International Wedding for Marcia and Hugo!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Marcia and Hugo planned a big party on April 28, 2012 at the Page-Walker Art and History Center to celebrate their marriage. They originally planned to just go down to the courthouse and get married the day before the party, then they began to have second thoughts about such an impersonal ceremony for this big milestone in their lives. Marcia called me in January to see if I could marry them before the party. I had a wedding at 4:30 that day but could marry them in my wedding garden earlier in the afternoon with just a few guests present. So, intrigued with the notion that they could have a custom ceremony if I was their officiant and curious about my garden, we set up a meeting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gnw37WWFTlPqZ86z66ayKRwmHrya52k6DZHrIopmSsU_j5i5nKitT0iV3jn6RiXOUzFMEoUTU1LOrKds0rFO-a6vEUt34ULy13ajoA90q2I_-tH4ZD05AZZt0q0x4VgvSwNq0nsHKg/s1600/DSCN2092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gnw37WWFTlPqZ86z66ayKRwmHrya52k6DZHrIopmSsU_j5i5nKitT0iV3jn6RiXOUzFMEoUTU1LOrKds0rFO-a6vEUt34ULy13ajoA90q2I_-tH4ZD05AZZt0q0x4VgvSwNq0nsHKg/s400/DSCN2092.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>They were thrilled with the possibilities of the ceremony, especially since I suggested they bring in elements from their diverse heritages. Hugo was born in Chile and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 10 years old. Marcia's mother is of Italian lineage and her father Irish. I suggested the Wine Unity ceremony as a possibility and they ran with the idea. Hugo would get some Chilean wine and Marcia some Italian wine that they would pour together. Then they would do a toast after the ceremony with Irish Whiskey, Bushmills, to be specific. Bushmills distillery located at the very northernmost tip of Ireland is the world's oldest whiskey distillery--I happen to know because I was there last August and Marcia and Hugo were on a trip to Ireland last year as well. Hugo also wanted to include a reading by well-known Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda. So, we were good to go.<br /><br />But plans changed a few weeks later when they decided that they would like to have the ceremony timed closer to the reception and in the garden next to the <a href="http://www.townofcary.org/Departments/Parks__Recreation___Cultural_Resources/Facilities/Cultural_Arts_Centers/Page-Walker_Arts___History_Center.htm" target="_blank">Page Walker Art and History Center</a> in Cary where the reception was to take place at 7:00. We worked it out where I would get there as soon as I possibly could from the wedding before theirs, hopefully by 6:00.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8sF0cppD-fPkKv2qzxvzEPeJ143Z7oUlVbLBSk_jc-d3FnaD3eZVk02iKd_yyeWdoh3415emVM46_zkSwMx8Krk7uzpvYOwiVgu2wTnAOsl2vCzq9Ero9WUUHn_adX4dHwsuWKfGhA/s1600/DSCN2096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8sF0cppD-fPkKv2qzxvzEPeJ143Z7oUlVbLBSk_jc-d3FnaD3eZVk02iKd_yyeWdoh3415emVM46_zkSwMx8Krk7uzpvYOwiVgu2wTnAOsl2vCzq9Ero9WUUHn_adX4dHwsuWKfGhA/s400/DSCN2096.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Marty and I made it there easily and earlier than planned. When we arrived, Marcia was in the garden being photographed by <a href="http://www.chadmw.com/" target="_blank">Chad Williams</a>, a talented young man still in high school just getting started with his photography career. This is our third wedding together this year! The <a href="http://cateringworks.com/" target="_blank">CateringWorks</a> truck was in the parking lot. Then <a href="http://www.lennyfritts.com/" target="_blank">Lenny Fritts</a>, one of my very favorite DJs appeared on the scene! A surprise! I had recommended him to the couple but did not know they had booked him.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtG9pZKpNGgkyxgU8MtU7UTMr2WSyce7yIv7HlqQqhGDQF7KmYXE-Fm6ecclaphIV7nyKPiFy4M4r7T1QrlXkhuormSmaoiIqPI3zcZaxncUK6-Rf7er7ROZ-HG86YWdMBevwaJBHag/s1600/DSCN2102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtG9pZKpNGgkyxgU8MtU7UTMr2WSyce7yIv7HlqQqhGDQF7KmYXE-Fm6ecclaphIV7nyKPiFy4M4r7T1QrlXkhuormSmaoiIqPI3zcZaxncUK6-Rf7er7ROZ-HG86YWdMBevwaJBHag/s400/DSCN2102.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>When we were ready to begin, Marcia's father, Ed, escorted her into the garden.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZAhJE_YLWa_81Nx-Jni2XaieU4mNRrjQYri1uNEbR498-iAbyZ_AvMS4WaR89WY68rkW3RWN6sXnJw6oXIK7P9NVP4qypnPR7RRsln5ZHppZyhtyOjKuo4ONIpY4QbMDovMj21Ng2Q/s1600/DSCN2104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZAhJE_YLWa_81Nx-Jni2XaieU4mNRrjQYri1uNEbR498-iAbyZ_AvMS4WaR89WY68rkW3RWN6sXnJw6oXIK7P9NVP4qypnPR7RRsln5ZHppZyhtyOjKuo4ONIpY4QbMDovMj21Ng2Q/s400/DSCN2104.jpg" width="387" /></a></div>He started handing her off to Hugo when I said "Wait, I haven't asked the question yet!"<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_PRwwYpoQN80MF6gqYKOkBcLnHx7P-XpxwOlElnsnkR9n4_hiFqFReaDga_d_O7nhrp_ko_tJuVlo1r134C_IsNvLbE4AVa_eoDggZolUW_2hTaPabBd2yWJnuMuCClDE1L-F2SADg/s1600/DSCN2105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_PRwwYpoQN80MF6gqYKOkBcLnHx7P-XpxwOlElnsnkR9n4_hiFqFReaDga_d_O7nhrp_ko_tJuVlo1r134C_IsNvLbE4AVa_eoDggZolUW_2hTaPabBd2yWJnuMuCClDE1L-F2SADg/s400/DSCN2105.jpg" width="365" /></a></div>The question was <i>"Who has the privilege of presenting this woman, Marcia, to be married to this man, Hugo?" </i>He of course said he did and so the transfer was made.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EMf8fxSVgHaY2MDGjTzJhPm_hfcuUnJHKAillAYqHYFdItPj4sRamVwGsX26lN65i7zIDe5iXy6a8leSXP-lMnTmRiTgzNadoBbdaBXUyLfmNr2L936QJKqeWbJq7FhQhNUuk7xo6w/s1600/DSCN2110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EMf8fxSVgHaY2MDGjTzJhPm_hfcuUnJHKAillAYqHYFdItPj4sRamVwGsX26lN65i7zIDe5iXy6a8leSXP-lMnTmRiTgzNadoBbdaBXUyLfmNr2L936QJKqeWbJq7FhQhNUuk7xo6w/s320/DSCN2110.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hugo's best friend. I am sorry I did not get his name! Maybe they will tell me and I will add it later!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFzGc7vqlOJjeo9ZPaw3qfKc455VLmadjY8TkdHqYSIiKYyWJV1YVa7BQZ8hVDw4okEU2KmZjmH3a3vNWYLjp5fl-OdLHOi6DzuyQptxteACkLgMRwZXwTlAxh1xp4bR0a3MEqe91lw/s1600/DSCN2111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFzGc7vqlOJjeo9ZPaw3qfKc455VLmadjY8TkdHqYSIiKYyWJV1YVa7BQZ8hVDw4okEU2KmZjmH3a3vNWYLjp5fl-OdLHOi6DzuyQptxteACkLgMRwZXwTlAxh1xp4bR0a3MEqe91lw/s400/DSCN2111.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>On the left is Alexis, Hugo's sister, Chad Williams, and Lenny trying to duck out of the photo!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6N1aW2zhfOk32624WcTmFoqbRUIh9xK2DhZ3LJN648ZE6Cvk7CIuzWhHjN-4frhPkpysOjwktj-K0V1ORSn_xVcOgLO29XF0E87FbRbNO8QEruA5TdAekvNb6XF0jrCijHZ3Jz8KkQ/s1600/DSCN2113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6N1aW2zhfOk32624WcTmFoqbRUIh9xK2DhZ3LJN648ZE6Cvk7CIuzWhHjN-4frhPkpysOjwktj-K0V1ORSn_xVcOgLO29XF0E87FbRbNO8QEruA5TdAekvNb6XF0jrCijHZ3Jz8KkQ/s400/DSCN2113.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>This was really a fun wedding. It was very loose and informal and we laughed a lot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww3auf1gKKVetZ-khDW7AQIGVUiHkOlhVBgVlqxEdbxqQNEtZdlktiaPsgx2BJZTzzhSJZrUoszd30J4ciPu2qzwtdTH1b-rQBHd2X2N3WyzzJQ0-SO1fjPeLBnKoH9Bnn00n5qtQpw/s1600/DSCN2117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww3auf1gKKVetZ-khDW7AQIGVUiHkOlhVBgVlqxEdbxqQNEtZdlktiaPsgx2BJZTzzhSJZrUoszd30J4ciPu2qzwtdTH1b-rQBHd2X2N3WyzzJQ0-SO1fjPeLBnKoH9Bnn00n5qtQpw/s400/DSCN2117.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Marcia's brother Andrew, his wife, Michelle, Marcia's mother, Aggie, and her father, Ed.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq3BWUXh-vTgYtlXSWwqOCBWS95K9OamTKfzuW_ZadUffXRPcJEuj1ClgZG3H5ugux0wg4KLDqUPIEspHF66zkRS2TR-1nnK-sp5DZEZ8y3Tly82giUgvAXLoLGBda8_BO1gqlIAoYg/s1600/DSCN2121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq3BWUXh-vTgYtlXSWwqOCBWS95K9OamTKfzuW_ZadUffXRPcJEuj1ClgZG3H5ugux0wg4KLDqUPIEspHF66zkRS2TR-1nnK-sp5DZEZ8y3Tly82giUgvAXLoLGBda8_BO1gqlIAoYg/s400/DSCN2121.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Right here I am honoring and thanking everyone present at the ceremony and remembering Hugo's parents, Hugo and Pauline, who could not be with us this day. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf87Dk3yyWo2hD77i5FmraZbrLqWtx2aqHy53Sw9IZ0mb4jH9vCAQN7NyQJ6WUGbDYOy-fHcGLpl1LKJE52qurjjgZfKjMFh8lPO8Opl0amob9d7G20mV66CuCozyuTX15_jRmgfinJw/s1600/DSCN2132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf87Dk3yyWo2hD77i5FmraZbrLqWtx2aqHy53Sw9IZ0mb4jH9vCAQN7NyQJ6WUGbDYOy-fHcGLpl1LKJE52qurjjgZfKjMFh8lPO8Opl0amob9d7G20mV66CuCozyuTX15_jRmgfinJw/s400/DSCN2132.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hugo made sure everyone heard his "I do!"  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOfYlTc6se86c4bnlRatlH0TnR1yA7OAGhttzjYhAN9hIgCynyGal7N9ggqxJlDVHFXK7qXYWT56g9QCdk7Z3BO94rRkQ-Mb21ybIaovGO9w6JBgJ4cL0hEwj2oAtnEzVREiPYIkJ_w/s1600/DSCN2135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOfYlTc6se86c4bnlRatlH0TnR1yA7OAGhttzjYhAN9hIgCynyGal7N9ggqxJlDVHFXK7qXYWT56g9QCdk7Z3BO94rRkQ-Mb21ybIaovGO9w6JBgJ4cL0hEwj2oAtnEzVREiPYIkJ_w/s400/DSCN2135.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then Marcia said her "I do." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaQ67n7JdxI4xBh3rH8r62-x5Ep0RcFKDwHMzCbpxsIbaywXKVKO0_Z3gImrEiqcQIE-rvn56ZSqItNgkw-ig0-KjxaV_0Dg-_cDXvaJ12qDMi5Kgi6mpIyacYZtIQytXFBP91KpnVA/s1600/DSCN2138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaQ67n7JdxI4xBh3rH8r62-x5Ep0RcFKDwHMzCbpxsIbaywXKVKO0_Z3gImrEiqcQIE-rvn56ZSqItNgkw-ig0-KjxaV_0Dg-_cDXvaJ12qDMi5Kgi6mpIyacYZtIQytXFBP91KpnVA/s400/DSCN2138.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Marcia's ring was snug and Hugo had to push it on her finger with some force but he made sure it got securely on her finger!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1QizP-2-EPWzRbQlAzHpulwZHzLe8UMipw94ENop2MEM7FKdKWB2Q0uRE6HlgDVzAXsMQ4NmQlXPD_ze374qNiUyNKTa5jZ09zNBEuU7aUr2OUhe81UVyYvM9g1oaSvcftxo9NlRig/s1600/DSCN2141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1QizP-2-EPWzRbQlAzHpulwZHzLe8UMipw94ENop2MEM7FKdKWB2Q0uRE6HlgDVzAXsMQ4NmQlXPD_ze374qNiUyNKTa5jZ09zNBEuU7aUr2OUhe81UVyYvM9g1oaSvcftxo9NlRig/s640/DSCN2141.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>"With this ring, I thee wed."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsE1Ni14rnPjQiM_JB5xxI89KWv6cmvKG1b0qNTKlDj015Rr4MGW00mS2jU45pa2iQXYBysioW8nNPXRHptWtUEqt4itafrlctkEnGo65TgRf9QUPSWqKd9c7QTHwrd5AUpx7cXW3Ug/s1600/DSCN2144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsE1Ni14rnPjQiM_JB5xxI89KWv6cmvKG1b0qNTKlDj015Rr4MGW00mS2jU45pa2iQXYBysioW8nNPXRHptWtUEqt4itafrlctkEnGo65TgRf9QUPSWqKd9c7QTHwrd5AUpx7cXW3Ug/s640/DSCN2144.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pouring the Italian and Chilean wines together.......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDxugvZVTJtpCG8ja4vwib_43rJ0IoHQSleow8YbOuqn_6XFoTQZERPVovszot8TNtdS2V0xPNjQ_brWl03-KfCNtvpZXzJQGwkNz5Ooiz3JD8CR9wDPOle6CrN4RVbqibzlkeJeOFg/s1600/DSCN2145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDxugvZVTJtpCG8ja4vwib_43rJ0IoHQSleow8YbOuqn_6XFoTQZERPVovszot8TNtdS2V0xPNjQ_brWl03-KfCNtvpZXzJQGwkNz5Ooiz3JD8CR9wDPOle6CrN4RVbqibzlkeJeOFg/s640/DSCN2145.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>"Drink now and may your lives be full to running over!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHus2SeCz47ZDZkwSVFR0WlWxllwR1oCdtZOdUbYk9wANkggkemPbpLE30TFJUKeRTMGs_BuxQScyHoKuyNSVULH6mjJTRVAVJwimHZ6P6JyaEDn_01vrNowQpAI7xzkemHXiU_5VJJg/s1600/DSCN2146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHus2SeCz47ZDZkwSVFR0WlWxllwR1oCdtZOdUbYk9wANkggkemPbpLE30TFJUKeRTMGs_BuxQScyHoKuyNSVULH6mjJTRVAVJwimHZ6P6JyaEDn_01vrNowQpAI7xzkemHXiU_5VJJg/s400/DSCN2146.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><i>"As you have shared this wine, so may you share your lives. May you find life's joys heightened, its bitterness sweetened, and all of life enriched by a constant love." </i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGxWnqSRTpZubJ3XQDRi93jAE58BmBLsF-OzvOuQkYh9aRtxfFGNFxp5qOC9StJYLEP1c78LahPzbxsRhML26ZsIG7stGIhgkqFF500NIAJHodJKv2LTGR_sUv0nvNCjXLc0omk_fRg/s1600/DSCN2148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGxWnqSRTpZubJ3XQDRi93jAE58BmBLsF-OzvOuQkYh9aRtxfFGNFxp5qOC9StJYLEP1c78LahPzbxsRhML26ZsIG7stGIhgkqFF500NIAJHodJKv2LTGR_sUv0nvNCjXLc0omk_fRg/s400/DSCN2148.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The pronouncement of marriage.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgft-EjkQLpYncMXSKI4TrXRjS3tD9Pwsa1Qog4zx2gKPu4RcPXUD0phsBAibaazZ6i58RFjnv0ZtI2MqFsJ3wMqGBc_e-DV0L6WT_gdPr-QrVl7zhjStJAk4rv3mMmWKCbgy-PvhH69Q/s1600/DSCN2151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgft-EjkQLpYncMXSKI4TrXRjS3tD9Pwsa1Qog4zx2gKPu4RcPXUD0phsBAibaazZ6i58RFjnv0ZtI2MqFsJ3wMqGBc_e-DV0L6WT_gdPr-QrVl7zhjStJAk4rv3mMmWKCbgy-PvhH69Q/s640/DSCN2151.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And they kissed and kissed and kissed! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYe_YRlpGpVgOOxtPf-_ZBByy4ZL2G1oTF0K6z1dVJCHMBSfeqimEXthgg-lTgIh7ygjXlHE2ZcGBC9sqRTuQcPGYK6OFSk7Wn79tXlaRh5PzP3lWW1jcIvzZw3cc70wQd6LZkhSTHA/s1600/DSCN2159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYe_YRlpGpVgOOxtPf-_ZBByy4ZL2G1oTF0K6z1dVJCHMBSfeqimEXthgg-lTgIh7ygjXlHE2ZcGBC9sqRTuQcPGYK6OFSk7Wn79tXlaRh5PzP3lWW1jcIvzZw3cc70wQd6LZkhSTHA/s400/DSCN2159.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Time for the Irish Whiskey! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Enhx_rT6jTLH04Ff6lmoiLqqVlxmUxNPUgviWxYeszPD-WZWQrOqzg59Q8-vbfrkQYdless6ZxrEkFvy1wVPM5zHcuE-XluAtC_OOOL6G18DNAHDcSnDweqda68RTj3gkNkiJwVdFw/s1600/DSCN2160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Enhx_rT6jTLH04Ff6lmoiLqqVlxmUxNPUgviWxYeszPD-WZWQrOqzg59Q8-vbfrkQYdless6ZxrEkFvy1wVPM5zHcuE-XluAtC_OOOL6G18DNAHDcSnDweqda68RTj3gkNkiJwVdFw/s400/DSCN2160.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"To a long, happy and healthy life together. Cheers! Salud! Salute!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAdIXhLD7ev7s2aZJwdpQDmrRnrzRb70QQQxtr-hL6uvVgVUelESlbimg5bpbJRsXNWOVG9PBsSCq2nPyT-qauwjdVHqLvABn7rweMWzH7Mi_D-o0TwLPrFRfrhb2IRe5v5kn1VYpJA/s1600/DSCN2161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAdIXhLD7ev7s2aZJwdpQDmrRnrzRb70QQQxtr-hL6uvVgVUelESlbimg5bpbJRsXNWOVG9PBsSCq2nPyT-qauwjdVHqLvABn7rweMWzH7Mi_D-o0TwLPrFRfrhb2IRe5v5kn1VYpJA/s400/DSCN2161.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZN_0S3CRg90sQnRvR1EdQtLJ_ghNeh8kicja9_UdFVvHqmdny_8MuLEMDeU-TuQ0T5y9xWWmSQd2DHRmkdspSQvlD7G0RcB2_Iku1NQj8N9ZLBYu4ztom6cvDJj0-hr9f8VHyqqM5Q/s1600/DSCN2163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZN_0S3CRg90sQnRvR1EdQtLJ_ghNeh8kicja9_UdFVvHqmdny_8MuLEMDeU-TuQ0T5y9xWWmSQd2DHRmkdspSQvlD7G0RcB2_Iku1NQj8N9ZLBYu4ztom6cvDJj0-hr9f8VHyqqM5Q/s400/DSCN2163.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZrDZWpRTXm9pfUHphJWqPhasu5XNFtD_bCetY4ix_KR7KQafOmvF8LAeZ96rjPwpP9WPevZsyj-gQF92J_UWTJ0LvvBwrkalLmncGbo6Q6Je0_fSfDyFb_nlW-DOu3NMv9WT427SVg/s1600/DSCN2172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZrDZWpRTXm9pfUHphJWqPhasu5XNFtD_bCetY4ix_KR7KQafOmvF8LAeZ96rjPwpP9WPevZsyj-gQF92J_UWTJ0LvvBwrkalLmncGbo6Q6Je0_fSfDyFb_nlW-DOu3NMv9WT427SVg/s640/DSCN2172.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtks0R0Hr91HS8JtyR_2BTcyc06xliN8x12ccAG_2bZhbFAlAS2kn7lin2ftx_Le74UBC2BHK_QkkXMpdWU6NqZEhaXptBHD6srwniiSVujIpvbPfuM22sbvKNx_-RNbMk8jV57QFnw/s1600/DSCN2173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtks0R0Hr91HS8JtyR_2BTcyc06xliN8x12ccAG_2bZhbFAlAS2kn7lin2ftx_Le74UBC2BHK_QkkXMpdWU6NqZEhaXptBHD6srwniiSVujIpvbPfuM22sbvKNx_-RNbMk8jV57QFnw/s640/DSCN2173.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2B2ivMJXnmlUDUjV5LDCdE7ZMIiTA-RAVzYwypldnQq7EE179zQhzMjp2vNBbegF-lYLyltEnXd2nkYG2bzV7LQjrx7Bl_MYxGviirVQ0n9NpiVIYNs6n6CdCvOv1uaqj4Wcp1BcDA/s1600/DSCN2176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2B2ivMJXnmlUDUjV5LDCdE7ZMIiTA-RAVzYwypldnQq7EE179zQhzMjp2vNBbegF-lYLyltEnXd2nkYG2bzV7LQjrx7Bl_MYxGviirVQ0n9NpiVIYNs6n6CdCvOv1uaqj4Wcp1BcDA/s640/DSCN2176.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlx6Twu_utaXeDVYachyAwG8V0MshaYQcG9WrX9dVS6oqFWUo2XW1cubR9TG4uoL51U2fHSLwQc17RjYUmTNyMv6WueWehB4aboqDMfwSRarOO-f4K74PiOomeHZT5cND05n6qF5EUQ/s1600/DSCN2181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlx6Twu_utaXeDVYachyAwG8V0MshaYQcG9WrX9dVS6oqFWUo2XW1cubR9TG4uoL51U2fHSLwQc17RjYUmTNyMv6WueWehB4aboqDMfwSRarOO-f4K74PiOomeHZT5cND05n6qF5EUQ/s640/DSCN2181.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Marcia and Hugo, what a fun wedding! What a great couple you are. Thank you for allowing me to share a very important occasion in your lives. I wish you the very best life can bring your way....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

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Marcia and Hugo planned a big party on April 28, 2012 at the Page-Walker Art and History Center to celebrate their marriage. They originally...

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Cindy and Bob's Long Awaited Wedding/Renewal of Vows!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIHQnV8v8Ll6AgSg05cXmfyyeKG9c8h_2HFLt7FH_e4gB3Pe9mAxQPPxAiOwrX9LIhtC4miNDNPtjIbz59uzlS0ThVQdcBz4RX5JfyuF1y54dcyFyEnVFACSdlfE3E1eUdVCtihWaRw/s1600/DSCN1366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIHQnV8v8Ll6AgSg05cXmfyyeKG9c8h_2HFLt7FH_e4gB3Pe9mAxQPPxAiOwrX9LIhtC4miNDNPtjIbz59uzlS0ThVQdcBz4RX5JfyuF1y54dcyFyEnVFACSdlfE3E1eUdVCtihWaRw/s400/DSCN1366.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Cindy and Bob are such an inspiring and "persistent" couple! They have both had many life challenges in common raising their families so when they met, their compatibility was almost overwhelming and it was obvious they belonged together.  They met with me in September of 2009 to plan their wedding scheduled for March 27, 2010 at the <a href="http://www.townofcary.org/Departments/Parks__Recreation___Cultural_Resources/Facilities/Cultural_Arts_Centers/Page-Walker_Arts___History_Center.htm">Page Walker Arts and History Center</a> in Cary. We began working on their ceremony that would include their children from previous marriages but then they had to cancel the wedding due to employment fluctuations and other things that cropped up. Cindy and Bob told me that they planned to reschedule and would let me know when they came up with a plan. Cindy kept in contact with me and later in 2010, she told me that they had just gone to the courthouse and gotten married in March of 2010 for legal purposes to make their lives easier. (I only wish they had told me that they were going to do that because I would have loved to have done a private elopement style ceremony for them but they did not know that at the time.) So, almost a year went by before they contacted me again to find out if I was available for a date in March of 2012. We ended up settling on March 17, 2012 for their wedding celebration, technically now a renewal of vows ceremony. Cindy and Bob re-wrote the original ceremony and included secret vows to each other that they did not hear until the ceremony. All 6 of their combined children were present for the celebration and we included the Family Unity Sand Ceremony. The venue remained the <a href="http://www.townofcary.org/Departments/Parks__Recreation___Cultural_Resources/Facilities/Cultural_Arts_Centers/Page-Walker_Arts___History_Center.htm">Page Walker Arts and History Center </a>pictured above. I have done a lot of <a href="http://raleighweddingblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Page%20Walker%20Art%20Gallery">weddings there</a> both inside, in the courtyard and in the adjacent garden. Theirs was in the Gallery.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3aNifTaeUlFLu3_FdxxUjhCSvyJLeE6kbLRKHzFfRn2XB9xHEOnPwPp4E8LZrBPSkSrmvX7l003EHXw8ULVpJCwZUwV02Gqx6YVEVNHpsITO1YdRnC37bKUd7DtsduLuH6re3saKvA/s1600/DSCN1369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3aNifTaeUlFLu3_FdxxUjhCSvyJLeE6kbLRKHzFfRn2XB9xHEOnPwPp4E8LZrBPSkSrmvX7l003EHXw8ULVpJCwZUwV02Gqx6YVEVNHpsITO1YdRnC37bKUd7DtsduLuH6re3saKvA/s400/DSCN1369.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The sand ceremony was ready to go with a container for each member of the new family.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6XDDDfvKNg-Naca9_n6ikCQBt3sK5sDTggJ3_IidOwQoNTdqnxkmAHIwFM_L_IYvBo9hzr1nlS3izSYpHBjkg_OH2SyAcr64Qg842FP7CQqccEeaY2SOSgkt6NMhUDC77f82rurkjw/s1600/DSCN1373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6XDDDfvKNg-Naca9_n6ikCQBt3sK5sDTggJ3_IidOwQoNTdqnxkmAHIwFM_L_IYvBo9hzr1nlS3izSYpHBjkg_OH2SyAcr64Qg842FP7CQqccEeaY2SOSgkt6NMhUDC77f82rurkjw/s400/DSCN1373.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amykortusharpist.com/">Amy Kortus</a> got her harp all set up and was warming up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9mP_XGXtJYmjIj3IJtVB5eWf-JDbwg5NwuZ0WWhA9cE9d8GRn1gFh1q3a6wT90lrXOrGPmZt9nhU0Ng6zZst8d-zE7gsEWLcZqRoVLyAx8ScYn1WhbvdXUxXNkd0nnWGWjB-lkPTcg/s1600/DSCN1376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9mP_XGXtJYmjIj3IJtVB5eWf-JDbwg5NwuZ0WWhA9cE9d8GRn1gFh1q3a6wT90lrXOrGPmZt9nhU0Ng6zZst8d-zE7gsEWLcZqRoVLyAx8ScYn1WhbvdXUxXNkd0nnWGWjB-lkPTcg/s400/DSCN1376.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Michael Williams of <a href="http://weddings.michaelsmemories.com/">Michael's Memories Photography and Design</a> and his wife, Marcy, were on hand getting lots of photos. They had been on board for this occasion since 2009 too! <a href="http://cateringworks.com/">Cateringworks</a> was doing the catering and the cake from <a href="http://www.bluemoonbakery.com/cakes.htm">Blue Moon Bakery</a> did not arrive before I left, hence no photo.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2biH18Mzj9_If6fniTxGR0JhJ3fVL-m5JR0JQtomfSDtJRu9bsS8hQXQff0af77ACfi1WdxuiAnZ0jsJg-Z9WQxDLpT2Ce9tMcgrs1HgnMfHa_wUBRKejA5Kozz2ubVN_RjzpIPKBig/s1600/DSCN1377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2biH18Mzj9_If6fniTxGR0JhJ3fVL-m5JR0JQtomfSDtJRu9bsS8hQXQff0af77ACfi1WdxuiAnZ0jsJg-Z9WQxDLpT2Ce9tMcgrs1HgnMfHa_wUBRKejA5Kozz2ubVN_RjzpIPKBig/s640/DSCN1377.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Bob and I were ready to begin the processional. Bob's son, Jeffrey, served as his best man and followed just behind us.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFj_XBhiFkyJJE7MGAU6Sohh4JIn3sy2wuIUZ_Lijy89rO0CjjkTjZNyWhagc5zWGDUXliJry8waFYgZrDpOLy-2cyyzzuM0t1pZQXsPqC4ww3bH7xwEzaYevPsVbAIValcAVuTXrIg/s1600/DSCN1383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFj_XBhiFkyJJE7MGAU6Sohh4JIn3sy2wuIUZ_Lijy89rO0CjjkTjZNyWhagc5zWGDUXliJry8waFYgZrDpOLy-2cyyzzuM0t1pZQXsPqC4ww3bH7xwEzaYevPsVbAIValcAVuTXrIg/s640/DSCN1383.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>After all their children had processed in, it was time for Cindy. You can see her friend, Tamara, who was directing the wedding for them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2F31AwatowIgbd2QzoCb7mHHnISK9Nmpg4Yf_9ZrnmmJ-ZHYrQ8jXiCRxJ1rj95aboSsfWV5evQ6DFqYxZskAiMm1z-KemKS84bx_MWk5BsTzQb7YXGSx_8Ov0yXnnj6k4uqNEIpuzg/s1600/DSCN1384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2F31AwatowIgbd2QzoCb7mHHnISK9Nmpg4Yf_9ZrnmmJ-ZHYrQ8jXiCRxJ1rj95aboSsfWV5evQ6DFqYxZskAiMm1z-KemKS84bx_MWk5BsTzQb7YXGSx_8Ov0yXnnj6k4uqNEIpuzg/s640/DSCN1384.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Bob met Cindy half way down the aisle and together they came forward for the ceremony.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YeldGvLxu3_KUZwuFvRWzkUwYv2UjqwHsL64pDYlxRFIHKjDm7tF3dXiBkGRFTBBc2WAwVvsRMCL_1UD7QLilR1AyQwCrGiVcPkXWar1ifPw_iAdx3DHfYS7EZtva3G5HKu6ofiIZw/s1600/DSCN1386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YeldGvLxu3_KUZwuFvRWzkUwYv2UjqwHsL64pDYlxRFIHKjDm7tF3dXiBkGRFTBBc2WAwVvsRMCL_1UD7QLilR1AyQwCrGiVcPkXWar1ifPw_iAdx3DHfYS7EZtva3G5HKu6ofiIZw/s640/DSCN1386.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sUNrYifz4d7yvH7leQ9sM5kSqw1EJvm1PfN6NMPN-gBKkjnNXSBX3di9Y8wA3ziA7XN6-QspxyTs0MN_QR5IiuePYHtlL666NJ9HJm-R0yD8w6OGjJ6NS9y65u9SevGiiSLKJB3PhA/s1600/DSCN1387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sUNrYifz4d7yvH7leQ9sM5kSqw1EJvm1PfN6NMPN-gBKkjnNXSBX3di9Y8wA3ziA7XN6-QspxyTs0MN_QR5IiuePYHtlL666NJ9HJm-R0yD8w6OGjJ6NS9y65u9SevGiiSLKJB3PhA/s400/DSCN1387.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>You might be wondering what that white drape above the fireplace behind us is. There is an art exhibition currently at the gallery and the piece of art hanging over the fireplace was just not appealing as a backdrop for a wedding so they cleverly rigged a tension rod between the beams and hung the curtain to cover it up without damaging it!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw5D2yeaoFuNzOd3vgQ4IWBx-9eOuIMnLptOuSJ5kEY5SGSelzXBx0SPfHordnYKd5AMh3ArodoGmtHcOz8zZ9orrsCOXyonnzu9WeJI5qDk3nruYU98P9Jdf8Y-kQltfVSgaki3qeQ/s1600/DSCN1408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw5D2yeaoFuNzOd3vgQ4IWBx-9eOuIMnLptOuSJ5kEY5SGSelzXBx0SPfHordnYKd5AMh3ArodoGmtHcOz8zZ9orrsCOXyonnzu9WeJI5qDk3nruYU98P9Jdf8Y-kQltfVSgaki3qeQ/s640/DSCN1408.jpg" width="440" /></a></div>After we remembered their loved ones who have passed on by lighting a memory candle, talked about love and marriage and Cindy and Bob and their special relationship and they exchanged their secret vows, it was time for the family sand ceremony. First Bob and Cindy each poured in 1/2 of their sand individually making two layers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZan6wNVYhuk91IpTU-KG0NoR_nsafUWCB0v35AjEJaumLcQsimCBcAvMkn-7x-DOt2kqrRlECoYhYCb5zDScmgbXB2SOgoCPRoNkzuOCE9asLA9YZ3jKy5N4UztoeVI_JgEo1T3sEXw/s1600/DSCN1409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZan6wNVYhuk91IpTU-KG0NoR_nsafUWCB0v35AjEJaumLcQsimCBcAvMkn-7x-DOt2kqrRlECoYhYCb5zDScmgbXB2SOgoCPRoNkzuOCE9asLA9YZ3jKy5N4UztoeVI_JgEo1T3sEXw/s640/DSCN1409.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I poured a little of each of theirs to sanctify their union. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6xsuRb-QGuVAtNSph0ow6vbNOlaJxA8hMBKW5sZVb1BjgC5lYXs00TnSdx3QCnf-zPTWkksnISdETFP9RDi228SkOeVicR2roefKwIcPvG5kXybCwN_ENLH2hES3Ylz_osXo7RfUrA/s1600/DSCN1410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6xsuRb-QGuVAtNSph0ow6vbNOlaJxA8hMBKW5sZVb1BjgC5lYXs00TnSdx3QCnf-zPTWkksnISdETFP9RDi228SkOeVicR2roefKwIcPvG5kXybCwN_ENLH2hES3Ylz_osXo7RfUrA/s400/DSCN1410.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Jeffrey and his wife, Michelle, and their son, Griffin, then poured in a container of sand representing the three of them. Griffin is 18 months old and their first grandchild and he has just learned to walk.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XW7n9w_mmayas6ogRgTOYKvRFQGjUmBBP-sxSRVhhnugyupTWPodko5FGZFoRrTXDCCuY782Xd2DUkSS6ofwv0CSaWV9gp4vGNi9hj3WnQ199rrwekwqgd4efCpXWr5CP1LEpqCyYw/s1600/DSCN1411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XW7n9w_mmayas6ogRgTOYKvRFQGjUmBBP-sxSRVhhnugyupTWPodko5FGZFoRrTXDCCuY782Xd2DUkSS6ofwv0CSaWV9gp4vGNi9hj3WnQ199rrwekwqgd4efCpXWr5CP1LEpqCyYw/s400/DSCN1411.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Kira, Cindy's daughter and maid of honor, then poured her sand into the container.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzMTPLzEe-T4-HWvlgkwC8seMcM0FgGMCr-uGD8nziT0z23ZjU6SLW3um2iHd8NPfqHh7ayqduQnciE9Tfefh6fWIZD_vdE-0JLOyKWBFtix2SGCA5KN6rzq2Y9TPi1jYHQIo3z1uPw/s1600/DSCN1412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzMTPLzEe-T4-HWvlgkwC8seMcM0FgGMCr-uGD8nziT0z23ZjU6SLW3um2iHd8NPfqHh7ayqduQnciE9Tfefh6fWIZD_vdE-0JLOyKWBFtix2SGCA5KN6rzq2Y9TPi1jYHQIo3z1uPw/s400/DSCN1412.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then it was Bob's daughter, Callie's, turn to add her sand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ovGNljU1ptUi8jPfZySdEjHOzV0rmJDhGz8GOS8tTAG1VfjQ11vjnCem4EBVf1yP3eJ9Q7V5N-9R5Gm9wS16ZwcD8pC2NQirkURSQqQ6EBHp1PUBgiEY1-QRz5b0uoOU56zWjyZPqQ/s1600/DSCN1413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ovGNljU1ptUi8jPfZySdEjHOzV0rmJDhGz8GOS8tTAG1VfjQ11vjnCem4EBVf1yP3eJ9Q7V5N-9R5Gm9wS16ZwcD8pC2NQirkURSQqQ6EBHp1PUBgiEY1-QRz5b0uoOU56zWjyZPqQ/s320/DSCN1413.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Next to pour was Kenny, Cindy's son, with his caretaker and Cindy's help.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fv2LD_9zdpAiG5Yg9730koNz80x2rHoiG0d-Eb_E0vagtcSEeZG1k1yzgbrQybLp0y-crwfg6R7mET1mGdX3bp8TR47QZsxGRFmPx15eqJwvQ6tjkPTWaCGqtv3SMLSDzsJSnb2-tA/s1600/DSCN1414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fv2LD_9zdpAiG5Yg9730koNz80x2rHoiG0d-Eb_E0vagtcSEeZG1k1yzgbrQybLp0y-crwfg6R7mET1mGdX3bp8TR47QZsxGRFmPx15eqJwvQ6tjkPTWaCGqtv3SMLSDzsJSnb2-tA/s400/DSCN1414.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jennie, Bob's daughter, added the next layer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjh0zevjEBFBv0HCehixFkCuGFZRE0rFiCjRPvSiIM2iBFHGu2hyphenhyphendw998w8iMyscJnhycXSjvoFfOd2SlrU_YCYQj_s9VX0RqotsKXYuFc-FDfqrtIz75ilV5nKrq5CcpU-IErzdG7Xg/s1600/DSCN1415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjh0zevjEBFBv0HCehixFkCuGFZRE0rFiCjRPvSiIM2iBFHGu2hyphenhyphendw998w8iMyscJnhycXSjvoFfOd2SlrU_YCYQj_s9VX0RqotsKXYuFc-FDfqrtIz75ilV5nKrq5CcpU-IErzdG7Xg/s400/DSCN1415.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Then Callie and Jennie brought their younger sister, Megan, forward for her part.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ_EtGhZwIwXuLRT9YovC3KcyJFdP776Izgjv6CM5kCpJobx0-K3M2lJcVkJZVSzY4uGGwe6vuw6FwiM1GZMzJ_5tzJFqCH76WbT_Ck7m7b-XuTim1RPFvJ1d6HPjSnJ_cpPjWOYsMg/s1600/DSCN1416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ_EtGhZwIwXuLRT9YovC3KcyJFdP776Izgjv6CM5kCpJobx0-K3M2lJcVkJZVSzY4uGGwe6vuw6FwiM1GZMzJ_5tzJFqCH76WbT_Ck7m7b-XuTim1RPFvJ1d6HPjSnJ_cpPjWOYsMg/s400/DSCN1416.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The three siblings of Megan then poured her sand in on her behalf. It was such a sweet ritual for these two families who are now joined together.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WKcB1tZnwvX9rrue9fy-rGs-vTx0jXXLcGpY_dMnjpa2prtuWeEo87C3w0af9cH5BCLKGEahf0-l4W8pGrd0Pz8fVbU80BTopSkaMlOg8tSyPGGZUDiqfhoqCkqW_Dqbb5ySdvOPLQ/s1600/DSCN1417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WKcB1tZnwvX9rrue9fy-rGs-vTx0jXXLcGpY_dMnjpa2prtuWeEo87C3w0af9cH5BCLKGEahf0-l4W8pGrd0Pz8fVbU80BTopSkaMlOg8tSyPGGZUDiqfhoqCkqW_Dqbb5ySdvOPLQ/s400/DSCN1417.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Bob and Cindy then joined their sand together to make the tenth layer of sand in the family container.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8g4emRmF7MGUTc9buImtEWauok_RoNAMOFO4SFyl3CZB6CZXQjkfbFOthz2JWJUoC7gzqHn_xhBseE88ZvX-z3BwcHgqlLT6QOFQurEFhiaI3lqbzxOa-6aQEpaJj1JmntZJdaYIsTg/s1600/DSCN1424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8g4emRmF7MGUTc9buImtEWauok_RoNAMOFO4SFyl3CZB6CZXQjkfbFOthz2JWJUoC7gzqHn_xhBseE88ZvX-z3BwcHgqlLT6QOFQurEFhiaI3lqbzxOa-6aQEpaJj1JmntZJdaYIsTg/s400/DSCN1424.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This container now symbolizes all the layers of this family blended together into one container. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBq0-JzCvuWQxOLNxAPpXKfhkBkAGbASbYsg_3XzoIw1N_uphY_YP8IvrZkBzkTAh8dFFm0Qsnox9Tar5JtHhpSrhlQLlWatFRmwfe0EWEVW88_mwPGdDCvFtxLhgnHCxqzbagwHUJCw/s1600/DSCN1419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBq0-JzCvuWQxOLNxAPpXKfhkBkAGbASbYsg_3XzoIw1N_uphY_YP8IvrZkBzkTAh8dFFm0Qsnox9Tar5JtHhpSrhlQLlWatFRmwfe0EWEVW88_mwPGdDCvFtxLhgnHCxqzbagwHUJCw/s400/DSCN1419.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The pronouncement of the recommitment........"By affirming your love and exchanging your vows, you, Cindy and Bob, have recommitted to your marriage and to each other. Please celebrate with a kiss!"<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpumJRhjDbztCKyxInGja5CSGBGhPSe-mMDTFQrX0JLmoPpNfYVWOA5fg3aXF0_zqaxmpd8qHyXRJOeurev-pAmiHFTMTpu99gwxlKHwffvu8IORFPMhPqxjm6pRJQp4KBojxs2peC8g/s1600/DSCN1420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpumJRhjDbztCKyxInGja5CSGBGhPSe-mMDTFQrX0JLmoPpNfYVWOA5fg3aXF0_zqaxmpd8qHyXRJOeurev-pAmiHFTMTpu99gwxlKHwffvu8IORFPMhPqxjm6pRJQp4KBojxs2peC8g/s400/DSCN1420.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And they did! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDx6iQtB57Jtzulr5dAXXhx-_QmX0oBU-ZrQTW5X_1tZJ47TxpZlBLSNOwtVGhGPDk51bQmIzymS4228WSJ6jnpzm7VOs5ct_PzfgGtOOgUybzbVdhTLR_X4XNO-nkM5i39iCZ-KCe8A/s1600/DSCN1421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDx6iQtB57Jtzulr5dAXXhx-_QmX0oBU-ZrQTW5X_1tZJ47TxpZlBLSNOwtVGhGPDk51bQmIzymS4228WSJ6jnpzm7VOs5ct_PzfgGtOOgUybzbVdhTLR_X4XNO-nkM5i39iCZ-KCe8A/s640/DSCN1421.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXn6tVzGM2nyb1nZ_DsvIvuca0VdQl-lSZbQI9Zi1jNTef2eYHJWvI-ExNd0NV984lDCxcLmHP93IT3dtlkLrwRySW-6beCJkFX9jKuSBK04gu5KjbbGaNrCntjV55bIZLAlxRLEJsQ/s1600/DSCN1422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXn6tVzGM2nyb1nZ_DsvIvuca0VdQl-lSZbQI9Zi1jNTef2eYHJWvI-ExNd0NV984lDCxcLmHP93IT3dtlkLrwRySW-6beCJkFX9jKuSBK04gu5KjbbGaNrCntjV55bIZLAlxRLEJsQ/s640/DSCN1422.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pQF4OBrtgvEp6SNECji52IdXPXK2FbVBLb3j_JyQE6DhOCDZx4uEid4As4ZQ1XG4q9dU8rTv5zE2NtO9Fqvj9GXb2SJfl11Fh22djUXMmZw5f5xM_v5MF0o0gWGQIJCxEHDecsJDBQ/s1600/DSCN1427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pQF4OBrtgvEp6SNECji52IdXPXK2FbVBLb3j_JyQE6DhOCDZx4uEid4As4ZQ1XG4q9dU8rTv5zE2NtO9Fqvj9GXb2SJfl11Fh22djUXMmZw5f5xM_v5MF0o0gWGQIJCxEHDecsJDBQ/s640/DSCN1427.jpg" width="374" /></a></div>Bob and Cindy, preparing for your long awaited "wedding" has been the longest one I have ever had! I am so happy you found each other and that you finally had the ceremony of your dreams surrounded by your families and friends. Thanks for being so persistent! (BTW, little did I know when I first met Cindy whose email is "persistentcindy" that would be so identifying of her character. I know she had to be very persistent as the mother of a handicapped child and her persistence sure paid off!) Congratulations to you all!

Cindy and Bob's Long Awaited Wedding/Renewal of Vows!

Cindy and Bob are such an inspiring and "persistent" couple! They have both had many life challenges in common raising their famil...

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