Though the wedding took place in a church, it'd be hard to say that
Beth and I take much stock in ceremony. About 180 people were fit into
the Unitarian Universalist Church in Urbana - where I had gone to nursery
school decades before - and sat through the ~5 minute ceremony, written by
myself and performed by the Pastor Axel Gehrmann. It was short, to the
point, and, to my mind, absolutely wonderful. And as we came out, escorted
by our closest friends, we were finally married.
Note that the ceremony is reproduced here. And that
most of the pictures here were taken by Himanchu and Josh Tolbert.
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Jacob in a Tux The tuxes were kindof shadow-pinstriped, with silver vests/ties. The boutonnières were green and purple.
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Pat in a Suit Pat, as an usher, got to just wear whatever was comfortable. It suited him.
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Paul and Linda They needed a good picture of the two of them, and this certainly fit the bill.
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Paul and Linda Kiss I'm happy to see the two of them so happy.
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Shocked Beth We decided that it would be good to take some large number of the pictures ahead of the ceremony.
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The Girls And the ushers. I'm not sure how that went together.
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The Bride Hey, I married her! She's pretty!
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The Bride, in Context I really do like the church, too.
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Tapestry #1 I think this was Josh getting used to the camera.
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Tapestry #2 Not that I'm complaining, I wanted these shots.
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Tim Enters The music had changed, so it was about time for me to walk in, escorted by my parents.
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Mel and Darren Enter Next up come the pairs of our friends. Mel and Darren entered first.
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The Bride Enters ...Beth, escorted by her father and her mother.
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The Bride Enters, II This always requires more pictures, of course.
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Beth's Walk And there she goes, with her parents.
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Tim's Vows I believe that, at this point, I was reading my vows off of notecards. We had decided that memorization could only lead to error.
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Beth's Vows I'm happy that I didn't choke up. Instead, I just smiled. And you can see it from here.
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Bouquet Hand-Off We can't put the ring on her finger while she's holding the bouquet.
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Sliding On Her Ring We had to move the engagement ring first, of course.
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Sliding On His Ring This was the first time that ring had been off of my hand for any length of time.
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Kiss Aftermath And just looking into her eyes at that moment was the most intimate public moment I remember.
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Tim and Beth Exit The Final Fantasy Overworld theme had come on, and the time had come to leave.
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Smiling Couple For some reason, I think we look happy. That's not just an illusion, is it?
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Departing Couple Beth's dress ruled. And she got a bit grumpy at me because I had to greet people on the way out.
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Patient Minister Waiting for us to all finally file out. Total ceremony time: 11 minutes, 39 seconds.
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