Yes, indeed; yesterday was our 5th wedding anniversary. It's definitely one of those time-warping things, where we vacilate between "it feels like we've been together forever," and "the years have gone by in a flash." Although, we have known each other 'forever' (since 1994, but we didn't become a couple for many years), so that "we've been together" sentiment makes sense.
Regardless of what kind of time span it feels like, I do know one thing - I love this man, truly, madly, deeply.
In 2006, we had what we call an "ambush wedding." No, neither Kelly nor I was the one being ambushed; we ambushed our guests. We had gotten formally engaged on May 13, so we told friends we were having an engagement celebration dinner at Parcel 104, the restaurant at the Santa Clara Marriott. (It's a phenomenal restaurant; if you have the chance, go.) . After some appetizers and a few drinks, the minister showed up and, to the everlasting surprise of all the guests (all 10 of them), married us!
For our 5th anniversary, we decided to have a dinner party at "the scene of the crime." While Kelly's brother and sister-in-law couldn't join us this time, we were lucky enough to round up 5 of the original 10 guests, plus 2 who were supposed to have been there in 2006, plus 2 more wonderful people (who themselves had recently gotten engaged!). What Kelly didn't know is that I had gotten in touch with the minister who had married us, and had signed her up to perform a vow renewal ceremony.
Oh yes, he was very surprised, and we took about 5 minutes to laugh our way through the ceremony, which included references to "The Princess Bride" ("Mawwage... is wot bwings us togethew today...") and "Star Trek" (the Vulcan "live long and prosper" greeting). It was a hoot.
Unfortunately, the camera I gave MM to take photos with insisted that it didn't need a flash, so almost all the shots during the actual renewal part came out blurry and/or dark. The pictures here are some of the better shots before and after the funny bit.
We had a grand time. We are so blessed and lucky to have found each other.
I was tickled to find that the florist was able to make an arrangement that looks almost exactly like the flowers from 2006!
Smile, everyone!
Now you folks smile! (No, I don't know what Kelly was doing with Kerry's hand!)
Table set-up before the rowdy crowd arrived and made a mess of things.
The happy couple at the end of the night.
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