The Wedding and Honeymoon
We had an absolutely amazing week prior to the wedding, running around doing every little thing that you could possibly imagine. It's a long story, but suffice it to say that life is now complete, and we are all happy and legal :-).
Prior to the fully legitimate and legal wedding in Virginia, we had a wedding that wasn't exactly uh, well, never mind, but you can see it and read about it by clicking on the button below:
WARNING! This is the Not Completely Legal wedding link. Click one of the links above if you are offended by an almost but not quite legal wedding, or if you are jealous of people who go to the Cayman Islands
So anyway, we had to do it all again, and so we took special pains to make certain that this would be something very different.
The Completely 100% Legal Ceremony
The wedding began with Miss Morgan Violinist and Flower Girl playing a beautiful rendition of "Ode to Joy."
Then there were two readings - one from my lovely sister, Slobbit, I mean Becky Rumfelt, and one from the evil John Vanore. John read from the sacred book of Seuss, and gave us a rousing rendition of "Green Eggs and Ham." SLobbit's was a bit more original, and can be soon found at a link I'll soon put up, so there.
After this, the bride came in, not tripping over her dress or anyone else and stood before Sharon Henderson, our real live minister, and the lovely groom. The ceremony then went as follows:
Sharon:
In the book of Wisdom, we find these words:
This is a non religious, non denominational wedding. However, Mikki and Wes have chosen a minister as officiant. This is because they are very strange people who are not quite right in the head. This is meant, of course, in the most affectionate way. Mikki and Wes have decided that it would most befit their lifestyle, their mindsets, and their very sick senses of humor to celebrate their love and their marriage in this non traditional manner. They promise that if anyone is not sufficiently offended, they will personally see to your offense later. Humor, it is a difficult concept.
Nature abhors non symmetry. The circle of life is not complete without sufficient love, and sufficient chocolate. Mikki and Wes have brought the love, so we pay homage to the great god Hershey of chocolate. Anyone who does not like chocolate shall be cast into the pool immediately. Amen.
Like the white and milk chocolate of a hershey's hugg, and like the coconut and dark chocolate of a mounds bar, Mikki and Wes were meant to be together. They are inseparably joined already. This ceremony is simply an excuse to party. And like the carmel and peanut butter nougat of a Milky Way bar, separating them would be messy, and get your fingers full of goo.
It is entirely fitting that Mikki and Wes should marry on this day of the full moon, and on Wes' birthday, which happens to be Friday the 13th. Wes was indeed born on a Friday the 13th, which says much for his character, and for Mikki's taste in men. 13, of course, is a lucky number in many faiths, and an appropriate way of starting a new life joined at the hip.
The very silly bride then gave the very silly groom her vows:
Wes, I promise you never to attempt to cook without notifying the fire
department 24 hours in advance. I promise not to steal your dive equipment,
even when it's better than mine, and never to open your camera without
rewinding first. I promise not to take what little part of the closet you
have been allotted, and I will not wear your clothes without prior
permission. I will not sneak Rogaine into your drinks or food, and I
promise not to forget your birthday, even though you
are now 50 and that's way old. I also promise to love you until the cows
come home, or until pigs fly, whichever comes last.
Then the lovely groom gave the following vows to the very silly bride:
I, Wes, take you, Mikki to be my lawful wedded wife. As such, I promise to love, honor, and...maintain your windows computers. I will be faithful...to Bill Gates and update regularly and make Internet Explorer as my default web browser. I also promise to keep you...away from power tools and cooking utensils to protect you and those around you. I promise to snore only when sleeping, and never ever use your hair dryer.
But most of all, I promise to love you forever and be devoted...to putting the toilet seat down.
The couple then exchanged these vows, repeated after the Minister, Sharon.
Sharon - to Mikki:
will you take this man named wes?
even if he makes a mess
and doesn't pick up all his clothes
or doesn't always blow his nose.
will you love him anyway?
will you marry him today?
Mikki:
I would so, could so, take this Wes
I promise to ignore his mess
and not set fire to his clothes
or even punch him in the nose
I will love him anyway
I will marry him today
Sharon - to Wes:
will you take this woman, Mikki?
even when she's feeling icky?
even when she's acting pissy
you will not get in a tizzy.
Will you take her here or there?
Will you marry anywhere?
Wes:
I would so, could so, take this Mikki
yes, I am that much a sickie
I love her, need her, here and there.
I will marry her anywhere.
The ring is an ancient symbol of eternity and love. It is perfectly round, or at least it is until it gets squished on your finger, but it still has no beginning and no ending. . It is blessed and given in a ceremony of marriage as a visible symbol to the world of the private love between two
people and as a warning not to touch or else. And so, Mikki and Wes will exchange these rings to seal their vows.
RINGS:
"Mikki, with this ring, I pledge you my love."
"Wes, with this ring, I pledge you my love."
PRONOUNCEMENT:
Now that Mikki and Wes have publicly pledged their love to each other before this community of witnesses, by the authority invested in me and in accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia I now pronounce that they are husband and wife.
And, of course, we smooched a lot :-)
Prior to going to the Reception we had a wonderful cake that was probably the best cake I've ever had. It was absolutely amazing, even though we had so much fun trying to cut it :-).
Things soon became even more strange with various and sundry people deciding that they looked wonderful wearing the goofy bride's veil. Of course, she helped quite a bit.
I'm not too sure that cockatoos look very good in veils, but C2 seemed to have a wonderful time anyway.
As for everyone else, well, we certainly hope they had a good time. If they didn't, well...we tried :-)
The reception itself was at Tachibana, a wonderful Japanese restaurant in McLean. Our friends Keiko-San and Eiji-San took great care of us and gave us a wonderful dinner of both raw and cooked stuff. It was absolutely magnificent. Most people actually were adventureous and tried all of the food. More about the reception is at the link at the top of the page.
Somehow, I think that wes had fun, regardless :-)
The very silly bride then gave the very silly groom her vows:
