A Few More Details On Our Joyous Trip To Connecticut

As our families and some of our friends know, this past week's trip to Connecticut was more than just a casual vacation.  The main purpose of the trip was for me and Joe to get married.  With Joe's health issues, we had kept it under wraps just in case we were not able to make the trip.  But Joe has been doing so well, we made the trip up on Wednesday night, got our license on Thursday and on Friday, August 19, 2011 at 2:30pm, Joe and I were married at the First Church of Christ, Congregational in Glastonbury, CT.  The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Kate Vanderzee-Glidden and Rev. John Merz.  Our wedding planner extraordinaire was Lola Elliott Hugh, ably assisted by her husband and Joe's former college roommate, Rob Hugh.  The entire trip seems like a dream now as we packed so much into such a short time.  Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that Joe and I would be able to have such an incredibly wonderful wedding.  From start to finish everything was beautiful, heartfelt and exactly how I now know it was meant to be.  The music provided by pianist & organist Angela Salcedo along with vocalists Christopher Stone and Joel Garcia was some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard.  There are no words to express our gratitude to Lola, Rob, Kate, John, Angela, Chris, and Joel.  We even had Lola's mother, Bert Elliott there to be our honorary mother at the ceremony.  Each and everyone of them made the moment more special than we could have imagined.  Soon we will have a video of the ceremony and hope to share it with all our friends, family and loved ones.  For now, there are some photos to the right of this post in three (3) different categories: Pre-Wedding & Rehearsal, Wedding, and After the Wedding in East Haddem, CT at the Bishopsgate Inn and the Goodspeed Opera House.  Joe and I went up for a simple wedding, and what we got was simple, beautiful and moments in our lives that neither of us will ever forget.   Thank you to everyone mentioned above but especially to Rob & Lola for being such great friends and planning every moment to make it special for us.  We love you.

If you do look at the photos, please remember that you can make each one bigger by just clicking on the photo.  One day soon, I'll tell some of the more hilarious moments that we had on the trip