"I Kevin, Take You Will, To Be Seven Letters..."
So, finally...FINALLY!!! I'm finally beginning to post some pictures from our wedding. I really am sorry that it's taken me this long. Thank you to those of you who waited it out.
I thought, I'd better just start posting some and work my way through to the gory and bitter end.
Well, as I think I stated somewhere...Will and I decided to do this spontaneously. We decided on a Wednesday evening to have the ceremony on Friday.
You know what? I don't know what the fuck is wrong with me, but I'm having a block. I don't know why...That's why I haven't posted yet about this...I just can't seem to blog it out...
I'm just going to start sharing some photos and some commentary (always my favorite part) with you. And hopefully very soon, I can give you more details about how I was feeling, what I was thinking, basically how everything went down.
Until then, here we go...
I was a child bride and we married at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

It's one of my favorite spots here in Santa Barbara. And I always take family and friends there when they visit. The views from the clock tower are spectacular in every direction. Mountains and tiled roofs and ocean from seemingly every angle. And it truly is amazing how far you can throw things off of there. Especially beer bottles.

And is THIS the fanciest toilet you've EVER seen in your whole entire life??? It even has a bidet to wash your hole afterward. The unfortunate part is that it's outside. And people often stare. But, it's so fancy, isn't it?

See? Fancy. It's embarrassing when your turds don't sink though.
Okay, onto some hues of stale lunch-meat...Don't say I didn't warn you.

Here's me trying to work out a get-away plan with our great friend, Jim. And Jim's beautiful daughter Nicole.

And then, Will was all, "You ain't goin' nowhere, bish...Until, I SAY SO! Dang...You gots dishes and laundry to do. And babies to pop out! Shhiiittt..." Or something along those lines. The woman behind Will is the incredibly sweet minister that did the deed. (And just between me and you and this whole internets thing, she can work that tongue like nobody's business.)
And proof of our last argument as single men.

The minister wondered what we wanted to refer to one another as in our vows. You know, "I, Kevin, (sniffle, sniffle) take you Will, (sniffle, teardrop, teardrop, snort) to be my lawful-wedded bish." (Sob)
And then, Will would say something like, "I, William, (yawn) take you Kevin, (rolling eyes and pursuing lips) to be my lawful-wedded...hot piece of smokin' rockstar ass." (Throws up in mouth)
We really did start to argue here. I wanted to say, "Bubba", to be my lawful-wedded "Bubba".
And Will was having none of it. He wanted to use "Husband", because of the enormous symbol that it truly represents. (And when I say, enormous, and symbol, you KNOWS that we're talkin' bout my peeper.) He felt like we deserved to refer to one another as husband and we shouldn't take it lightly.

I tried to convince him otherwise. I stated my points and actually, the main point being that I hoped that "Bubba" would keep me laughing. And to be honest with you, I was terrified that "Husband" would crush me and reduce me to tears.
I put up a good fight, but he didn't care...

He won. And I ate shit.

"Husbands" it is then. And we were happy again. And ready to get on with things...
Until we got to the corsage part. Will's mom and sister thought we needed corsages and took it upon themselves to get them. As last minute as it was...

They were simple red roses and perfect. Although, they're never perfect going on, are they?

And Will was getting a little frustrated. While I was growing paler by the minute.

And then apparently I started yelling, "TODAY WOULD BE NICE!"
It's rather amazing how quickly that corsage went up my nose. But, then again, with the size of these nostrils, I guess it's not really that amazing...

And then it was my turn.

And you can tell I didn't do so well, because I believe that those are Will's Mom's hands fixing it. I was ready though..."Now what? Huh? Huh? What do we do now, lady?"
Well, she took that as her cue to start tonguing me all over again, which I thought was slightly inappropriate.
So, we headed outside to actually get married.

And you can see here that the minister was telling me how big her right boob used to be. And Will appears to be looking for the quickest exit.
Here's a clock tower view of the sunken gardens where we married.

It was right under those palm trees in the lower right-hand corner.
Or, more precisely,
under that grouping of trees...It was truly surreal...and one of the most intimate moments of my life. And peeking around the corner, there wasn't just a beautiful ceremony ahead... I was about to be greatly humbled, by seven letters that make up the word husband.






38 Comments:
i think i've said this to you before, but i need to read about loving relationships and this helps me in my own spot. i want my kids to know that love does exist and stuff like this helps.
my right boob kicks ass too
How perfectly wonderful! *sob*
what a gorgeous setting for your ceremony.
Seeing you and Will gives me hope for my son.
AW! You both look so dashingly (is that even a word?) handsome!
Congrats to you both!!!!!!!
This makes me well up with happiness!
Congratulations, my friend.
Much love,
J
It was wonderful to see some of your wedding pictures. And Kevin, no one can rock the lunchmeat-complexion quite like you.
Love you and congratulations!
Molly & The Baron
That is the most beautiful wedding story I have ever heard! Made me get all teary again.
You got married at one of my favorite places on earth. My mom used to play there as a little girl back in the early 1930s. She said she and her friend would pretend they lived in a castle...
What a beautiful location and event. Congratulations Kevin and Will!
Very cool. Congrats to you both. Is there going to be a reception? I'll bring lunch meat.
Yay! Congratulations again!
I love how you make me teary-eyed and snort my coffee at the same time...
Congrats again and again and again...
OMG, how perfectly beautiful! And I love the is-this-really-happening (in the best of ways) look on your face. So perfectly real when it's 2 people in love. [dabbing eyes]
Finally! For some reason I fully expected you to be in drag... sigh.
Many happy congratulations!
Sarcasm that makes me cry is a rare accomplishment. I don't even know you guys, but I love you anyway. Congratulations. I'm glad will won. "Husband" is the real deal.
Awwwww. Congratulations again. This was great.
Yay for you making me laugh and cry again in the same post -- you are THE BEST! Picture #9. Oh! Thanks so much for posting the pictures and sharing your happiness. Congrats again. I wish you BLISS! Husbands -- they are great to have in so many ways!
I so wish I could have been there to blubber with you!
Dude. This is rad. The photos, the commentary, the love. Congrats.
This post was worth waiting for. It. Was. Beautiful. You and Will both looked so handsome...and one could truly see the love in your eyes.
While I'm still bitter that you didn't invite me to be the flower girl I still want to offer you my best wishes and I hope that the love between you two continues to grow through out the years.
I've never been a husband but I've had two of them and my advice to any new husband is: please rememebr to put your socks INSIDE the hamper and not next to or on top of it.
Follow that advice and I'm certain that you'll live happily ever after.
Congratulations, you guys!
All the best...
Lunch-meat complexion's rock! Think we've all had a taste of that at some point. Congrats to you two, I wish nothing but happiness and laughter to you both!
Anonymous was me, Jade! Sorry bout that.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I meant to leave a comment way back when, expressing my congratulations... Alas, it didn't happen.
Anyway... Congratulations and many happy years!
Oh, and the picture under 'He won. And I ate shit.' - What's up with your pants?
all i can say through my tears is that i am so overwhelmingly happy for you. kisses, hugs, smacks on the ass.
xoxo
liv
Ah yes, I too was expecting someone to be in full lace bridal gown. Ah well, you were both pretty.
I was sort of hoping for something along the lines of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"...
Um, remember when we were FRIENDS and HELLO shouldn't you and Will be honeymooning down in Laguna?
Congratulations to you and your handsome husband,
xx
And they both lived happily ever after....
my love to you both
x x x
Belated Congratulations!!!
*sniff sniff* My little boy's all grown up and murrried!!
"Congratulations!", "Mazel Tov!", "YEE HAW!", "You go, girl!" and all the appropriate shit. Sincerely! I could NOT be happier for you guys!
And the pics were beauteous, my lovely. Even with your lunch-meat face.
BIG LOVE! XOXOXOXOXO
Thanks, you guys. Truly, thank you.
Oh and Gretchen? I think that my penis is so big, it just messed up my pants. Of course, that's EXACTLY what it must have been.
Awwww. Sweet!
You both looked gorgeous!
And now, I'm sobbing!
Congratulations you gorgeous husbands!
Thank you so much for sharing your big day with us. You both look so handsome and so in love! What a beautiful wedding spot too.
And I can't comment on the McCain posts because it makes me throw up in my mouth to think about him too much.
aaaw, I miss a few days and you run off and get married. Corngratulations!
Leave it to the mother in law to have to put her hands into everything...even the corsages...ha.
It figures I missed this when you finally posted it. I'm an ass.
Looks like a phenomenal time Kevin. You both are so handsome.
I am so friggin happy for you I could spit in that bidet.
No pictures of your hole in the bidet though huh?
Really, Congratulations again Kevin and Will. This couldn't happen to two more amazing people.
Awesome, Kevin! Happiness always.
Congratulations Kevin and Will! I had no idea, as I've been out of the blogosphere lately. (Thanks to Carrie for letting me know about the wedding in her post today.)
You two are one of my favorite couples (next to Brad and Angie, and me and Rigel.) Many years of happiness! A drink is in order, I think - soon!!
I've had a busy summer and been away from blogland and am working to get caught up, so I'm sorry it's late, but congratulations to you and Will. It looks like it was an absolutely perfect day. I couldn't be happier for you.
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