Friday night: cake assembly
Are you sure these dowels are going to hold the wedding cake together?
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Friday night: cake assembly
Jade (on the left) frosts the cake.
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The musicians get their instructions
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The musicians get their instructions
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Before the ceremony
The wedding is at Helderledge Farm, Mara's parents' plant nursery.
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The site of the ceremony
Mara's parents did wonderful landscaping to create the ceremony space.
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Before the ceremony
Jade and Alexis (the ushers) and Alan (the best man) are in the foreground.
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The nursery is lovely.
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Before the ceremony
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Mara's housemates arrive
From the right: Ondrej, Derek, and Deborah
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Before the ceremony
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Where the reception would have been...
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Guest book
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The "bridal path"
Mara's dad built paths for the procession to walk from the house to the ceremony
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The musicians
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Guy likes taking pho...people taking photos
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Alexis and Boris
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The ceremony is about to start
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Boris and Sarah
Sarah, Mara's sister, performed the ceremony
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Boris and Sarah
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Boris and Sarah
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Here comes Mara!
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Mara and parents
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Procession
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The ceremony
Mara's sister Alexis was the maid of honor
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The ceremony
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The ceremony
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The ceremony
Boris' mother and brother recite the lyrics to "What a wonderful world"
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The ceremony
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The ceremony
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The ceremony
Mara's father recites a poem
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The ceremony
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The ceremony
The vows
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The ceremony
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The ceremony
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The ceremony
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The ceremony
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The ceremony
The exchange of rings
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The reception
Due to a sudden thunderstorm the reception was moved to the greenhouse
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Mara and Ondrej
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Deborah, Ondrej, and Jade
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Derek, Sarah, and someone I don't know
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Ben and Eli
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Boris, Mara, and Alan
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We're happy right here next to the wine
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Is that food? For us?
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Again, Guy likes tak...people taking photos
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Everyone clink your glasses!
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The reception
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The Williams crowd
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Mmmmm food
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Mmmm vegetarian option
(Not to imply that the vegetarian option wasn't food)
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Michganders gathering for a photo
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Guy likes taking pho...people taking photos
This time, of the official photographer
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Guy likes taking pho...people taking photos
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Guy, let us eat in peace!
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Greenhouse chandelier
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Here comes the cake!
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The cake
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Jade and the cake
Jade is justifiably proud of her cake decorating
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The cake
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The cake
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The cake
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The cake
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Evening falls
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Guy's artsy photo
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Greenhouse at night
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Karaoke in the greenhouse
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The fire
Mara's dad and Boris' mom
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