We each wrote our own vows and let go of everything else. We left all the arrangements up to the kids, and they even surprised us with a photographer!
The girls made the bouquets:
The girls made the bouquets:
The groom and his best man, Little Michael:
My Maid of Honor, Michelle:
Bobby, walking me down the aisle:
Allison presiding over "The Ceremony":
Exchange of vows:
Mike said his vows first: "I, Michael, take you Angela, to have and to hold from this day on. In sickness, I promise to beat this annoyance I have right now. In health, to make your gold years feel more like LEAD for another 36 years at least. You are my best friend and my cheerleader, the power that keeps me going. I love you now and forever". [he had his vows written down on a slip of paper in his shirt pocket, but he recited them from memory]
Then it was my turn (slightly more long winded): I, Angela, take you Michael, to honor and love from this day forward. It has always been easy to love you when you say, "Good Morning, Beautiful" to me at the start of every day, or as you still open and hold doors for me, or when you reach for my hand whenever we are out walking, or when you take me shopping and patiently wait outside the dressing room with tons of clothes on your arms for me to try on. Today, I promise to love you when you are NOT so perfect. I promise to love you when you are hurting and when you are grouchy. You are, and alway were, my one and only."
The happy couple:
Mike and "our girls"
Our wedding cake - picture from original wedding 12/3/77
