Emwed Pictures

Thanks to my mom, Rob, and Aaron, we've got a substantial number of pictures documenting the weekend that was EMWed 2007!

Take a peek here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrenz/sets/72057594069775121/

Looking especially for Friday night pictures and actual ceremony pictures from Sat night if anyone has them. And of course, great Volcano disaster pictures always welcome!

In a few years, we will have a hard time believing that actually happened, and that all of you were there to ruin your best outfits (sorry about that!).

The Vows

Cheers to C.K. and Karen, who inspired us to write these vows.

Thanks to Mindy for writing the perfect ceremony in which to start this stage of our adventure!

• Kindness: I promise to give the highest priority to the kindness that our connection deserves.

• Growth: I agree to take responsibility for my own happiness, health, and growth and help as much as I can, as gently as I can, with yours.

• Gentleness: I will try to understand myself first in silence and speak the hard things softly in order that we both may hear.

• Connection: I will continue to learn and respect who you are and search out points of connection.

• Humor: I will do my best to appreciate the moments of humor and celebrate moments of joy that we may lighten the darker times.

• Responsibility: I promise to take responsibility for the quality of our life together.

These rings, which were once symbols of your private commitment to one other, now become public symbols of the larger commitment you are making to your friends, to your family, to your larger community, and to the work you will continue to do together in this world.

Do you, Eric, choose Mikaela to be your family from this day forward?
I do.

Do you, Mikaela, choose Eric to be your family from this day forward?
I do.

Do you, Eric and Mikaela, agree to be the best partners to each other that you can?
We do.

Do you, Eric and Mikaela’s family and friends, agree to support this couple, individually and together, from this day forward?
We do.

Do you also agree to take responsibility for your own growth and relationships, and the work that you do in the world and in your communities?
We do.


And we thank you for doing it!

E & M

Thanks, Sophie!

Mikaela says:
Not only did Sophie give us a shout-out in the oh-so-popular-with-the-quirkily-popular-It-Crowd Duke City Fix, she also sent me a thank you card for attending the wedding. That has got to be a first.

Who does that?

Sophie the Magnificent, that's who.

Just so you know, the rest of you should NOT hold your breaths for thank you cards. Eric & I are still falling into bed exhausted and sick after work each day, which I personally plan to do for at least another week before even buying thank you cards.

By the way, we have tons of champagne left over. Anyone wanna come watch movies with us and play innovative drinking games as we write those cards?

Let us know!

M

Pictures Trickling In (We Want a Flood - really this time!)

Mikaela says:

Hope everyone's still warm and dry and happy out there! We're still married, so it WAS worth it (to us, at least!)...

I'll post pics that people send me here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrenz/

email your pics to: mjrenz@gmail.com

I'll also post more "I survived emwed" t-shirt ideas as they come in... Some of the best so far:

• It's more than a wedding; it's an adventure!
• Wind and rain and hail, oh my!
• Technology may be our friend, but nature sure as hail isn't!
• Nature is no match for laughter, life, and love