Our Wedding

We've spent the last few weeks planning our wedding. Actually Lars did most of the planning and arranging, the only part I had was making sure Lauren looked like a princess. She's been so excited, telling everyone that her daddy and papa were getting married.

We decided we wanted a small ceremony, as this was really our day. We're getting married for us (including Lauren) and not for anyone else or for any political reason. So at first we thought we'd just go to the county building and get an appointment for a civil ceremony. We got our license, but it turned out the date we wanted (August 8, 2008) was also wanted by every other Asian or Asian influenced couple, so they were already over-booked.

We looked for alternatives, and ended up going back to where we registered our domestic partnership before Lauren was born. An eclectic lady, who ran a post office box/notary/wedding chapel service ended up being our choice for minister and wedding location. At first we thought it would just be us and Lauren, but then we realized we also needed witnesses for our wedding license. Lars called up long time friends of his to come and join us for our wedding. They agreed, and asked if they too could get married at the same time. Immediately we had plans for a double wedding.

The day of the wedding, we all got dressed up, and were going to meet our friends Steve and Colin at their hotel. While we were there getting ready to go, Lars surprised us all by having a limo pull up and take us to the wedding venue.

During the ceremony Lauren surprised us by taking both our hands to complete a circle between us, when the minister asked us to join hands. It was so touching it brought Colin to tears.

After both ceremonies, the limo took us to the nicest steakhouse in town for a celebration dinner. Everyone was so nice and congratulatory during the evening it truly made us feel wonderful and thankful for our community and our family.

So now we're married, and Lauren's family is one legally too!