Wedding Day: Darold and Kevin

getting ready for the service

Our friends Darold and Kevin have been together over  2 years and live in east Tennessee where marriage equality isn't a reality, so they came to Washington, D.C. to get married on Friday,June 6th. 

Darold and Kevin getting instructions from the officiant

Kevin's dad doing a reading

Kevin - "do you take Darold..."

 





CASUAL CEREMONY -  They had a brief and very casual ceremony at the Church of the Holy City in Washington, D.C. and decided to be very casual with matching polo shirts - so the officiant joked about 5 times during the ceremony that someone needs to teach them some fashion sense! 

Darold and Kevin laughed and cried during the event

 

Darold's aunt doing a reading

holding the marriage certificate

  Members of Kevin and Darold's families were there -all from out of state, to see the marriage become legal. We enjoyed talking to their cousin Ruthie and her husband Kevin who live in Virginia (others live in the southern U.S.) and Reggie who came up from Tennessee.

L: Tom (front), Kevin, Darold  R: Kevin, Ruthie, cousin and aunt

Walking out a legally married couple!

A LUNCH RECEPTION -  After the service, we all had lunch at the Bali Thai restaurant in D.C. - and Tom and I had not really tasted Thai food before.  There were a total of 18 of us, including the two grooms, and it was a really fun time.
  Darold and Kevin spent the next day touring their families around Washington, D.C. (we couldn't go because Rob had two book related events to attend). 
  Enjoy the pictures!