I'm giving up on having some lovely, perfect post about the wedding, at least for now, because I simply do not have the time or energy for it. We just got back from the (awesome!) honeymoon in Mexico last Monday, and had to dive straight back into Harsh Reality, including the school year starting back up and the lovely new diet restrictions The Widget has due to food sensitivities.
Yes, I know. THERE IS SO MUCH TO TELL YOU!
And I really do hope to get back to blogging, if and as time permits (HA).
I don't have the official wedding photos back yet, but I do have some others to share, because I promised. So here's the wedding!
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| My handsome father escorting my lovely mother to her place in the front |
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| Our little "ring berries" (according to The Widget) |
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| DramaBoy and The Widget, as handsome and adorable as can be in their little tuxes! |
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| Our adorable KlutzGirl as the flower girl |
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| DorkMaster B escorts my wonderful friends Heidi and Amy down the aisle |
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| My father-in-law (one of the groomsmen) escorts my lovely SoccerSister and stepdaughter The Dark One down the aisle |
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| A very handsome Padawan escorts my marvelous Mistress of Honor DraftQueen (yes! live and in Michigan!) down the aisle |
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| My handsome father escorts me, beaming from ear to ear, down the aisle |
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| The ceremony begins |
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| We say our vows. MTL was tearing up the whole time.. |
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| We did a sand ceremony rather than a unity candle. Each of us in the new blended family had a container of colored sand (each person picked his/her color) and took turns pouring it into a large, heart-shaped container. The result is a rainbow of sand symbolizing our new family unity. |
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| Closeup of the sand ceremony |
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| Family Hug! |
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| Final blessing |
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| Introducing the new Mr. and Mrs. MTL! |
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| The wedding party |
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| The wedding party, squinting between official pics |
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| Our New Family |
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| SoccerSister with her son, my adorable nephew K |
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| My handsome father with his youngest grandson |
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| Waiting to enter the reception |
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| Our entrance into the lovely Victorian-style B&B where we held the reception |
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| DorkMaster B looking dapper in his tux |
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| The Dark One wrote a poem for us and read it at dinner. Both MTL and I had tears in our eyes. Sometimes there is some light in that one. |
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| My True Love was kind and did not smash the (delicious) cake in my face, showing great restraint |
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| A first dance with my handsome husband, to "God Blessed the Broken Road" |
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| A dance with my daddy to "It's a Wonderful World" |
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| SoccerSister and her MuttonChopsHubby show off their swing skills |
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| Uncle MuttonChops gives KlutzGirl a whirl |
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| My lovely mother with her youngest grandson |
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| A dance with The Widget |
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| Me and My True Love |
