Hi Folks,
Thank you for all of the support and wonderful wishes. They mean the world to us.
John and I have been together for more than 10 years and decided that getting married was the right thing to do.
We have talked about this and both decided that we are definitely not the "big party" kind of guys. While it's great for others, it's just not us.
There are really not a lot of elaborate details for this event.
We actually owe a lot of this to
Disney Cruise Line, as they decided to christen the Fantasy in NYC....where getting married is legal for folks like John and I.
As we were unsure of the schedule
DCL had in place for our week in NY, we kept this quiet until we were sure that it was something that would fit.
We decided to go sightseeing on Monday (2/27) and hired a car and driver for the day. Pete and Walter decided to buy winter coats ( we live in FL, so we don't really have them) and while they were in Macy's, we went to the City Clerk's office and applied for a license.
You have to wait 24 hours after getting your license, so we decided Thursday morning was free, as the actual christening was Thursday evening.
We asked Pete and Walter and Donna and Joe if they would like to go with us?
We needed a witness and Walter volunteered.
We received a "deli number" and waited to be called.
The "information lady" and the Justice of the Peace were the same person and se was a bit of a hoot.
Once our number was called, we had a very simple ceremony that lasted, at most, 90 seconds.
Do you? Yes!
Do you? Yes!
By the power of the Sate of New York, I officially pronounce you legal spouses.
When finished, she asked if we had any questions. When we said no, she said "Good. Now I have to go make magic in the other room."
While this doesn't really translate when written, you'll have to trust me that it was very funny.
We were married at 11:20am on 3/1/12.
We then went to an Italian restaurant for lunch and DCL threw us an AMAZING celebration that evening.
DCL might not know that the christening of the Fantasy was our reception....but to us it was......and it was awesome!
Everyone envisions their wedding day differently. For us......this was perfect.
Only one thing could have made it better and that would have been for my folks to be there........and while I couldn't see them.....I know they were.
Those are the details of our wedding day.
Thank you again for wishing us well.
We appreciate it more than we can say.