Me encantan las bodas!

I love weddings!
Yesterday my cousin got married!
She is the second cousin (out of sixteen!) on my mom's side to get married! :)

Scott and Jacqui are a fun couple.
They met in a paint shop... which is kinda ironic since Scott (and now Jacqui's;) last name is Painter! xD
I'm so excited to see what God will do with them as they enter this new stage of life!

This is a picture of them from December 2009- just a few months after they started dating.

Now, just over 2 years later, they are married! :D

So excited for them!!!!!!!!!! (sorry.. Scott's head got kinda cut off :P)


The ceremony was lovely.. Jacqui's younger brother who is studying to be a pastor gave the message for the wedding.
It was really good- He talked about the wife's responsibility to submit to her husband just as all of us in the church (the body of Christ) submit to Christ; and he talked about the husband's responsibility to give up comfort and give of himself even unto death out of love for his wife, just life Christ gave up comfort and came to suffer and die out of love for us!
The symbolism is so great!!

They wrote their own vows which was really neat too.

After the wedding was the reception. Seven of my other cousins were there and it was really good to see them!
One of them was my cousin who is a marine. Thank you Lord for bringing him home safely!
Anyways, the reception was so fancy! I was a little confused about which silvewear was mine and which glass I was supposed to use... lol

But it was a lovely reception and the food was delicious!
What a fun evening!


Thank you Lord for designing marriage.
Bless Scott and Jaqui as they start their new life together- may they grow even closer to you and be a blessing and light for Christ to all who they encounter!  Give them a strong marriage and a firm foundation with Christ as the solid rock and center of their home. Amen. :)

~~
Isabel