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The wedding was Aug. 8th. It was a cloudy day, but warm enough, and no rain.
We walked down the aisle to Sigur Ros "untitled 3" from "()". We were married in a neo-Viking ceremony by my best friend Ryan's husband (also named Ryan, to make things confusing) who we had ordained for the occasion. I wore red, the groom wore leather. My bouquet was made of sunflowers. We exchanged swords (his and hers)and keys and our mothers performed a handfasting. Our recessional was "Ágætis byrjun" by Sigur Ros (which means "a good beginning"). We served Smithfield BBQ pork shipped in from Eastern NC (they blogged about us!), bourbon sweet potatoes, grits casserole, corn on the cob, jambalya, and sweet tea. My step-mother made the cake, chocolate zucchini with a cream cheese frosting. The groom's friend Heather performed a wedding blessing tribal bellydance for us, and our first dance was to "Brand New Key" by Melanie.

It was beautiful and fabulous! My ultimate fairy tale wedding, just the way I wanted it. My husband's vows were so sweet and lovely.

We followed it up with a cruise to Alaska, which was much needed after all the craziness.