There were people from my home church, my college church, from my new church in Seattle. I was proud to have my 6 groomsmen exactly who they were and from many different stages/walks of my life.We really thought we had the best supporting cast around us.Suzi’s maid of honor, Kaley, even suggested that I had chosen my groomsmen and ushers based on their work ethic, because everyone worked long hours for the entire weekend - setting up, tearing down, folding napkins, folding paper to put cookies in, constructing programs, arranging the tables in the reception, carrying cinder blocks around, twisting purple streamers for literally hours. We had Moms cooking all weekend for the reception.

Suzi and I remain floored at the amount of love, encouragement, and support we received from family and friends that weekend.It is a celebration of God’s design of marriage to bring us into relationship with each other as He’s brought us into relationship with Him, a celebration of God’s relentless love to towards us and to enable us to be more like Him and to see how infinite His love must be if He can love people like us.”

The real celebration is not of our love or commitment or ability, as if we are two perfect people who will live happily ever due to self-sufficiency. We want to leave no mistake, though, that this is not a celebration of us, but for us. We thank you for coming to be a part of that. What I wish I had said is something like this - “Today is a celebration, for Suzi and me and our families.

I had a chance to say something at the reception - I thanked a few people, but wasn’t able to eloquently communicate what Suzi and I were thinking.

This is a blog post to recount some of those things. Many people told us to enjoy our wedding day as much as we could and try to take it all in.

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