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Our Wedding Video


To celebrate our two-year, four-month anniversary, here is a series of clips from our wedding.

All the work that went into the video was a wonderful wedding gift from my aunt and uncle, Jay and Diane. (My cousin Lara helped with some camera work, too.) It was a very special gift and Katie and I are very grateful!

I've broken it into 26 clips:

Prelude

We had a lot of fun picking the readings and the song. A huge thanks to our readers and singers and officiant!

Procession and Introduction
First Reading: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Second Reading: I Do I Will I Have
Song: Love Changes Everything
Third Reading: The Velveteen Rabbit

Vows

We each wrote our own vows, and we didn't share them until we were standing together in front of our friends and family. We did, however, give each other very general descriptions of the tone we were going for. That let us figure out that Katie should start and I should finish.

Introduction to Vows
Katie's Vows
Michael's Vows
Mutual Vows
Exchange of Rings
"You May Kiss"

Toasts

We had an embarrassment of riches here. Sorry to everyone who sat so long with no bathroom breaks! And a great thanks to all the wonderful and heartwarming toasts. We are blessed to have such wonderful (and hilarious) friends and family!

Dinnertime Montage
Jeremiah's Toast
Tina's Toast
Missy's Toast
Larry's Toast
Heidi's Toast
Beth's Toast
Adrian's Toast
Liz & Jeff's Toast
Victor's Toast
Ekrem's Toast
Sandy's Toast
Laura's Toast
June's Toast

First Dance

When we discovered a couple months before the wedding that we each knew a few swing moves, we took a bunch of frantic lessons to try to quickly improve. We spent the most time on our final flourish, and I think it shows!
First Dance

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  1. Anonymous11:11 PM

    Happy two-year, four-month, six-day anniversary!
    Alenka

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