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• Jun. 25, 2008 - Wedding Pictures

Finally, as promised.  Here is our wedding picture.  We were a young 23 and 22 years old.  Want to hear a funny story about my first husband and my second husband? Way back before the big day, James and I were both living in Kentucky.  We wanted to have our wedding in Michigan.  Of course, the requirements for wedding licenses were different in the two states.  Michigan required blood tests and an exam by a doctor.  After some searching, we found someone in Ky. willing to give us the proper blood tests and send them to my childhood doctor in Michigan.  In talking to my doctor, he said that he examined the bride but only talked to the groom.  So he really didn't need to see my dear hubby-to-be.  So I went to Michigan a week before the wedding (a 6 hour trip).  I was to see the doctor on Monday, take the forms to the court house for the license, pick it up on Friday, and get married on Saturday.  James was driving up with friends on Friday. So Monday, the doctor does his thing and as he is signing forms he says: wait, I can't sign James's form because he has to sign it front of me.  Well James is in Ky with no way to get there - a friend driving up from Georgia to be his best man was picking him up.  So there is no way to get a license before Saturday.  I call the minister that is to marry us and explain the situation.  I beg him to marry us anyways, because after all - who is the true authority of marriage - God or the law?  He agrees to marry us without the legal paperwork with the promise we will get married legally later. James arrives late Friday afternoon.  We have rehearsal on Saturday morning, play mini-golf in the afternoon, and get married that evening.  Everything goes off as planned.  Sunday afternoon we load up the car with the gifts and drive back to Ky.  Monday morning we go the court house to apply for a marriage license (there is a 3 day waiting period).  That afternoon we head off on our honey moon - a camping trip through the mountains of Ky and Tenn. The following Monday we pick up our license and after work we go see a Justice of Peace.  One of our friends that was unable to go to the wedding comes along as a witness, The Justice's wife is the other witness.  The guy has glasses as thick as the bottom of Coke bottles.  James and I are laughing the whole time.  We take our wedding rings off - hand them over for the ceremony and then put them back on.  Poor Justice.  We did not explain what was going on to him.  We just stood there and laughed. And oh, James forgot to tell his parents about it.  A friend of his rode home with his parents and on the way, casually mentioned that wasn't it a shame about our wedding not being legal?  I can't imagine how the rest of that trip went... So I married my first husband on June 11 and my second husband on June 20.  We celebrate the 11th.   James enjoys joking about my first husband.  He has been a wonderful husband to me for 25 years. Wanta know one of the coolest things about him?  I can't sing - I have no idea if I am on pitch, on key, etc. Not once in 25 years has James ever said anything to me about my singing.  James can sing.  Now that is something to endure!  So here we are 25 years ago: And here we are just 2 years ago.  James was tickling me when Paul took the picture.  This is one of my favorites of us.  Sorry, our recent pictures have not been as good.

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