Candace and Chelsea Getting Married, Courthouse Style!

Well, it's official!  As of December 13, 2012, we're legally married in the state of Washington.  Woo-hoo!  As I promised, here are pictures our dear friend Jamie took of our courthouse wedding, and celebration afterward.

 

 

 

Cousin Claire and our good friend Todd were our witnesses.  At the courthouse were also: "cousin" Sean, and our friends Marit and Jamie.

The ceremony was very beautiful.  We had an awesome judge, and she put her own special touches on the ceremony.  This is a reading she did:

 

The Art of Marriage

 

A good marriage must be created.

In the marriage, the little things are the big things.

It is never being too old to hold hands.

It is remembering to say "I Love You" at least once a day.

It is never going to sleep angry.

It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.

It is standing together to face the world.

It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.

It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.

It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.

It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.

It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.

It is not only marring the right person, it is being the right partner.

 

 

Isn't that beautiful?  It was very touching.  Chels and I both had a few tears in our eyes!

 

 

 

After the courthouse ceremony, we went to dinner. Cousins Miranda and Matt, and our friends Nick and AnnMarie met us at the restaurant for the celebration.  It was a memorable and fun occasion!

Special thanks to our friend Jamie Bayliss for her beautiful photography to document another special milestone in our lives (she also photographed our engagement pictures). Visit her website here: www.jamiebayliss.com to see all her great work.  Thank you, Jamie!

 

 

 

 

Matt and Miranda's Wedding

Cousin Miranda's was the next wedding we had in Seattle this summer, over Labor Day.  Miranda and her lovely then fiance, now husband, Matt had a beautiful wedding at the Seattle Center for Urban Horticulture.  Surrounded by a beautiful scenery of plants and flowers, they had a lovely outdoor ceremony with a string quartet playing in the background.  It was very nice!

 

The happy couple!

Beautiful bride Miranda

 

 

At the rehearsal dinner

Cousin Jake and wife Jazmin, me, and Cousin Joe's girlfriend Mary

Cousin Joe and Chelsea

The big day is here!

Claire helping her sister the bride get ready

Me and some of the bridesmaids helping Miranda

Getting ready!

Matt looks surprisingly calm!

Mother-of-the-bride Aunt Cathy, ready to help Miranda into her wedding gown

Mother-in-law and Mother-of-the-bride helping Miranda get dressed

 

Grandpa Jack looking handsome in his suit

The Tobys minus a member of the family

 (I think I was helping M&M before the ceremony began!)

Rachel and Andrew in coordinating colors, looking good!

Chels and I

 

Beautiful sisters Claire and Miranda: great photo, Dan!

 

First dance photo

 

More of the first dance.  So romantic!

 

Chels and I were the DJ's extraordinaire, so we didn't take any more photos after this, just enjoyed ourselves!  It was a beautiful wedding and super fun reception.  We had a great time with the family, and of course we danced the night away.  We are the dancing family, after all!

 

Fun in the photo booth with the Toby kids

Chels and I from one of our photo booth photos. Great attitude, Chels!

Maddy, Chels, Miranda, and I in the photo booth

 

Barry and Cindy (and Chels) in the photo booth

The newlyweds in the photo booth, how cute!

 

 

After the wedding, they took a honeymoon trip to Hawaii. What fun!

 Congratulations Miranda and Matt! We love you!

PJ and Karen's Wedding

The weekend after we got back to Seattle from Emily and Josh's wedding in Minnesota, we had another wedding!  Our good friends Karen and PJ got married in Seattle on August 4th.  It was very beautiful!  The ceremony and reception were at the Great Hall at Greenlake, a historic building that was really pretty and a great space for a wedding.  Chels and I helped with decorations in the morning, and helped do some other tasks throughout the event.  We had a great time, and are so happy for the two of them!  Here are some fun pictures from their big day:

The happy couple Karen and PJ!

 

Chels and I in our cute matching outfits

Marit and I with our fans--it was the hottest day in Seattle last summer, what a great party favor the fans were!

 

Their friend Suzy was the officiant, it was a beautiful ceremony

The new Mr. and Mrs. Clarke!

Cutting the cake


Me with Karen, the beautiful bride!



The girls: Courtney, Karen the beautiful bride, Marit, Erin, me, and Chels

First dance

Chels, Marit, me, Erin and Jason all cutting a rug!

 

Courtney, Katherine, Chels, and Karen

 

Karen sang Madonna during the dancing, it was priceless!  She did a great job, really brought down the house!

Chels and I, smooching on the sofa!

 

Jason, Erin, and I

Hat-switch!

 

The girls and the groom!

Erin, Chels, Courtney, Me, and Marit with PJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a fun wedding a fun group of people! Karen and PJ are honeymooning in Mexico this Christmas, lucky ducks! Congratulations again you guys, we love you!