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(Otherwise known as our wedding reception)
Me and Steph at our wedding reception
A wild title for a wild night. What else can I say?! It was an eclectic blend of personalities that had the possibility to either make the night or completely derail it. We went ahead and chose the former, and had a grand ol’ time in Hokieland!
Mix in a couple of live performances from my extremely talented new family. Add a boat load of rum-guzzling capt’ns. Thrown in a dash of straight-up pimp cousin. Top it off with the Hoban family matriarch, aunts and my reverend uncle (who married us). Even then, we are only scratching the surface. There were even a few incidents involving myself, a microphone, some down-home country music, good friends…and a good bit of liquid courage.
The result was a perfect ending to wedding day. We even managed, due to a wonderful suggestion from Steph, to bookend the night with Van Morrison. That still makes me smile when I think about it.
Don’t get me wrong. Our marriage has and will always be the most important part of this story. Not the wedding. Not the reception. Not even the amazing trip to Cozumel (yes, more on that later). Even so, I wanted so badly for the reception to be a great time. Not just for me and Steph, but for everyone. And I don’t mind saying that I think we succeeded.
And, honestly, what else would you expect from a gathering of rockstars, pirates, pimps and saints?
Me and Steph getting married
oh that’s right. July 26th, 2008. A date which will live in…famy (ok, i’m pretty certain that isn’t a word). Things went extremely smooth, especially considering how chaotic things were at the rehearsal. I think God may have felt sorry for us when he saw us flopping about like fish while rehearsing and decided that he’d run the main event. Fine with me, i mean that is the way it’s supposed to be anyhow, yeah?
Clearly i already think Stephanie is very beautiful, but she really blew me away at the wedding. I don’t think my heart has ever beaten faster.
My best friend (and best man) Matt and his wife had told us how the ceremony would seem like a blur b/c things are so surreal. Boy were they right. I don’t really remember much. I remember saying our vows, I remember Steph almost losing her balance on the alter while lighting the unity candles only to be trumped by my spilling hot wax on my hand seconds later. Or honestly, i’m not even sure which of those happened first.
I do remember being allowed to kiss my wife. Very nice. I like!
But that was just the start of the fun, things “got right” at the reception. There will be more on that later.
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