What a perfect place for a wedding! The guncles have been together for a long time and had a commitment ceremony 17 years ago, but now that they can be legally married, we gathered in NH to celebrate with them.
We had a rehearsal dinner the night before the event at Ipswich Country Club. And oh my! It was something!
Great appetisers.
Exceptional food.
Wonderful company. (this is just some of us, I don't have a group shot)
And a serenade from Carol Swarbrick Dries (Aunt Carol). She sang a song that had tears in all of our eyes. We begged for an encore the next day at the wedding.
The air was crisp, the leaves were colorful, and the site for the wedding luncheon and ceremony was ideal for the occasion.
And did I mention that there was carrot cake? My fave! And so pretty with the fall colors. There wasn't a cake stand, but I slipped a couple of box lids from our centerpieces under it and that made a quick but cute, make shift stand.
I was so pleased that the boxes we worked on together to make centerpieces looked so festive in the room.
We also glittered and sponge painted some packages of tissue paper leaves from the dollar bin at Target to sprinkle around the table. And Randy framed a picture of each guest to create name cards for the seating.
17 years ago, we had to take apart two bride and groom cake toppers to get two grooms. Now, the guncles had plenty of toppers to choose from with two grooms. All this one needed was some highlights in one groom's hair and it was ready to adorn the carrot cake.
I was honored to be in the ceremony. The whole time I was up there, I watched Kevin's face and was moved by the emotions he showed.
That man is a treasure and we are lucky to have him in our family, and seeing the love and happiness in his eyes that day, moved me to my core.
I spent the entire day with red, weepy eyes, but a huge grin on my face at the same time.
That’s so sweet!
Congratulations to the Guncles!. Everything looked perfect! Loved the colors! Loved the boutineer !
And I loved Aunt Carols Song. And I do not know if your playlist was meant to play on. But I confess…. I watched. I love that Dewdrop and Sugar wings love to dance.
Thank you for this on an early Saturday morning. And you have inspired me to make something!
Debra
No, Ive not had the other videos automatically play when Ive uploaded something from YouTube before. But these sucked me in and I had to watch them again!
Many congratulations to the g’uncles! It all looks so magical and heartfelt ~
What a great picture of you and Randy ~ your eyes are open!!
Hugs to all ~
Congratulations to them! What a fun and happy day. 🙂 Love your crafty touch Karla!
My eyes were so red and blurry, I thought I might have pink eye! But yes, open at least.
Tears in my eyes, too! What beautiful photos of such a special day.
Congratulations! It looks like a warm, happy ceremony!
That describes it very well, Laurie!
Tons of joyful wishes to them both! I love the box centerpieces — how wonderful to have a wedding filled with such family sharing!
How beautiful! Congratulations to all! Lori