Mr & Mrs Jones

We had Em & Gerald's wedding over the weekend!  Everything did not go as planned, but when does it?  Regardless of a couple of hiccups it was a beautiful day!  And at the end of it all Em & Jones are now married!  Here are a few pictures, some I took, some my friends took:

I hope when the photographer gets the pictures up on his website maybe I can share the link to that with everyone. 

This is my toast I gave:

Dear Em,

You are my little sister.  There is something very special about the way an older sister feels about their younger sister.  It’s always been my job to look out for you.  To show you the ropes.  To make sure that nothing bad happens to you. 

Almost like a parent, I have watched you grow up.  I’ve seen you go from the cute little girl with the long blonde hair and big blue eyes to the awkward pre-teen with the shark tooth!  I’ve seen you through the braces and the acne and then one day you were all grown up!  And you are so beautiful! 

We didn’t always get along when we were younger but I always loved you to pieces.  There is no denying how different we are, we truly are extreme opposites when it comes to a lot of things!  But at the same time we are so alike.  We have our own sense of humor when we are together that nobody else seems to understand!  I feel bad for the boys when we start laughing and they just don’t get it and really, there is no way for us to explain it to them!  Its just funny because we know that it is!

You have grown up to  be an amazing women and now wife!  You learned to cook, you sort of learned how to do laundry!  haha  And you fell in love…

Dear Gerald (Jonesie),

I have known you for six years now.  I feel like I got to watch you grow up too!  When you and Em started dating you were sixteen years old and you had that goofy mustache!  Thank goodness you had Em to clean you up and show you some style! 

You hadn’t got out in the world a whole lot before we met you.  I will never forget the night we took you to Burger King!  The fact that you had never been there cracked us all up!  And last summer when we took you out for your 21^st birthday, it was so much fun showing you what it’s like to go out to a bar.  Even though its not really your thing, you gave it a try and I think you did have fun that night!

You are one of the hardest workers I have ever met.  We have been so proud of you and all of your accomplishments.  Not everyone can hold down a full time job and graduate from college with honors!  I don’t think you give yourself enough credit for all that you do.  I know that you will take care of Em for the rest of your lives.

To you both,

The story of Emily and Gerald is such a classic love story!  You are marrying your high school sweetheart, your first love.  You met at a young age and you were instantly a solid unit.  Nothing has ever come between the two of you.  I have no doubt in my mind that you are soul mates and meant to be together forever! 

I wish for you both to enjoy everything that marriage has to offer!  There will be lots of happy times and wonderful memories!  There will also be rough patches and days that you just want to forget.  But remember to keep laughing together and to always fight fair.  And that advice that everyone is going to give you about “not going to bed angry”, that’s a crock of shit!  If you are mad, I promise you, it’s better to just go to sleep and deal with it in the morning!  Everything always seems SO MUCH WORSE at 2:00 in the morning!  Just trust me on that one!

I love you both so much and I’m so happy to be a part of your special day!