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As I've mentioned many times, we had a full Catholic mass celebrating the sacrament of holy matrimony. That sounds heavy and serious, but I think our ceremony was joyous with out taking away the importance of the moment. We've received a lot of comments on how warm and happy the ceremony was, and I feel good about that.

There were some things about our "traditional church wedding" that weren't all that traditional.

Patrick then returned to the back of the church to meet his brother/Best Man and they walked in together, down the center aisle (I was hiding in another room until he was at the front of the church). I really liked this-- it made clear the fact that this was our day-- not just mine. He wasn't standing on the sidelines waiting while I was at the center, he was at the center, too. This way of doing things is more common in other religions, but I was really happy to learn that our parish has started doing things this way, too.

Our bridesmaids and groomsmen walked in together. This isn't all that uncommon, but up until recently it hasn't been done very often in Catholic weddings.

I walked in with my dad-- we stuck with tradition there. I know he's always wanted to walk me down the aisle, and it was a really special moment for us. We both thought we'd be a teary mess, but we were enjoying it all so much-- we were both all smiles. I'm really glad I got to spend those few minutes before going down the aisle (and those moments walking down the aisle, of course) with my Daddy-o.

It turns out both the groom and the best man were the criers! I love this photo.

I'll leave out the commentary on the rest of the ceremony photos-- they tell the story themselves.