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WEDDING DAY PART ONE

we are exhausted. though i'm sure we're not nearly as exhausted as mr. and mrs. matthew lang. they are in punta cana, dominican republic right now. matt brought his laptop, and matt and mel plan to post some while on their honeymoon.

we left friday morning. it took two cars to pack all we THOUGHT we needed to bring. as usual, we brought too much. when we hit the pennsylvania border, it started to rain. it didn't stop until sometime very early saturday morning. the rehearsal was, therefore, held indoors, as it looked like the wedding might not be possible at the gazebo outdoors.

the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner went smoothly and was, if i say so myself, very nice. i'm not sure what time the last person left the condo where we were staying, but i do know that bill and i were EXHAUSTED and asleep in bed by 9:15 a.m. the guys (matt, mark, jax) and kt were up a bit longer.

we all got up early to have our little golf outing. we headed to the golf course in deep fog. optimistically, we loaded up the carts (in the fog) and took off for the first tee (at the top of the mountain). the guys all teed off into the fog. only two balls were not found; but as this was not a good beginning, the guys all headed back to kt and me (and the carts), and we decided to call it quits. bill went into the pro shop and told the guy we couldn't play in the fog and asked him what he could do for us. his response: "well i can give you your money back." his tone suggested that he thought bill was asking for more than that. we decided that he was afraid we wanted our money back AND the option of giving him a beating. we took the money. and headed out to breakfast.

the weather cleared up, and by 11:30, we actually saw the sun! it looked like we'd have an outdoor wedding!

back to the condo. male bonding. showers. nerves frazzled. and some early pics. i have a couple to show you here. i have NONE on my camera from the wedding, as my sister had a problem operating it, and i was crying and watching the entire time. duh!

here are some early-in-the-day pics:

View image: what i found on the deck after showering #1

View image: what i found on the deck after showering #2

View image: mark and kt before the wedding

View image": jax and matt before the ceremony

mel looked so beautiful -- i don't have any pictures as i gave up my camera before she appeared. the photography from that point on was in other hands. i'll show some when i get them in upcoming entries.

the ceremony and vows were beautiful and moving. matt started weeping as soon as he saw mel, she did the same. EVERYBODY cried. matt and mel's love for each other was very touching. it was lovely.

Posted by Stacey at August 10, 2003 08:01 PM