We Got Married!

We had the best wedding ever! Thanks a million to everyone who helped make July 25, 2009 a day we will never forget. We are so blessed with wonderful family and friends and we were thrilled to see so many of you in Denver.

I guess this blog has run its course since we're married now. But before we close it down, we have one favor to ask of you and a few youtube videos for you to watch, if you so desire.

FAVOR: If you took photos at our wedding, please send us a CD/DVD/Memory stick/etc. with your images. We're creating a massive photo/video library of the day and would love high resolution (well, higher than facebook) images to play with.

YOUTUBE: My personal photographer/videographer (aka Uncle Greg) put together a few wedding-related videos. Below is his email describing the wedding and the four videos he made. Please enjoy!

One week ago today, our niece, Audra, was married to James McCollough. His family is from Texas and her family is from Missouri...so they decided to hold the "ceremony" at Elitch Gardens (the amusement park), in Denver (where they live). This wasn't the first wedding held there, but several park employees agreed it was the most creative (attached is the wedding itinerary).

Here is a video of their wedding ceremony (set to music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u0Mu9Z8GqI

The song was originally from a cartoon called "The Jetsons." The version they used was a remake by another band - but, I'm old-school, so I used the original for their wedding video...They had the song play over the park's loud speaker (for the Ferris Wheel) while they signed their marriage license with the "big pen", threw a cotton candy bouquet, and a licorice garter. The park left it on for at LEAST an hour in continuous loop - everytime I walked by the Ferris Wheel to get something from the office building, it was blaring!

They chose this song for two reasons: This December, James is finishing his doctorate in Physics - (thus, the space travel reference) - and Audra loves it because it's fun! The people at the park were THRILLED with how the wedding turned out! The creativity, fun, and cuteness of Audra & James made it special for them, too!

Here are videos of Audra and James as they grew up (James' video features his "theme song" - written by Audra and performed by Audra & James):

Audra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUqTj3Sng7I&feature=related

James: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AtdSc-DjL0

At the reception, guests were given "mini-pink things." The original "Pink Thing" was a crocheted square (made by my mother) that Audra & James began taking on trips to personalize her photographs (sort of a traveling gnome). A friend of ours crocheted over 60 of these things so the guests could have them to take on their adventures/travels. Audra wrote this song, James sang the lead (in the style of Johnny Cash) and Melodie, Caprice, & I sang the harmonies on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiFJ0mi6cwI Who knew my mother would have started a "Pink Thing" movement? PinkThing even has its own "Facebook" page (if you're a facebooker, check it out: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Pink-Thing/87563332470?ref=nf ) Way to go, Mom! Everyone loves her!

We hope you enjoy these videos I made!

Greg & Melodie

Sincerely,
Audra and James.