Hi! We're married! Where to begin... We tied the knot at Borough Hall in Brooklyn on Friday, June 28th. We met, dated and lived in Brooklyn for three years before moving to Bangkok, so it was a fitting place. We waited in some lines and took orders from sassy bureaucrats, and then officiant Robin married us in a short ceremony in front of our immediate families.
Meet the parents.
Official!
The following day, we had a celebration at my parent's house in the Philadelphia suburbs. We surprisingly didn't have too much to take care of (bonus of not having any brides involved I suppose) so on Friday we had a totally normal and quiet dinner in Wayne, followed by drinks at a local bar with some out of town guests. Saturday was random errands like picking up balloons. We got dressed, took some official photos (Thanks Kathy!) and the guests started rolling in.
Bootsie waiting with champagne.
Us.
After cocktail hour, we had a ceremony with a few speakers. My brother Tim did a nice reading.
Our softball friend Tim read a poem.
My Aunt Mary introduced us for vows and read a blessing.
And we read our own vows.
My brother Matt gave a toast
as did Maki's friend Denise
and then it was party time!
My talented cousin Alisabeth created a tree for our guests to fill with their fingerprints.
Maki and I had and unplanned first dance to The Spice Girls' "Wannabe"
and people drank, danced and were merry.
