Finally...
After all these years...
Edmund and Sophie bring you...
Wedding Pictures!
So we're never going to be on Martha
Stewart's list of best-dressed weddings. How do I know this?
Well, for one thing, I had never heard of Martha Stewart until I shopped
for a wedding planner, a fact which horrified the sales clerk at the time.
That, right there, should tell you we're not on the same wave length.
But I'm betting Martha never had that much fun at her wedding!
The Story
The People
The Funny Bits
The Story
Edmund and Sophie, never content with doing things the easy way, had not
one but three weddings. Well, kind of. Since they and a large
number of their friends lived in California, but Sophie's family and the
rest of her friends lived in Québec, it was pretty clear no single
location was going to win good attendance from both groups. So Edmund
and Sophie got married in front of a justice of the peace with just their
friends Steve Wilson and Dorene Giacopini as witnesses, hopped on a plane
to Montreal, and had a wedding party in Quebec. Then they came back
and had what they consider to be their official wedding, regardless of
what it says in the paperwork, as a nonconformist ceremony in northern
California.
The wedding was a really a three-day affair on Labour Day weekend 1996
(yes, it's taken us a while to get a page together.) We invited our
friends and family to camp with us for the weekend at a very quiet (6 spots!)
campsite which is part of the Redwood
National and State Parks, Big Lagoon, or to stay at one of the several
lovely Bed & Breakfasts
in nearby Trinidad. Here is what the weekend looked like:
The very cool thing was that after a weekend of fun together, people we
knew from different walks of life had come together to form a group.
We had such a wonderful time, we wish we could get married more often!
The People
The pictures were taken by everyone at the wedding, since we had distributed
disposable cameras to everyone; but the two official photographers (who
took the pictures during the ceremony itself) were Paul von Fisher and
Pam Rasada. Maureen Pisani also videotaped the ceremony and the stag
party. Here are the friends who participated in this weeknd event:
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Rick Botzler
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Jeff Combos and Karen Partridge (now Karen Combos)
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Byron Dorn
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Phil and Marie Gutierrez and family
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Tom Henneker and Marsha Yuen (now Marsha Henneker)
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Joe Houseworth
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Eric Hutchins and Pam Rasada
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Christopher and Heidi Kerr and family
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Jake O'Brien and Tara Fuller
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Steve, Maureen, and Brian Pisani
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Roger and Carol St. Helen
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Louise Spaulding
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Noel Steffans
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Paul von Fisher and Hiroyo Mikami (now Hiroyo von Fisher)
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Steve Wilson and Dorene Giacopini
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Tiffany
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And us, of course!
The Funny Bits
Some of the uncommon tidbits relating to our wedding (all true, by the
way). [Story links coming soon, promise!]
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Reservations at Rolf's - a bit sketchy on detail...
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Reservations at Prairie Creek - it's a jungle out there
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Ernie the Tow-Truck Driver and the many stories he left us
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Elks 3, Humans 0 - human stupidity, cervid victories
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Lothar of the Hill People - everybody needs a theme
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I Ain't Gonna Pay No Dollar... - wedding
wars
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The Mystery Guest - who was that masked woman, anyway?
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What Steven Spielberg said about our wedding
And you know what? Some of the best stories didn't even make it to
this Web page...
Note:
This page is still under construction; we have a bunch more pictures
to scan, and stories to write. Created 15 August 2001.
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