Wendy and Doug
October 2nd, 2011
Jackson Falls
5:00 pm
Welcome:
Olivia, Allison, Genevieve and Sara; Your mother and Doug are honored to have you join them here today for this special ceremony, joining your family into one. Your mother and Doug are getting married today because they love each other very much, and because they love each one of you very much.
Doug has been very much like a father to you all for a while now and by getting married, they are adding to the family and solidifying this role as he becomes your step-father and you all become his step-daughters.
Your mother and Doug want to share their life together and want you girls to be part of it all-along the way. Theylook forward to becoming even more ofa family as the years go by andyou all grow along together.
Vows:
Wendy, please repeat after me:
IWendy take youDoug to be my husband
knowing in my heart that you will be a faithful friend
and a true and loving companion.
Today I give you my vow,
that as your wife,
I will always be with you and support you.
I promise to loveand care for you
from this day forward,
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
in good times and in bad
with all I have to give.
I promise to work by your side
to create a wonderful life,
together with you, and as a family.
I promise to laugh with you,
to nurture your dreams,
and to share with you,
life's simplest, but most enduring pleasures.
I promise to be truthful and honest with you,
and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live.
Doug, please repeat after me:
IDoug take youWendy, to be my wife
knowing in my heart that you will be a faithful friend
and a true and loving companion.
Today I give you my vow,
that as your husband,
I will always be with you and support you.
I promise to loveand care for you
from this day forward,
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
in good times and in bad
with all I have to give.
I promise to work by your side
to create a wonderful life,
together with you, and as a family.
I promise to laugh with you,
to nurture your dreams,
and to share with you,
life's simplest, but most enduring pleasures.
I promise to be truthful and honest with you,
and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live.
Rings:
Wendy, as you place the ring on Doug’s finger, please repeat after me
With this ring, I marry my best friend.
I commit my heart and soul to you.
With this ring we begin our new life together.
With this ring, IWendy take you Doug
to be my husband,
my best friend, my partner in life, my soul mate.
Doug, as you place the ring on Wendy’s finger, please repeat after me
With this ring, I marry my best friend.
I commit my heart and soul to you.
With this ring we begin our new life together.
With this ring, IDoug take you Wendy
to be my wife,
my best friend, my partner in life, my soul mate.
Pronouncement:
May you always appreciate the life you have found with each other. It now gives me great pleasure to say, by the power vested in me by the State of New Hampshire, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride!