Saturday, May 25, 1991

What a beautiful day! How do you describe one of the greatest days of your life?? So many friends and family members in attendance. I never stopped smiling! I know many brides cry on their wedding day - I'm just not one of them!! I had too much to be happy about to cry! I think I would have skipped down the aisle, but Dad held me back!!

Our parents were quite involved in the ceremony. Mom made the cake and Dad walked me down the aisle. Les' Mom played a piano solo and his Dad did a great job anchoring down the front row! We are both blessed to have parents that loved each other. Mom and Dad were married 40 years before she passed away, and Les' parents will be celebrating their 50th anniversary this year!

Our wedding party:
Matron of Honor - Kim Fultz, Best Man - Lance McElhaney
Bridesmaids - Yvonne Kimbley, Heather Kimbley, Darla Johnson, and Lisa McElhaney
Groomsmen - Rick Fultz, Jimmy McElhaney, Jonathan McElhaney, and Jeff Harpole
Flower Girls and Escort - Krysten and Lauren Ducusin and Ryan Fultz

A fine looking group, if I do say so myself!!

The ceremony was beautiful, with both of our Pastors officiating. Rod sang "Perfect Union" by Matthew Ward:

There's a love that lasts a lifetime
A love between a man and wife
A love so strong it goes beyond our reason
It flows from God above

And there are times in every union
When hard times and trouble fall
Tearing at the seams of love
Trying to deafen first love's call

A perfect union, formed within His hands
Hands that formed the earth, the sky and sea
Still joins hearts together
Joining them in three part harmony

There You are, You're the light in our darkness
In our troubled times when we can't find a way to carry on
Then You're there, You're the strength in our weakness
With Your loving arms to hold us close and light to lead us on...

Hand and hand we'll seek the Father
And the Father's precious Son
And the power of His Spirit
That will keep our hearts as one

And though the winds blow and the storms of life set in
there's a Captain Who can calm the raging wind
If we turn our eyes to Him
A miracle just waiting to begin

There You are, You're the light in our darkness
In our troubled times when we can't find a way to carry on
Then You're there, You're the strength in our weakness
With Your loving arms to hold us close and light to lead us on...
There You are

After 18 years, I can truly say that with God as part of our union, it's been a perfect union!

We had a unique bit of decorating. Since ours was a Spring wedding, we wanted an "outdoorsy" look. Les built swings and our bridesmaids sat on them during the ceremony.

Little did I know that Les had a surprise for me...

Before our wedding, we had chosen not to kiss. We had decided to control the physical temptations that come with engagement, so our first kiss would be in front of God and everybody!! Instead of the traditional "you may kiss the bride", Bro. Morton said, "Les, you may give your bride a kiss." What followed was a quick toss from Lance, and Les was on his knee holding up a giant Hershey kiss!!!


If you click on the picture above, you can see the laughter of the wedding party! The only people that knew that was coming, was Les, Lance, Dad, and Bro. Morton! We had a "real" kiss after that and were happily pronounced husband and wife! We walked out to "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and I think we look mighty happy!!

Our wedding was held at 11:00 a.m. because we had a flight to catch! We flew from Fresno to Los Angeles to Honolulu, arriving in Hawaii at 8:30 Saturday night! What a day!