Spenner Family: August 2007

The vows

I, Kevin, choose you, Cassy, as my best friend and the love of my life. I promise you my deepest love, my fullest devotion, my most tender care. Through the pressures of the present and the uncertainties of the future, I promise to be faithful to you. I promise to love you, to commit to you, and to support you. I pledge to respect your unique talents and abilities and to lend you strength for all of your dreams. You have shown me what love feels like and for that I thank you. You are everything I need, and at this moment I know all of my prayers have been answered and that all of my dreams have come true. I praise God for you, Cassy, for all of your love and constant friendship. I know that our love is heaven sent and I promise to be here for ever and always. From this day forward, you shall not walk alone. My heart will be your shelter, and my arms will be your home. As I have given you my hand to hold, so I give you my life to keep.

Blessing of the Hands-Exchanging of Rings

These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and full of love for you, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever.

These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future.

These are the hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, and with the slightest touch, will comfort you like no other.

These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief fills your mind.

These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes; tears of sorrow, and tears of joy.

These are the hands that will tenderly hold your children.

These are the hands that will help you to hold your family as one.

These are the hands that will give you strength when you need it.

And lastly, these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.

The Sand Ceremony

Kevin and Cassy, today you are making a life-long commitment to share the rest of your lives with each other.

Your relationship is symbolized through the pouring of these two individual containers of sand; one, representing you, Kevin and all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be, and the other representing you, Cassy, and all that you were and all that you are, and all that you will ever be.

Each one holds its own unique beauty, strength, and character. They can stand on their own and be whole, without the need of anything else. When the two are blended together they represent an entirely new and extraordinary love relationship. Each grain of sand brings to the mixture a lasting beauty that forever enriches the combination.

As you each hold your sand the separate containers of sand represent your lives to this moment; individual and unique. As you now combine your sand together, your lives also join together as one.

The life that each of you have experienced until now, individually, will hereafter be inseparably united, for the two shall become one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be.

The Ceremony

Dad walked me down the aisle (well, across the lawn)
at the beginning of the ceremony.

Our friend Pastor Terry Martin
officiated the ceremony.

Exchanging of rings.

The sand ceremony.

You may now kiss your bride!

Mother and Daughter

My beautiful Emily was the Jr. Bridesmaid. She did a great job!

Cassy's Family

From left to right: Paul and Neal, Kevin and Cassy, Emily, Judy and Ralph, Scott

Kevin's Family

From left to right: Elizabeth (just before Sarah was born!) with Abby and Jadyn in front, Katherine, Bruce and Dottie, Cassy and Kevin with Emily and Riley in front, Tricia and Brian with Michael and Matthew in front, Elise being held by Mark, Rachel holding Jackson, Lisa and Matt with Kayla in front.