Thandi & Josiah
Wedding Party
Thandi Nelson
Bride
“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept....Once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” (The Velveteen Rabbit)
Josiah Hildebrandt
Groom
“You do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may!” (Green Eggs and Ham)
Murena Nelson
Maid of Honor
"Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion." (Pride and Prejudice)
Wil Manchester
Best Man
"Beneath the clothes you find a man. Beneath the man you find his...nucleus." (Nacho Libre)
Arianna Maddock
Bridesmaid
"There is a place where all things come together, where we find the answers to the questions we’ve been asking our whole lives, and though we might never reach it, the searching itself is enough." (On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness)
Daniel Barnes
Groomsman
"Surprised, Eddie? If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am right now." (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation)
Autumn DuBose
Bridesmaid
"She is gentle, she is wild, she's a riddle, she's a child, she's a headache, she's an angel, she's a girl..." (Sound of Music)
Micah Hildebrandt
Groomsman
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost." (Fellowship of the Ring)
Joan Nelson
Mother of the Bride
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring love. Where there is offence, let me bring pardon. Where there is discord, let me bring union. Where there is error, let me bring truth. Where there is doubt, let me bring faith. Where there is despair, let me bring hope. Where there is darkness, let me bring your light. Where there is sadness, let me bring joy." (La Clochette, St. Francis)
Ginny Hildebrandt
Mother of the Groom
"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all really. Maybe it just needs a little love." (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Brett Nelson
Father of the Bride
"What is man's best gift to mankind? To be beautiful of soul and then let people see into your soul." (Streams of Living Water, Foster)
Jon Hildebrandt
Father of the Groom
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena... who comes short again and again... but who does actually strive to do the deeds." (Citizenship in a Republic)