My fiance and I are no longer engaged!!!

[MissStacey 1]

Congratulations!!!

[Necrotica 0]

Congrats!

[muffin 0]

Congrats !!!

[Autumnchik 6]

Congrats!!! Here's to many years of happiness and him rescuing trash cans during storms

[trailmix 77]

Congratulations to you both!!

[Ta Ta 1]

Congrats !

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

We had a really tiny ceremony in my office on Saturday. My boss is an appeals court judge, so she could officiate. My aunt and uncle drove down from Chicago to be our witnesses, and we called my parents in Bellingham so they could listen in on speaker phone. I "wrote" our vows by combining a few different sets of vows I found on the internet with a set of sample vows my boss has in the office. Then we went to dinner at our favorite restaurant and my aunt read a toast my dad had emailed to her for the occasion. According to my dad, our marriage will have a lasting impact on the world---now that we no longer have to fly back and forth to visit each other every month, the airlines may go out of business!

So far I really love being married to this man. Last night we had a really wicked-a$$ thunderstorm, and he ran out in the yard to rescue our trash cans (I was afraid to do it) and he understood when I kept going upstairs to check on our dog, who was cowering in the hallway afraid of the wind and the thunder. Best of all, he keeps telling me how much he loves being married to me. *Beam!!*

Thanks also from both of us to everyone here who has provided advice and information and support. Getting the visa and crossing the border went smoothly because we knew what we were doing, and we couldn't have done it without you all.

After such kind words I can't help but feel that a perfunctory "congratulations" is rather inadequate. May the universe smile upon your union and Dame Fortune take you to her bosom.

[Carlawarla 1]

Sounds like a very lovely day SonoranSongbird! I'm so glad your parents were there "with" you on the official day. Who could not love you? lol I'm beaming just reading that line you wrote...too cute.

Here's to many many years of love and bliss!

[SonoranSongbird 3]

Thank you, everyone. This sounds a bit sappy, but it was kind of a magic moment. I was barely aware anyone was in the room with us (and only even barely because my boss was doing most of the talking).

Not sure about pictures. There are only about 5 of them. The trailer with my husband's boxes is going to be delivered on Friday and it is going to be at least a little while before he is up and running with the computer to upload them to his photobucket site. He is also a lot more cautious about on line anonymity than I am so I will have to ask him if it is okay to post them. We will probably have a lot more (and better) pictures from the wedding in October.

[KarenCee 3]

Congratulations on the wedding...may you both have many years of blessedness!