Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's relatively speedy when-you-know-you-know journey to married life started with a tequila-fueled trial run at a Las Vegas wedding chapel in April.
They officially became husband and wife on May 15, saying "I do" at a Santa Barbara, Calif., courthouse, then glamorously re-sealed the deal May 22 in front of family and friends in Portofino, Italy, part of a lavish weekend of boat rides, gelato runs, cases of champagne and myriad outfit changes.
After all that excitement and having one occasion after another to look forward to (they also managed to squeeze in date night at the Met Gala), Mr. and Mrs. Barker would be forgiven if they got home and just hit the wall.
Which, they kinda did—private-jet lag is still jet lag—but they hit it together, and as Travis celebrates his 47th birthday on Nov. 14, the honeymoon phase continues.
On Monday, Kourtney re-shared the handwritten note that Travis first showed off in February 2021, the one that read, "To lots of fun adventures, may we destroy each other completely. Love, Kourtney."
These two always seem to be celebrating something, and as usual they went all out for their favorite holiday. "I wish everyday was Halloween," Travis captioned a pic of he and Kourtney dressed as the Frankenstein monster and his bride. "Every day with you is like Halloween and Christmas," his wife commented.
In addition to going all out with costumes for the second year in a row, last month the couple also closed on a $14.5 million beach house in Santa Barbara, a love nest with a guest house that a source described to E! News as "perfect for older kids."
Travis and Kourtney do love a waterfront getaway, having wed on the Italian Riviera and then enjoying a rustic pre-back-to-school lake vacation in August where the activities included boating, tubing and zip-lining.
While Kourtney, 43, and Travis are hanging onto their respective Calabasas homes for the time being, since letting it be known for sure in January 2021 that they were no longer just longtime friends, they wasted no time dillydallying on the path to forever.
First came the flamboyant PDA shots steaming up Instagram that suggested that these two were having a great time together.
Their posts were soon captioned with heady declarations of love, and Kourtney's sprawling family had obviously given their blessing to the match by the time Travis popped the question with a six-carat diamond on Oct. 17, 2021, their first anniversary as a couple. (The ring has been fixed since Kourtney accidentally stepped on it after taking the bauble off for a bit to fold clothes.)
At the same time, the new couple were navigating the logistical challenges that come with blending families: Kourtney is mom to sons Mason, 12, and Reign, 7, and daughter Penelope, 10, with former partner Scott Disick, while Travis is father to son Landon, 19, and daughter Alabama, 16, with ex-wife Shanna Moakler, and is a still-devoted stepdad to 23-year-old Atiana de la Hoya, Moakler's daughter with boxer Oscar De La Hoya.
Red carpet appearances, TikTok hilarity, ski trips and excursions to Disneyland helped create some new happy memories while they balanced their busy schedules and family time with excursions for just the two of them.
"I would say, have the conversations and check in with each other," Kourtney told Gwyneth Paltrow on the June 2 episode of The Goop Podcast. "Even this morning, I said to my kids, 'How does everyone feel about everything?' Just to check in, or 'Do you guys have any questions?'"
"Also, being a stepparent is obviously a new thing," she added. "I think one blessing is that we had a relationship before. We were friends for eight years and [Travis's children] would come over and do gingerbread houses and carve pumpkins on all the holidays and stuff."
As far as alone time with her beloved goes, Kourtney said she had "way less guilt" about being out of town for a few days here and there because her kids were with their dad—"one of the benefits" of having a co-parent, both ladies agreed.
Kourtney described her dynamic with Scott as "super easy and friendly," telling Gwyneth—whom she teamed with on the Goop x Poosh-brand This Smells Like My Pooshy candle—that, having watched her own parents have a solid post-divorce relationship, "there's no reason not to be—or at least try to keep it—as cool as you can for the kids."
All six were in Italy to watch their parents tie the knot, Alabama's Instagram Story providing the world with the first glimpse of the bride in her wedding dress, as well as a number of other VIP shots from inside the festivities.
Scott was invited but chose to skip watching his ex marry someone else, Kourtney having figured he wouldn't actually want to attend. "Since Kourtney and Travis have been celebrating their love for months now, it's been easier for him to cope" with the actual nuptials, a source told E! News. "It's not as hurtful and he's getting through it."
When the couple got engaged last year, Scott told Khloe Kardashian (as seen on Hulu's The Kardashians), "I thought that they'd already be married [by now], the way that she was talking. It wasn't crazy. Thank God, because at another time in my life, if I'd heard that, life would've been over for me."
But, he said, "I kind of, in a selfish way, feel like a lot has been lifted off of me. I couldn't do the job of being with her, so I salute Travis. He's in for a lot of work. Kourtney is not the simplest when it comes to everything."
But that's just one man's perspective.
"Up until now, I'd date girls that didn't have kids and I find it kind of hard because...I think they would have trouble understanding like, 'Well, why don't you want to go to dinner every night with me?' or 'Why don't you want to see me every night?'" Travis reflected on The Drew Barrymore Show in March 2021.
"And now I'm spending time with a woman who's a great mom, who's a great friend. And...you don't have to worry about any of those things. It just comes natural. It's like a maturity thing. And I also really like missing someone and cherishing the time that I spend with them instead of, you know, every day being with them—especially in the beginning of the relationship, I think missing someone is so important."
Any time they spent apart apparently made the heart grow intensely fonder.
Just weeks after Travis gave that interview, a source told E! News, "He has gone all out to shower [Kourtney] with love, affection, flowers and gifts. He is very into her and waited a long time to be able to show her how much he cares. He wants to spend all of his time with her and is constantly telling her how much he loves her."
And Kourtney, who'd gotten a reputation over the years for being the more reserved member of the Kardashian fam, was all in, too, and she didn't care who knew it.
"They have a long history, so it's been easy and comfortable," the source shared. "They're moving quickly because they know each other so well. Everything seems to click and they are both very happy." Just a few months in, Kourtney had expressed that she "would absolutely marry him."
A little more than a year later, they signed up for "till death do us part" and, after their vows in Italy, Kourtney added "Barker" to her name on Instagram.
"They are exhausted from the events and have been settling back into reality at home," a Kourtney source told E! News in June after the newlyweds were back home, but she "has been radiating pure happiness since getting back from Italy. She loves that it's official and says it was one of the best weeks of her life."
Overall, the insider described, "They've been adjusting really well and it's as if nothing has really changed." As in, they remained "inseparable" and "really cute together," and were "always showing PDA no matter who is around."
Plus, the source added, "Kourtney is glowing" and was having a ball jokingly referring to herself as a "wifey."
The family weathered a scary moment barely a month after the wedding when Travis was treated for what he and Kourtney described as "severe, life-threatening pancreatitis" that required hospitalization. "Oh what a scary and emotional week it has been," Kourtney reflected on Instagram Story. "Our health is everything and sometimes we take for granted how quickly it can change."
Kourtney also recently shared on the Oct. 4 episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast that she and Travis had paused plans to expand their family, explaining that a round of IVF earlier this year "really took a toll on my health, and mentally. The hormones, the medication—you have to get put to sleep every time. I know it's for so many people but it's just not for me."
She ultimately felt "like we kind of got pushed into doing IVF," Kourtney noted. "If you look online, it says if you're over 40 go right away to an IVF doctor. So I felt a little bit pushed."
So, for now they're going to keep trying without any outside assistance, she said, and "I feel like if it's truly meant to be it will happen."
The Poosh founder and her husband, a longtime vegan, have since joined business forces as well, Kourtney Barker Wellness products now available from both her site and Barker Wellness Co., Travis' line of CBD-infused self-care products that he launched last year.
They also "have a good system down with the kids and merging families, and spend time at both of their houses," E!'s Kourtney source explained in June. "They've made the kids feel at home at both. The plan is for them to be under one roof eventually, but for now they all go back and forth since the homes are nearby. Both of them love their homes and they're keeping them for now. They love having family dinners all together and spending quality time."
If you've been keeping up with Kourtney for awhile, you're probably familiar with her enviable abode. Meanwhile, Travis's as-seen-on-TV residence of 16 years has been fully remodeled since the days when Landon and Alabama were skateboarding and riding dirt bikes down the hall.
Earlier this year he opened the door to Architectural Digest to show off a light, airy space decorated in neutral tones that you might not necessarily guess would reflect the heavily tattooed musician's style.
But take a look around and you see the drums and guitars, the punk-themed artwork, the original piece over the fireplace illustrating five albums that inspired him (a Christmas gift from Kourtney), and the towering piles of T-shirts in his massive closet.
The Blink-182 rocker explained that he was going for a "Zen" vibe in his living room so he'd have a restful place to unwind, whether after long nights at the studio or weeks away on tour. Having a "clean space" allows him to think, he said, "and doesn't crowd my vibe."
Nowadays, even though she technically lives somewhere else, most of his downtime includes Kourtney, who was perched on the spacious center island drinking a cup of her then-fiancé's "famous matcha" when the AD tour made its way into the kitchen.
"After a long, stressful day I love spending time with Kourtney and our families," Travis—who's going back on tour with Blink-182 next year for his first shows with original bandmates Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus since 2015—told InStyle in April. "I look forward to any quality time we get to spend together."
And they're both the very definition of geographically desirable.
"We live a block away from each other, so that's why we're kind of in that place of, like, 'Everyone loves their own home!'" Kourtney noted on The Goop Podcast. "And then the days when [my kids] at their dad's I can always be there. I think it's hard to know what's the 'right' thing to do, what's the best thing to do. We're like, 'Let's have rooms at each house, let's make a bunk bed room.' So I think we're taking steps, but we're also really mindful of everyone also being happy and not feeling out of place."
Basically, she explained, "We also are not putting a ton of pressure on ourselves to make a forced or really fast decision, so we're kind of like, 'Let's just take our time and see what feels best.' And also if we found a perfect home or something like that, I'm sure that we would also do that, where everyone feels that it's everyone's, instead of like, 'We're moving to your house,' or 'You're moving to our house.'"
Kourtney reiterated on the Oct. 4 episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast that "there will be" one family home one day.
Travis showed Architectural Digest where each of their kids sits—"And it literally doesn't change, it's the same seating arrangement every time"—at the long dining room table where they all gather for big Sunday meals, when they "just talk and put our phones away, and eat delicious vegan food."
"I do like to entertain," he added, "and we have friends and guests over for dinner, but I also don't like too many people in my home because it is where I go to get peace of mind and relax. And I'm never here, so when I am here I want to make it count."
Wherever Travis and Kourtney are, the good times are only multiplying.
(Originally published June 4, 2022, at 5 a.m. PT)