Wedding guests and fun photos

Our wedding day was made very special because of the people that were able to join us on that day. As I stated in the previous post, my brothers Rick and Jim made the treacherous trip from Illinois to Vegas and then drove a rented Hyundai Sonata the remaining 12 hours! I was honored that they agreed to be my Best Men. Maggie's two attendants were her best friends... The Kathys. Kathy from Missoula and Kathy from Portland. Rounding out our guest list was of course, the Reverend Sue, Maggie's parents JoAnn and Mike, brother Scott, Grandma Millie, and Aunt Bek. My wonderful stepdad Don and his wife and my friend Rose were also there for the Big Day. Of course how could we forget, our special needs daughter Alma. She enjoyed all the company we had that day. Here are some more fun photos of the day...

Scott and Aunt Bek

JoAnn, Kathy Majidi and Sue

Kathy Majidi and Maggie.

Scott and Millie in the Red Room

"Ahhhh.."

Me and Kathy Kelly on the couch, Sue at the Piano, Bek looking at the camera, and Rose with her back to you. What a fun crowd.

Bek and Alma were fast friends

Finn Boys eating? I don't believe it.

Yum. Food.

Me and Jim in the Stencil-riffic kitchen

Alma is overwhelmed with emotion.

It was a big day for all of us.

The Wedding photos... Finally!

Bliss.

As many of you know, Maggie and I were married on August 31, here in Anaconda. We had been planning a very small, very secular ceremony for the backyard. However, the morning of the wedding, it was rather cold and drizzly. Not a very nice day to be outside. We moved our guests indoors. It was a great day. My brothers and stepdad were here. And Maggie's family joined us. The Reverend Sue performed the ceremony. (Sue and Maggie were both ordained online through the Universal Life Church, the month prior to the ceremony). It was all legal... really.




Reverend Sue's Credentials... just in case there were questions ;-)
Maggie's beautiful grandma Millie, just before the ceremony

Assembled Friends and Family

We promised a five minute cermony. I think it seemed like two minutes, but we are told it was actually around ten. It was an emotional blur for both of us. Sue mentioned the fact that Mom and Dad couldn't be here and I lost it. Then Maggie lost it. We were both in tears by the end. We performed the wedding in the doorway, so people could sit in the living room. It was very cozy. Here are a few shots of the ceremony...

The "I Do's"

The vows

The Rings

The Kiss

Us and Sue

After the ceremony we toasted our guests with a glass of bubbly, and proceeded to do what both families do best... eat! We had quite a brunchy spread. Maggie's dad Mike grilled chicken in the backyard, I made fresh fritatas and lemon spaghetti, Maggie's friend Kathy Kelly made some great salads, and we had awesome huckleberry cream cheese danish shipped in from Sweetgrass Bakery in Helena.

Mike the grillmaster...

The Spread

Maggie and I sat at Bernice's Bakery in Missoula once, while a young couple had a presentation from the baker about their wedding cakes. We were very jealous, because they got to taste all these great cakes. We wanted to do that too! But when we overheard how much a wedding cake costs, we were taken aback. We didn't need to do that did we? No, we decided to do something very simple yet tasty. We ordered a Huckleberry Torte from Park Avenue Bakery, also in Helena. It was truly great.

The Torte... OMG!

What a day. To cap it all off, there was a hailstorm in the afternoon. Then it started raining. Then it never stopped raining, until sometime in the night the rain turned to snow. We woke up the next day with 3 inches of snow on the ground. That was good for my Illinois brothers to see.