Matt's vows: With this ring, I give you my promise that from this day forward I will give you all my love, and you shall not walk alone. I promise to always listen to what you have to say, even when we don’t see eye to eye. I promise to listen to your advice and occasionally take it. I promise to never keep score . . . even if I am winning. I promise to always treat you as my best friend and my equal. I promise to always admire your huge, strong, kind and determined heart. But most of all, I promise to love you, under any circumstances; happy or sad, easy or difficult, through the sunshine, through the rain and hopefully through some snow for the rest of our days. I vow to trust and value your opinions, and to listen for as long as it takes for you to feel heard. I vow to watch in awe as you kick yoga ass and take names. I vow to be your unrelenting cheer team on the days it feels too much. I vow to make you laugh out loud (at least with the songs that I make up). I vow that I will always love you. You have helped me become the person I am today, and with your help, I will be a better person tomorrow than I was yesterday Let us be best friends and lovers, and may we grow old disgracefully together. I am the luckiest man in the world and I couldn’t imagine growing old with anyone else. As your love is my anchor and your trust is my strength may my heart be your shelter and my arms be your home. As I place this ring on your finger, I give you all that I am and all that I shall become.
Liz's Vows: My love, we have been together a long time, we have seen the best and worst of each other. And we still stand here today, making promises and reminders to walk each other home. Babe, you help me stay grounded and connected while my head is in the clouds. You hold space for my huge heart and always remind me to follow it. You have helped me become the woman and mama that i am today. With this ring, i choose you. I choose to make every day we spend together full of laughter, love, and fun. I choose to make our house a home. Most importantly though, today I remind you that I choose to walk by your side. I promise to love you as is. Bad jokes and all. I promise to share with you my joys as well as my worries. I promise to listen to you as well as listen to words unspoken. I promise to hug you every damn day and to give you space when you are feeling tired. And I promise to offer you my last olive. With these vows, I hope we continue to make each other better. Better people, better parents, better loves. Each day, my hope is that we can bring a little more sunshine into the world. That we show the boys what love and friendship looks like. I vow to be there for you. Thick and thin i couldn’t ask for a better person to be my home, to be my person, to be my partner. Let this ring be a reminder of our love, of our vows, and the promises we make each other. With this ring, i give to you my heart and promise to love you more every day.