OUR WEDDING DAY MARCH 7, 2009
Well, it has been almost 3 weeks from our beautiful, memorable wedding day. I am finally gathering in pictures that many of you took and choosing some of our favorites for the blog and albums. I don't think that the pictures will be able to fully capture the joy of that day! It has taken us a couple weeks to come down from the euphoria of the day. We just couldn't quite process all the wonderful moments that we had. We both felt that it was one of the best weddings we had ever been to and it was our own!!! So many people ( I think final count was between 110-120) who were so happy for us that we were quite overwhelmed. What an outpouring of wonderful love and blessings we received on that day. There was alot of joy and laughter accompanied by an amazing number of grown men in tears! Konrad did not believe me that a large portion of people were in tears during the ceremony but it is true. I guess he couldn't get his eyes off of me long enough to observe the crowd but I did witness an outpouring of tears and downright sobs at times (including my own)!!!
We are so grateful to everyone who joined us and our family in celebrating this great day. A huge thank you to all the helpful loving hands who made it possible. The biggest thanks of all goes to our friends Steve and Diane Hague who provided their beautiful home and property for us to hold this ceremony and party and spent endless hours in helping prepare for this. They , of course, had no idea what they were getting into....We are so grateful to them!! Their property nestles up against a small canyon and was the perfect venue for this day.
The above pics are of us coming together down 2 separate trails...Konrad with his girls, Hannah and Zoe and Me with my boys, Andy and Ben (led by nieces Virginia and Isabella.
Our children definitely contributed to the day. Hannah wanted to write a poem for us and recited it during the ceremony. Many people have requested a copy so here it is:
VERY MERRY DAY
Oh! Today is the day! Flowers bloom, so does the groom on this very merry day.
Clouds cry, so does the bride on this very merry day.
Trees bray and children play on this very merry day.
Butterflies crowd, so does the loud crowd on this very merry day.Leaves clap, so does the old chap on this very merry day.
Buds dance, so people prance on this very merry day.
Stems bow, will it end now on this very merry day.
Yes, I am afraid to say on this very merry day, Konrad and Cheryl will marry!!!
My oldest son Andy and his roommate made 2 wedding ales which received very good reviews...a Grooms IPA and a Bridal Apricot Pale Ale. My youngest Ben did the labels
Our ceremony was performed and made official in the State of Utah by my dear friend, Catherine Tanner who besides being a RN, parish nurse, legal nurse consultant, Medical Writing instructor, Master Knitter, Wife and Mother, can now add Ordained Minister to her repertoire. You, too, can receive your certificate on-line at the Universal Life Church http://www.ulc.com/ !!!! She did a beautiful job and we are very appreciative of her making the trip from Wisconsin to be with us. Our vows were quite nice but I won't bore everyone with repeating them here. Just let it be known far and wide that I DID NOT agree to Love and Obey...just to Love!! Konrad denies that he became emotional during the ceremony but luckily several people captured his quivering chin on film and this can be viewed on our on-line albums to follow! Tears aside, there was also much laughter which is more our style. Konrad stopped the ceremony before we did our final vows with the announcement that there was an impediment to our union. He proceeded to tell the story of a lien against my hand in marriage that my stepdad, Bob, had informed him of when we called to announce our engagement. For over 25 years, I have owed him $150 that I borrowed to buy my first husband's wedding ring. I was a new graduate nurse and swore I would pay him back as soon as I got my first job but never did! Konrad insisted that he needed to clear this debt to assure that this union was lien-free! He presented Bob with a check for the full amount and we were able to complete our vows!
We were, also, very blessed to have the contribution of wonderful music for our ceremony. My sister Dee came in from Ohio and blessed us with her beautiful voice and our friend Wen, who plays for the Utah Symphony played a beautiful piece on her violin as we walked into the ceremony. Konrad's very talented friend and colleague Eric and his band the Lab Dogs entertained us throughout the evening with their great blue grass sound.
There are so many pictures and so many memories that there is not room on the blog so I have made 2 separate albums which I am (still) working on. Click on the links at the end of this blog post. I will be adding to them over the next week. One is with the main ceremony pics, the other with friends and family "party pics". Our wedding party started several days before the wedding with family and guests arriving from as far away as Amsterdam (darling Herbert a vibrant 85 years young) and lasted until the last guest left 5 days after the wedding...Konrad called it the Big Fat Utah Wedding that is never going to end!!! We loved every minute of it and will never forget it!
1 comment:
your photos turned out beautiful. so glad you had such a special day. wishing you guys all the best from here on!
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