Monday, March 18, 2013

Suprise!


Oh my, I didn't expect it to take me this long to make it back to this space! Nicaragua seems so long ago now, and I promise I'll get some pictures up soon. The days following our return from vacation have been a bit hectic, to say the least...

We've been preparing for our wedding!

On March 14th, we drove out to Tombstone Park with a couple of witnesses, our friend who is a marriage commissioner, my parents, sister and brother-in-law, and we got hitched!

March 14th, 2013

We've been talking about doing this for awhile now, and we picked this particular day because it kicks off the Spring carnival weekend in Dawson. We thought that if any family made it up, it would be a really fun time for them to be in town. And it was! We spent a busy week cleaning the house and yard up, getting ready to hold the casual reception here. We kept things small and fairly private, as that is the kind of people we are (well, except for sharing my life on a blog. Heh heh!)

An hour before we left the house, we picked out a few readings from a selection our friend the marriage commissioner had in her arsenal, and pocketed our own written vows and our wedding bands. It was a gorgeous day, clear and sunny. After driving along the Dempster for awhile, we pulled into a runaway lane a couple kilometers past the Tombstone Interpretive Center, with a beautiful view of the snow-covered mountains. We built a little fire, and as we gathered in a loose circle around it, the wind died and we began. It was short and sweet and heartfelt, and seemed so right for us. Aedan slept through the whole thing on my back, but we were happy that he was "there", and not just back in the truck sleeping (or crying or running around).

Back at our house, we signed the papers and it was officially official. We had a friend cooking for us, pulled pork and baked beans and roasted veggies and potatoes and coleslaw and 3 different desserts. More friends joined us for a bonfire. Aedan had a blast running around the yard with his friend Emery and pretending to drink beer.

It was a beautiful day, a beautiful evening, and we are so grateful to everyone who helped make it special. I never thought I'd get married, but all of a sudden it felt like exactly the thing I wanted to do. So there ya go. I'm a Mrs. Bush Mama now!

8 comments:

  1. Congratulations!!

    That sounds like a perfect ceremony!

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  2. how exciting! congratulations to you both. love the wedding photo.

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  3. Your wedding ceremony in Tombstone was beautiful and we are so grateful to have been able to be a part of it. The celebration at your place after the ceremony was wonderful. It was so nice to have been able to spend time with your Yukon family. Thank you for including us in your special day, we love you and we welcome our new son-in-law to our family!

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  4. Many many congratulations, how wonderful :)

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  5. That is the most beautyful wedding story. Every detail sounds just perfect and I have tears. congratulations Mrs. Bush mama!!!

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  6. I totally teared up reading your wedding story, that is so beautiful! We have many friends who had big, stressful wedding events they were pressured into by family when they really just wanted something simple and meaningful like you did. We just opted for a quiet visit to the local courthouse with just the two of us. Not quite as scenic as your view but it was just what we wanted :)

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