"Two weeks from today, we'll be married!" we said yesterday. I hope everyone is ready for a wedding. Here's the info on our ceremony again:

We've decided to do something a little different with the ceremony, because it's important to us to make our family and friends part of it, too. While we are not Quakers, we will be holding our wedding ceremony as an edited version of a Quaker Friends Meeting, or Quaker ceremony. After we say our promises to each other, guests will have an opportunity to say something nice before we exchange rings. Heartfelt toasts or excerpts from texts are examples of what you might prepare for the ceremony. Messages may be literal or metaphorical, and about anything appropriate to the joy and solemnity of the occasion—love, family, marriage, life, or what you will. In other words, it's kind of like the toast tradition that normally occurs at dinner.

Please keep your message relatively short (no more than a few minutes) so that all those who would like to speak will have a chance to do so without the ceremony going on too long!


See you in two weeks!

A portrait

Rebecca (also known as Maid of Honor Rebecca) took our portrait when she visited in August. Thanks, Rebecca! The chickens are much older here, you can tell.

Thank you

Thanks to everyone who has offered their help (dishes, garage-sale skills, etc)! Both of us are thankful to have such generous family. Plus, it makes the wedding that much more personal and special for us, and hopefully for you, too. It's time to start addressing again! The invitations are almost ready to mail...

In other news, Elliott convinced me we needed chickens. Meet Patrick (the Plymouth Rock hen) and Jane (the Golden Laced Wyandotte). They look young here. They give us eggs; we give them food. And I get to listen to their quiet clucking, which is actually kind of calming.