Wicket Ties the Knot!

Whitney and Evan are married!

We'll do another post about the actual wedding, but this part is about Todd's role. In looking for a way to include all the people that were important to them in the wedding Whitney and Evan asked me and Melissa to be bridesmaids, Scott to be a groomsmen, and Todd to be the officiant. It was a clever way to get everyone involved without adding even more bridesmaids and groomsmen. Luckily in Massachusetts you can apply to be an officiant for one day.

Asking Todd to be involved by performing the ceremony was both exciting and daunting.  The paperwork was the straightforward piece, and special thanks to Jess for writing a character reference.  We sent the application in and then six weeks later got an official certificate with a seal and the governor's signature.  Then the harder part was to decide what to say during the ceremony.  For our own wedding we'd poured over the RRUUC Wedding & Commitment Ceremony Workbook so we started there.  Unfortunately they don't seem to have the workbook posted so I was glad that I'd saved and printed it out because it had really great stuff.  Whitney and Evan faced a similar problem to us:  they wanted a serious ceremony, but not an overtly religious ceremony.  Todd worked with them to get a feel for what they wanted to include and then took it from there, adding a modified wine ceremony at Wicket's request.

Although Todd was nervous and was tweaking things up until the weekend of the wedding, he did a wonderful job performing the ceremony, with a serious and attentive audience - until he accidentally knocked over a wine glass (it didn't break).  Not that I'm not biased or anything, both having helped write the ceremony and being married to the officiant, but I thought the ceremony was wonderful and a perfect fit for Whitney and Evan.