Okay, so right from the get go I knew that betwixt the mixed gender of my Groomspeeps (Grumans) and my long-term relationship status and my own “that’s kind of gross”ness that I wasn’t going to have a typical bachelor party – however, this was probably outside what I was initially expecting: Sharif paid for us all to go to an indoor skydiving … tube… thing. It was kind of awesome though slightly terrifying (the wind blows so hard that you can’t really breathe for the couple of minutes that you’re in there) and slightly disappointing (in that Sharif sacrificed any of the times HE could go so that my BROTHER could go, and then the morning-of my brother determined HE couldn’t go, so it was just me and Rowan and Heather) – but whole-heartedly pulse-poundingly cool!
this Journal entry was actually written on the 23rd of October. I did NOT have time to write this on the day of my wedding!
Our wedding wasn’t flawless, but it was perfect. Frankly all sorts of things differed from the plan, and only two effected me negatively. I wish I’d remembered the charger for one of my cameras so I could’ve left it running through the whole night, and I wish I’d remembered my nails so that I could’ve played longer if I’d wanted to, and more precisely while I did.
Eventually my instructor would take me about 30 feet up and swoop me back and forth. I was very NOT good at it and constantly had my stance corrected. Heather and Rowan did a much better job and eventually the instructors were even able to get a bit hands off with them! October 19th, 2017 at iFly in Nottingham, MD. Below – after flying around in a massive tube (and watching ouir instructor be a SUPERHERO)
But everything else – whether it was the other wedding party (from the actual church side of Saint Mark) who kept wandering into our side, or the fact that they’d set up a children’s corner filled with books and carpets in the corner, or that a lot of the tables we were expecting to use weren’t there… the photographer was late and lost the shot list, our lead sound guy came down with norovirus and was in the ER by the time people started arriving at the ceremony – Hell – all of the entertainment had been shifted because our original band canceled at the last second. But I think when it comes down to it (barring Dave’s illness) I wouldn’t have changed a single thing.
after flying around in a massive tube (and watching ouir instructor be a SUPERHERO) I met up with Kristen and her (soon-to-be MY) mom in Ellicott City for dinner. The rock stackers (stock rackers) have been out in force and constructing Lovely things…
I’ve put together a website here – robandkristen.ilyaimy.com – where I’m sort of dumping information, the text of the ceremony, videos of the night, so I don’t know that I’m going to rehash a lot of it right here.
– the Gallery has broken so I’m going to dump a lot of the photos right about… HERE!!!!
It’s the day before our wedding, October 20th, 2017. Surely this doesn’t bode well. The evening of October 19th – 2 days before the wedding and though just about everything is on autopilot, I’m feeling the stress. I visited my friend Avery to get my hair cut and my beard tamed, and got to spend some time with her rabbits as a bonus just to caaaalm my breathing.Our first glimpse of the flowers for our wedding!my mom hosted a big family dinner at Barley and Hops in Frederick, MD. We had an incredible time, delicious food – and my mom just did a great job of organizing the whole event. We had to shuffle some stuff around to make room for our wedding rehearsal, but we managed it even with very, very full bellies.So while we were having our rehearsal / family dinner out on the patio, inside Barley and Hops was well and truly rocking with a Grateful Dead influenced Zydeco band. Seeing how they fit six pieces in there, we realize we never get to gripe about feeling cramped in there AGAIN.Oh crap… maybe not… over to manic weasel instead!Manic rob will get us through the exhausting days to come! (at our rehearsal dinner at Barley and Hops in Frederick, MD – October 20th, 2017)Rowan helping my brother get all flowered up! Glad George has some of the same problems I have!Kristen and I share a quick smooch after her solo during “Natural 20” and above is captured the moment that I’m yelling at everyone to GO HOME! the gig… er… the party? NOPE – my WEDDING!!! Heather and Joey join Tinsmith while playing our wedding!cutting the cake – made by Brooke Parkhurst (who is pictured below of course!) w caketopper US courtesy of Alissa Cox.At some point I found myself dancing with my friend Brennan…But it was okay cause Tori got him back EVENTUALLY.Mosno thanking Sharif after their set together at our wedding – at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville, MD on October 21st, 2017.
