Going to the Chapel!

Mr. and Mrs. W
and
Mr. and Mrs. G
are pleased to share with you
the marriage of their children
Tara and Mr. Yellow Hat

Saturday, October 28, 2000
First Baptist Church Worship Center

My flower girl, Abby,
wore a dress that matched mine.

My girls wore black because it is one of my favorite colors.
I think it is simply classy.
And truly, they all wore those dresses again.

These girls are my dearest friends;
all but one were from my Cedarville days
and my junior bridesmaid was my little next-door neighbor.

Ready!!

I played in the church orchestra for 5 years. When an orchestra member marries, the group will play for the wedding if desired. It was beautiful and more than I could have ever hoped for! They began playing about 30 minutes prior to the wedding and throughout the seating of the grandparents and mothers. I chose "Beautiful Savior" (arr. Winkler) which is a rendition of Fairest Lord Jesus as the processional for the entire wedding party and myself; I had our party walk in as couples. It begins with chimes and then adds a section at a time with a transition (doors closed) that led up to a very huge climax where the full orchestra plays and the doors were thrown open for me! (That's all for SJM; you've never seen these photos, have you?! )

The ceremony:

if you click on this to enlarge it,
you'll be able to see ( I hope!) how beautiful
they lit the cross up that day as well
as the orchestra behind the candles.
Part of our ceremony included communion
and the lighting of the unity candle;
one of Mr. YH's sisters sang "How Beautiful"
when all of that was going on.

The recessional was an arrangment of
"All Hail the Power with Trumpet Voluntary"

WOO-HOO!!!!

My parents and younger brothers.

Thank you for stopping by and sharing memories of one of the most precious days in my life! Head over to Kelly's to see more wedding photos.

**I'm adding one more thing! My mom got this for us on our first anniversary and it's been so fun to sit down each year and go over the events. We record spiritual markers, special happenings, and what we did to celebrate each year. I really like it because it's low-maintenance scrapbooking- one photo and it just slips in! ha! [We also have the Christmas memory book.]