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September 17th, 2006 at Frasinetti Winery

 

Buckets of beautiful red roses are attached to the wedding arch...

 

 

...plus one for the best man.

 

The groom assembles the highly sophisticated sound system that will be used during the ceremony...

 

 

...if anyone can figure out how to get the outlets to work.

 

The wedding goose keeps a watchful eye on the proceedings...

 

 

...while the bride helps everybody else get dressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our officiants, Colin and Elena, wait patiently for the music to start...

 

 

 

The groom and best man walk down the path from the reception hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our flower girl receives a little helpful encouragement.

 

 

 

 

 

The beautiful bride walks down the aisle on her father's arm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friends, we are gathered here today to witness the joining
together of Troy and Ariel in joyful matrimony.

The act of uniting man and woman together in matrimony is one of the
oldest and most meaningful ceremonies known to man.
It symbolizes not only the binding of two households, but the union of two souls.

With marriage, Ariel and Troy have chosen to celebrate their friendship and love for each other,
and stand before you now in order to give testament to that commitment.
Therefore, this is an occasion of both great joy, and great responsibility.
We who partake in it, bind ourselves as witnesses
to the labor of love that Ariel and Troy have taken upon themselves this day,
and for the rest of their lives.

 

 

 

"Please turn to face each other and join hands."

 

 

 

 

"Do you Troy Wood take the lady whom you now hold by the hand, to be your lawful wedded wife?"

I do.

"Do you promise to love and cherish her, to have and to hold,
in sickness and in health, in rich times and in poor, forever shall you stand at her side?"

I do.

"Do you Ariel Lortsher take this gentleman whom you hold by the hand, to be your lawful wedded husband?"

I do.

"Do you promise to love and cherish him, to have and to hold,
in sickness and in health, in rich times and in poor, forever shall you stand at his side?"

I do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I present this ring to you as a symbol of my eternal love.
With all that I am, and all that I have, I take you to be my beloved husband."

 

 

"I present this ring to you as a symbol of my eternal love.
With all that I am, and all that I have, I take you to be my beloved wife."

 

 

 

"Please reunite your hands."

 

 

 

Jumping the broom...

 

 

 

 

...lighter than air.

 

 

 

 

"Now, by virtue of the authority vested in me, I pronounce you man and wife."

 

 

"You may kiss the bride."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"This ceremony is ended, and your life together is begun."
"May the joy of this moment abides with you throughout the rest of your lives"
"Merry met, and merry part, and merry meet again"

 

(Cue dramatic walking down the aisle music)

 

 

"On behalf of the bride and groom and their families, we would like to thank you for being here today...

 

 

[Rumble Rumble Rumble]

 

 

[Rumble Rumble Rumble]

 

 

[Rumble Rumble Rumble]

 

 

It's a good thing we had such a short ceremony.