More wedding pics

The night before the wedding, our family along with Ted's parents gathered together to have a 4th of July celebration. Our house is on a circle, and many of our neighbors really get into the spirit of the holiday. This enthusiasm mixed with Washington's lenient fireworks laws, made for a very exciting, and fun evening. We had quite the show with all of the mortars, roman candles, firecrackers, and anything else that went really high, and very loud. Of course the boys (and men) were feeling right at home with all of the things that go boom.

The next morning (wedding day), we woke up to rain. Of course we had planned on doing an outside ceremony, but.....we quickly realized we might have to change plans a little bit. We moved forward as if there was nothing to worry about. The wedding was held at the Vancouver Washington Hilton in a room with a balcony that had a beautiful view of Overlook Park. We were supposed to have the ceremony on the balcony, however once the wedding started, we felt the rain drops. Just a few at first, but soon we were running for cover. The wedding was held inside, but turned out to be just as beautiful and wonderful as I knew it would be. Rain or not. It didn't matter.

We had a little reception immediately following the "I do's", with the cutting of the cake and punch. It was the most delicious wedding cake I have ever had. We then proceeded down to the restaurant located on the main level at the hotel. We had a beautiful dinner catered for everyone, and had a lot of fun talking and eating. We ended the night by saying our many thank yous to everyone, and came back to the house to pack for the flight to L.A. in the morning.

We were so grateful for all of the support we had on our special day.

We know we couldn't have been able to do it without our wonderful families.

I love you all!

-Sharon