June 22nd 2019 and the week leading up to, were absolutely magical.
Somehow we managed to host roughly 300 people on our 5 acres in Cedar.
Here are the pictures I have collected from various contributors to show
you how the day went. By organizing it this way (on my own site), I am
creating an online keepsake. I have added commentary and captions below
the photos.
Let me just say, that a lot of
people came together and helped make everything go off without a hitch.
My sincere thanks are for those people and to all the people who came
to share in the festivities on that day.
Our friend, Timofey commissioned the backdrop for our altar. It is a hand-embroidered tapestry from a couple of Shipibo artisans. The threads depict many different significant plants. Tima actually arrived a week prior to the festivities. He was an enormous help. Thanks, Tima! Ian George came through with some amazing light displays. He arrived the night before and set everything up while we were all at dinner. Too bad I didn’t get any pictures of that, but there were roughly 80 people who went to the Legion in Ladysmith for a Meet-and-Greet dinner that Pat’s Dad, Randy hosted. Our friend, Jess, created two pinatas of our heads. Evidently they were too tempting for all the kids around, because they got smashed in an impromptu re-enactment of sugar-addled Lord of the Flies. Apparently it was a brutal free-for-all. Bean bag toss tournament for gift certificates to Gabriel’s, The Vault, Long and McQuade, and Funk Your FashionPaint-your-own-face and mask-making tableJess and Jesse smooch by the bomboniere table. Gifts for guests included pots of succulents, mixtape CD’s, books, flowers, bubbles, bookmarks, and artworkOne of the two food trucks: VI Pizza and their mobile wood fire pizza oven. I highly recommend!Eamon’s great wedding gift: a Kombucha Bar! Sweet Pete jams with the kids for a moment. Ice block excavation station! I made a giant ice block full of random toys. With little hammers and spray bottles, the kids made quick work of it. Note, the low-hanging unattended pinatas. The ceremony begins! See a link at the top of the page to the YouTube video I made for Kevin. Fox, bummed he didn”t get any pinata candy. Jesse Clark is one of Pat’s oldest pals. What he said during this ceremony was so touching and pertinent! I couldn’t imagine anyone else doing a better job. Thank you, Jesse! We value your incredible wisdom.June went with Grandma for about two seconds Decorated WilmaWe competed in Rock Paper Scissors to see who would deliver their vows first. It got a little ridiculous when Pat and I kept choosing the same weapons and tied the game 7 tries in a row. Telepathy? Dude is always in my head. Asking Fox to bring the rings Made by our friend, Darren from Alchemy Adornment, our wedding bands are matching rose gold with a hammered petina. My mom, Helena, and Nana Joan There’s Pat’s brother, Andy, their mom, Bonnie, and my Aunt Sherry. Hugging my new dad. TH’US, Th’greatest rockers in my humble opinion. Pizza and Taco time!Best bartenders in the wildMcIntosh’s as far as the eye can seePat wore a sleeping baby on his back during our first dance We MC’d ourselves Andrew gives a speechSweetdreams these two…SweetdreamsFully stocked potluck snack bar The Eleven Twelves Pat does a keg stand, commando, in a kilt. Party crashers Why sleep when you can play all night (and all morning?)June slept here for 5 hours. PERF. The morning after