No Foolin'

Today Sam and I have been married 8 years. Yes, I know it is April Fools Day, but it really was the day we were married - no foolin'. The thing was, we had known each other a long time (I was 17 when we first met) and we didn't want to wait any longer to get married, so he proposed December 24, 1999 and we were married April 1, 2000. April 1st was one of the few dates the church was available (can't imagine why) and it worked with every one's schedule, so that was the date. The crazy date aside, oh, and the air horn used to summon volunteer firefighters that sounded during our church ceremony, we had a great celebration. It was a small wedding by today's standards, about 90 people, and, with the exception of the ugliest wedding cake ever, I wouldn't have changed a thing. I remember while heading off to our honeymoon, Sam and I tried to figure out how we could recreate the day because it was so wonderful. Little did we know the days would only get better. I don't think it ever would have occurred to us that 8 years later, at 32, we would have 3 children, 1 on the way, and be living in Michigan in our little old house. But, here we are and today the only joke is the number of wrinkles we have accumulated in the last 8 years.

I always enjoy seeing other people's wedding photos, so I thought I would share a few of ours.

The pretty old Episcopal church in St. Helena, Ca.

This is Father Mac and we are literally tying the knot. I think the air horn sounded sometime just after this. I look at this picture and all I can think about is having a waist again!

Here is a decent picture of the dress that my mom, grandmother, mother-in-law and I found at the end of a long day of shopping in down town San Francisco.

The reception was held outside on a patio in a rose garden at my mom's house (a.k.a. Greenie) in Calistoga.

My mom/Greenie.

Her house.

The view.

The patio (Laney now looks at that nude statue and says "she needs a diaper").

A few glasses of champagne later.

Finally, a picture of the ugliest wedding cake ever. I gave the woman a picture of a gorgeous fondant covered cake with butter cream roses I had saved for years from Victoria magazine. Imagine my surprise when this was sitting on the cake table. I told you it was ugly!

Our April Fools was really a great day with no jokes (other than the cake), but lots of great memories - no foolin'.