Our ceremony took place on the grounds of Pineland Farms near one of the fishing ponds. It was a gorgeous, sunny Autumn day. Just perfect! We were married under a beautiful arbor built by our brother-in-law, Jason, & his father in the weeks leading up to our wedding. We were so lucky to have them build this for us, & it now sits in our backyard! Our florist, Minott's Flowers, covered the arbor with the most goreous dinner plate dahlias & hydrangeas that I had ever seen. Guests were picked up from the various parking lots & the houses they were staying in by the trolley. I was not nervous until the very moment the trolley came to pick us up...this was it!
Rich's parents & Rich's sister's fiance, Dominic.
Our brother-in-law, & builder of the arbor, Jason, & my mother.
Our sisters, Deb & Jessica.
My cousins, Samantha & Megan, handed out the programs.
The arbor was placed in front of the gazebo that was already there.
My cousin, Susan, did one of the readings. Rich's friend, Dave, did a second reading.
Here we are exchanging vows. This was my favorite part of the ceremony because we wrote our own vows & memorized them. We wrote our vows separately & did not share them, so they were a complete surprise! Rich went first & two lines into his vows I suddenly realized...we were inspired by the same exact poem! Out of the zillions of poems & wedding vows one may choose from we picked the same one! Of course he had no idea until I started saying my vows. Only a handful of people knew we wrote our vows separately & they just broke out laughing {as did we!}.
{photo by Rich's friend, Ben Gabriel}
Our friends Sky & Dickie {who are married} played the music during our ceremony which included "In my Life" by The Beatles & "One Love" by Bob Marley. They did an amazing job.
Rich with his best man & best friend since high school, Shiloh.
My memere & me.
{All images by Fat Orange Cat Studio}
