You are my best friend.

Ooo. you make me live
whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooo, you make me live now honey
Ooo, you make me live
You're the best friend
that I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
You're my best friend
Ooo, you make me live
I've been wandering round
But I still come back to you
In rain or shine
You've stood by me girl
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend.
You're the first one
When things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love
The things that you do
You're my best friend
Ooo, you make me live.
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend
You're my best friend
Ooo, you make me live
You, you're my best friend.
~ Queen

Photo by bridesmaid, Kate Laskowski.

I finally got my wedding album. I am still waiting for the digital negatives so that I can make prints, but the actual album is in and looks great. Waiting nearly 1o months for the album and being at 11 months still without negatives or prints is unacceptable, but what can I do now?

Anyhow, the photographer put our album on an online slide show so that we can share it with all our friends. (I didn't pick the music and don't know who it is. ) Please enjoy, and if you want some prints, hopefully I will have the negatives soon and can make as many prints as I like, so just let me know.

Thinking about my wedding brings back a flood of memories, mostly awesome but a few sad ones. The sad ones will fade because they are all of people who let me down in some way or another. But the awesome memories, these are the ones that I will never forget. I got to marry my best friend. We have years and years ahead of us to spend serving God together and loving each other. I can't wait!

Something that Jeremy and I did was to write our own vows in addition to the traditional vows. I have decided to share them here with you. Well, these are at least what we each had written down. What we actually said was probably some variation of the following:

Beverly, you are my best friend. You have been a great blessing in my life. As I marry you today, I promise that I will stand by you every day for the rest of our lives; no matter what good or evil may come. I will laugh with you, cry with you, pray for you, and cherish every day with you. I pray that as we become one today, our faith will grow stronger and we may live as God has planned for us.

Jeremy, you are my best friend. I love how you make me laugh, how you encourage me, how you just make me a better person. I can't wait to spend this life with you. I will stand behind you and beside you in everything that comes our way. I know we will fight, get angry, or hurt each other at some point, but I know that God will get us through. Every day, I will chose to love you. It is my joy to serve you, encourage you, respect you, and honor you. I promise to continue loving and serving you with all my heart and everything God has given me. Thank you for loving me, I love you, Jeremy Keith Weber.

Above photo by Damien Wagaman

Just so you know, Jeremy and I worked on our vows separately and never heard the other's until we were at the alter. We each both chose to begin our vows the same way on our own! Ironically, our first dance song was You're my Best Friend, by Queen.

Above photos by bridesmaid, Kate Laskowski.

P.S. The note that you see in the slide show was a note that Jeremy wrote to me and sent via his best man, Madison, to the bridal suite. It said:

Beverly -
You are my best friend and I can't wait to marry you today! Relax and take a deep breath. Everything is ready to go and anything that goes wrong doesn't matter.
I love you and can't wait to see your dad walk you down the aisle in a few minutes!!
Love,
Jeremy