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We took actual profile shots of ourselves, then took the outlines to make Victorian-style silhouettes as a sort of theme. We put the image (along with one of the dog for kicks) on coasters, paper wheels on the dinner plates, and various places. It was a whim, but turned out to be pretty neat. |
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We put out a box for people to wish us well and give advice. The card says "There are no road maps for the adventure of marriage, but there are wise and treasured people to learn from. what advice do you have for Mark and Tricia? What hopes for their future? What lessons about togetherness and love? Please share them on these cards." |
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Mark's Mom, Susan (left) with Tricia and Mark's sister, Marissa, get flowers together at the dining room table before the ceremony. |
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Mark's mother with sisters Kaitlin and Marissa work on Tricia's bouquet. Marissa was in charge of the arrangement, and it was beautiful. |
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Flower arrangements. The foreground blur indicates some sort of high-action motion with flowers (not typically what flowers are known for) while Marissa is calm as a cucumber in the background. |
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Flowers, up closer. |
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Three Moms inspect and arrange flowers. Marissa is holding the bridal bouquet. These women really did a terrific job of making the setting beautiful. |
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Cream colored roses on the mantel above the fireplace in little green, potbellied jars. |
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Some detritus of the flower preparation, with some prepared vases in the background. |
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Our moms putting some final touches on the flowers. |
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OK, now it starts getting serious. Candles lit on the table in the living room where we got married. Flowers in pint mason jars finish out the scene captivating both Yolande and Tyler. Notice, too, the banner in the background over the window reading "Mark & Tricia." Below are more pictures with the banner. |
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Mark finishes off his suit with shoes while Tricia is in the background in her wedding dress. |
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Right before the ceremony starts, Kaitlin, Belle, Marissa, and Tyler (l to r) sit patiently. |
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Tricia and her father in the upstairs hallway just before he delivers her to the altar. This is a wonderfully tender picture of a watershed day for both Tricia and Alan. This is just a moment before they proceeded down the stairs to the main living room to the ceremony. |
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This picture was taken at the moment Tricia walks down the aisle--or down the stairs, in this case. Mark waits tranquilly collected at the altar. Our friend, Kanae Nishi, officiated, and she stands to Mark's right. Lingo is fighting through Acepromazine but still manages to wander around looking for discarded foodstuffs. |
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Isabelle, Mark's neice, was the flower girl. She agreed to scatter rose petals preceding the bride, and when she gets older we'll tell her she did it faithfully. |
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Tricia's Dad escorts her to the altar, with Mark awaiting. |
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Reading this far, you're sure to know what this picture is about. |
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We asked Tyler Van Dam to be our ringbearer. Tyler is delivering two small, decorative wooden acorns bearing Tricia's ring. |
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Mark puts the ring on Tricia's finger. |
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The usual 'you may kiss the bride' sort of immortalization. |
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As soon as the official, formal parts of the ceremony were done we began to celebrate with everyone. |
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Lingo supervises some kissy-face on the sofa. Notice the banner that said "Mark & Tricia" now appropriately reads "Just Married." This was Tricia's idea, and we used a double-sided banner that bride and groom flipped after the ceremony. |
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Tricia, still in her wedding gown, gives a discourse on the inevitable event horizon the Large Hadron Collider will create. Todd is in the background. |
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Tricia's hair. Much of this is Chris's talent. |
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Tricia and her mother. |
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Tricia's hair again. |
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Tricia's ringed finger (attached to hand) with her father in the background. |
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Tricia, Yolande, and Alan. |
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New bride, Tricia, holds her nephew, Huck Isaacs. Huck is wearing a little neckie, which makes him tantamout to imported chocolate. |
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We are in a good mood and having a good time. This is just a few minutes after the ceremony, with the bouquet on the table in the foreground. |
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Tricia shows off her tying skills on a curtain that separated the living from dining room. |
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From the stairs into the living room where the wedding ceremony took place. |
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Kip giggles like a schoolgirl after a tasteful joke from the bride. It also appears that Kip may have loosened his tie, but that's not the case. His tie is from the future. |
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Mark and Tricia give Lingo some attention. |
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A view of the dining room into the living room. Astute readers will notice that the next few pics are taken with daylight in the rooms, while the previous pictures were at nighttime. It's true. We had dinner after the ceremony, but we had to set the table before the ceremony because it was a time-consuming task we didn't want to have to do after the ceremony. This also necessitated the curtains seen in previous shots. It worked great. |
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The set dining table for dinner on our wedding night. We didn't really take many pictures of the act of eating or serving the food, but it was grand. The food on the night of our wedding was a lasagna we made with vegetables preserved from our garden (canned tomatoes, mostly). In short, we basically had gratuitous amounts of homemade and high-quality food the whole week our families were here. |
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A place setting at the table. Tricia's sister Chris (along with Todd and Tricia) took pains to make layered paper-flower decorative wheels on everyone's plate. Running around the circumference is the following quote from Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend "Opening her eyes again, and seeing her husband's face across the table, she leaned forward to give it a pat on the cheek, and sat down to supper, declaring it to be the best face in the world." |
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Jordan Almonds. We got these from a confectioner in Portland, OR. Sometimes Jordan Almonds are not particularly good, but these have a creamy vanilla smoothness. We had them in bowls all week long. |
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Party crackers are something like a papertowel tube that can be pulled or twisted open to reveal something inside. There is a CRACK! made by a little firework charge, hence 'crackers.' Inside we put some candy (for the kids) and a number corresponding to a white-elephant gift exchange conducted later. |
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Silver stemware, heirlooms of the Frank family. These are really neat glasses because the glass top and silver base are inserted into one another, held together by mere gravity. |
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Mark's Dad with Baby Belle. Very artistic shot. |
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Mark, Tricia, and Lingo. Lingo was wearing a doggie-dickie bowtie. It seems there are no direct shots showing this from the front, but you can see it from the side here. Everyone--everyone--must dress the part for a big event. |
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Rather than the classic plastic bride-and-groom, Ken-and-Barbie sort of wedding cake toppers, Tricia found these handmade little guys by an artist in Israel. The cake was a mocha-chocolate affair. We're not making explicit claim as to which of us is represented by the portlier dollop on the right. |
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The Frank family, larger by one now. (L to R): Todd Isaacs, Huck Isaacs, Chris, Alan, Bel, Mark, Tricia. |
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The VanDams, also larger by one. (L to R): Marissa, Kip, Belle, Tyler, Yolande Henry, Susan, Mark, Tricia, Jim. |
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Tricia raises her newly ringed hand in victory, wrapped around a bottle of San Pellegrino. |