The Wedding

...was a total blast!  Although eloping would have been much easier (minister, photographer, license, done!), I'm glad we decided to have a wedding.  In addition to the opportunity to see a lot of people we hadn't seen in quite awhile and catch-up, a big part of what made the wedding so great was how a lot of our family and friends jumped right in and helped us pull the whole thing together.  Thank you to everyone that brought things, made and put up decorations, ran to town for forgotten items, and just generally helped get this whole thing put together!  It wouldn't have been nearly as fun or enjoyable without your help!

The Procession (Photo by Christine Williams)

A few people really put in a lot of work to make our wedding day special.  Susan, in addition to fulfilling the normal duties of a henchwoman, made all of the 218 cupcakes for the wedding herself (not to mention scones for the wedding day breakfast).  She wants to open a bakery in the Seattle area someday and, based on my extensive "research" of her creations, I think she'll be very successful.  Emily, also a henchwoman, did my make-up (convincing me that, yes, I did have to wear mascara) and brought all the materials to decorate the cupcake display.

Yummy Cupcakes (Photo by Christine Williams)

My outlaws received all of the random shipments we sent to them (cake toppers, photobooth backdrop, mustache straws, wine, etc.) and brought them up to the wedding.  My parents brought up a bunch of other random stuff for the photobooth and food to feed the wedding party.

Photobooth Fun!

My sister served as my social butterfly and event organizer and her boyfriend provided IT support for the photobooth.  The groom's brother/best man (after some convincing) brought the beer from across the state and made our cool wedding sign (with help from his grandmother).

Our Cool Wedding Sign (Photo by Christine Williams)

The whole wedding party, family members, some guests, and our photographer (in addition to photographing the rehearsal dinner, set-up, wedding and reception) helped put together our paper lanterns, make the LED lights for them, and put them up.

Paper Lanterns (Photo by Christine Williams)

In short, we had lots of help in putting this wedding together and we're very grateful for all of our friends and family that helped make our wedding day so special.  It wouldn't have been nearly as wonderful without all of your contributions!

Wedding Party (Photo by Christine Williams)