officially husband and wife!
On Saturday, the Little People, Big World star, 56, and Marek, 55, said “I do” in front of 146 of their closest family and friends at Roloff Farms in Hillsboro, Oregon.
During the ceremony, which took place outside in front of a gazebo, the bride stunned in a dress from Justin Alexander’s Sincerity Collection, while Marek wore a black suit as they exchanged their vows.
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“Our wedding day is a special day, but our marriage is a lifetime together,” Roloff tells PEOPLE of her romantic nuptials at Roloff Farms in Oregon on Saturday
The pair’s nuptials were officiated by Michael Williams and also saw Roloff walk down the aisle to “Heart to Heart,” which was composed by Marek’s best man, Rick Hinkes.
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The couple then held their reception in a tent outside, where The Macey Gard Band performed during the memorable event, including during the couple’s first dance to the band’s song, “At the End of the Day.”
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“Our wedding day is a special day, but our marriage is a lifetime together,” Roloff told PEOPLE of her nuptials. “I’ll have the rest of my life with Chris and that makes me smile.”
“[It was challenging] planning a traditional wedding and all that typically goes into that, to what we want to have at our wedding,” she added. “Sometimes it felt like the two clashed at times for me. But in the end, it’s about the two of us — Chris and I. It’s about combining our two lives together into one and sharing it with our family and friends.”
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The duo, who got engaged in September 2019, first met at a pool party in 2016 — after Roloff filed for divorce from ex-husband Matt Roloff in 2015.
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“[Chris and I] got to talking and he invited me to go on a motorcycle ride,” Roloff recalled in a December 2016 episode of Little People, Big World. “Oh, I’m having a ball!”
Gallery: Everything Tarek El Moussa, Heather Rae Young Have Said About Their Wedding (US Weekly)
![Tarek Moussa et al. posing for a picture: Going to the chapel! After first being linked in July 2019, Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young have embarked on a whirlwind romance that has prepared them for their upcoming walk down the aisle. The twosome originally found themselves crossing paths when they were boating on the 4th of July in California. One month later, the Flip or Flop star made their relationship Instagram official with a sweet message. “I’ll be honest and say I never thought I would meet someone special in my life after the last three years. Then … out of the blue @heatherraeyoung walked into my life,” he wrote in August 2019. “The first time I saw her smile she ‘did that thing to my tummy’ and I knew right away I needed to get to know her … so I asked her out!! She said yes .” El Moussa continued, “In life, you can’t predict the future! I couldn’t predict [my] divorce! I couldn’t predict two cancers! I couldn’t predict my back injury! You just never know what tomorrow brings. I just want to let the world know I met someone special that makes me want to be a better man.” That same month, the realtor revealed to Us Weekly that she thought her boyfriend, who was previously married to Christina Haack from 2009 to 2018, was The One. “We are just really, really happy,” she shared with Us at the time. “He has all the qualities that I would want in someone. I think we just need to spend more time together before we can make that decision.” Their relationship continued to get more serious as they spent the holidays together and then moved in with one another the following year. On their one-year anniversary, El Moussa proposed to Young, which she later admitted she was waiting for. “I knew it was gonna come eventually because we talked about marriage,” she said on her “Flashbacks With Jessica Hall and Heather Young” podcast that same month. “We looked at rings like three months in. Nothing serious, but we went and looked.” One month later, El Moussa detailed how the proposal took him about “three months” to make happen. “It was just so perfect because I had the whole weekend planned. Production was there, and she had no idea I was going to ask the question,” he exclusively told Us in September 2020. “And even when I got down on a knee and asked her to marry me, I had everybody hiding in tents. So it was all just us out there and it was private, and it was just beautiful.” The duo has since been focused on planning their special day, but hit a bump in the road during the summer of 2021. “Tarek and I are the kind of people who want a big celebration with our closest friends and family but we also want it to feel really intimate and be about our love and our marriage,” the Netflix personality noted via Instagram in August 2021. “This is a big day for us and for our family and we don’t take that lightly. All I can say is that I’m so lucky to have someone who’s on the same page as me and I think we’re both just ready for the day to finally come ” El Moussa opened up about looking to surprise his fiancée during the process. “Heather thought we were already locked into the initial location but little did she know I was pulling some strings, working some magic, and was able to surprise her by securing our dream spot,” he wrote via Instagram in August 2021. The HGTV star added: “Now being able to see everything come together yesterday was honestly amazing. Heather and I have always been on the same page about the wedding since day one- we want it to be a really fun celebration but we also want it to be special and a celebration about us spending the rest of our lives with each other and as a family. There’s nothing more important than her and our family and we can’t wait for the day to reflect and celebrate that. Ready to #fliphername !!.” Scroll down for more details on what El Moussa and Young have teased about their wedding day:](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/little-people-big-world-s-amy-roloff-and-chris-marek-are-married-see-the-photos/%7B%22default%22:%7B%22load%22:%22default%22,%22w%22:%2280%22,%22h%22:%2280%22,%22src%22:%22//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AANfxlc.img?h=799&w=799&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=474&y=221%22%7D,%22size3column%22:%7B%22load%22:%22default%22,%22w%22:%2262%22,%22h%22:%2262%22,%22src%22:%22//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AANfxlc.img?h=624&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=474&y=221%22%7D,%22size2column%22:%7B%22load%22:%22default%22,%22w%22:%2262%22,%22h%22:%2262%22,%22src%22:%22//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AANfxlc.img?h=624&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=474&y=221%22%7D%7D)
Later, speaking with her girlfriends about her relationship with Marek, Roloff admitted that she didn’t think she’d find love with someone of average height.
“I just never thought someone who is average size would be interested in me,” she said in a TLC clip from June 2017. “I just really want him to never question or doubt the relationship because I’m a little person.”
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The couple previously confirmed that they selected Roloff Farms as their wedding venue after running into logistical challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“COVID came into play because I think a lot of people either changed or canceled and moved whatever was going on in 2020 to 2021, so other places just kind of eroded away and plan B became plan A,” she said on Little People, Big World in June.
“The farm has beautiful scenery and we just don’t know what’s going to happen with COVID,” she continued. “So it’s easier to have it there.”
Despite the expected challenges that come with wedding planning, Roloff — who shares four children with ex Matt: twin brothers Jeremy and Zach, 31, daughter Molly, 27, and youngest son Jacob, 24 — had plenty of help from her friends and and family.
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“They all have been wonderful,” Roloff said. “They’ve been helping me all this week with setting up and, most importantly, moral support. Having my grandkids be a part of our wedding day is so special to me. To know that they are happy for me means so much to me.”
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Leading up to the big day, Roloff documented the day’s final touches via Instagram.
“Wedding decor is going up!” she captioned one clip, joking that the chicken featured in the shot was her “surprise guest helper.”
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Earlier this week, Amy visited the Dahlia Festival in Canby, Oregon, to select flowers for the event. “I’m so excited because I have bunches of flowers for my wedding,” she said on her Instagram Story. “And they’re big and bold and beautiful.”
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Roloff also told PEOPLE she intended on indulging in a little self-care Saturday morning before the ceremony.
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“I’m going to write in my journal and read some devotions,” Roloff said of her pre-wedding plans. “Write my vows. Look at photos of Chris and I and think about where we started to where we are now and how wonderful it has been.”
Despite being an outdoor event, the CDC still advises against crowded gatherings, even when vaccination status is known. Due to the airborne nature of the COVID-19 virus, hospitalization rates are at a six-month high.
