maleficent

I honestly don't remember what chapel they used, just that it was a pretty white place. (Helpful, I know)

Friends had asked me and a few others to Vegas for a long weekend, we got obscenely good airfares and roommates so we couldn't not go.

Friday night, we went to dinner, then a limosine took 6 of us to a very pretty wedding chapel, located near a lake. (I don't remember the name) They then hit us with, "hey we're getting married". They had planed it for a few months, and got some sort of package that they paid a few hundred dollars for that had a video tape of the wedding, flowers for the wedding party (men and women) champagne toast, the bride's choice of song for one dance, a candle lighting ceremony, and the bride and groom wrote their own vows. I expected it to be really cheesey, but it was such a beautiful ceremony because these two were/are so much in love that it was nicer than any big ass huge wedding that would set you back 10's of thousands of dollars.
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New Years Eve in 2000, my brother and his wife, hiked to the top of some mountain in Washington State (where they were living at the time) in a backpack, they had a bridal veil, flowers, a bottle of champagne and some glasses. Among the people on the hike was an ordained minister (who knew what tehy were up to) and my brothers best friend since high school and his wife (they served as the best man and maid of honor). They reached the top of the mountain - and they got married... The pictures are absolutely beautiful.. .and again -- it was a ceremony about love, and not about other people...

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