Matt and Kate's Wedding
Sunday, July 2, 1995
Or, No, It Doesn't Have to Be a Big Deal
We didn't want to do anything that didn't feel like us, so we
invited a bunch of people over for a barbeque at Kate's parents' cabin by
a lake in northern Wisconsin.
The Wedding Ceremony
It was very brief--Matt's brother Skip (sscruby@aol.com) read a piece of
an appropriate essay by Robert Louis Stevenson, and then we had a lawyer
lead us through a pared-down civil ceremony.
Because we had trouble finding sources of basic ceremonies and readings
that didn't make us queasy, here are texts of what worked for us.
- Text of Civil Ceremony
- Reading from
"On Marriage", by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Barbeque/Reception
Afterwards, we'd asked Bill Braasch (bbraasch@well.com) to get one piece
of advice, on any useful topic, from each guest. He assembled them into
a document, which he read after we passed out the cake.
- Click here to read Useful
Advice from the Guests.
Click here to read Monica's
Marinade for Grilled Chicken.
Click here for a photo
of the wedding cake bride-and-groom decorations sculpted by Ian Cobb,
Kate's cousin.
- And, of course, a photo
of us !!
Go to Kate's
page!
This page updated 10/10/96.
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