Looks like you guys had a wonderful day. What a great group of family and friends you have to honor you so lovingly. Congrats Mike, best wishes to you and Rob, and much luck, love and happiness in the years to come.
to the both of you. This has to be one of the happiest threads I have had the privilege of reading. I am so glad that Maine finally came to its' senses and recognized that everyone is entitled to be loved by someone. And to have that love given all the legal rights that other citizens have is just icing on the "wedding" cake. 
I got married in MN. At the time, I changed my name to include the DH's name at the end (no hyphen). When I went to have my passport renewed at the US embassy, the US government did not recognize my registration certificate as a legal document (we left MN before the marriage certificate was ready), so I had to have my passport in my maiden name. The Canadian government does not recognize my maiden name, so all my "legal" things (health card, SIN card, property title) are in my married name. The US embassy made me get my dl changed to my maiden name, but my car remained in my married name. To change it, I have to file an affidavit of name change. I can't be bothered, I just have lots of a/k/a on my legal papers. And, I was able to change the name on my DL back after I got my new passport without any proof of name change.
Thanks Everyone!
here are our invitations, hand made by my cousin! She used peacock feather stamps to create these. She made all of the interlocking hearts individually.
Here's the thread that some have requested!
Today our wonderful friends threw us a wedding shower. It was fantastic, had over 30 people show up! They rented a space, made food and set up games. We're honored to have such great friends.
Here are a few pics of the event.
I'm the bald one in case anyone was wondering!
Here we are opening gifts, this is pretty much the expression that my partner has on his face all the time,
Can you guess what's in the wrapping paper?
Our color inspiration was peacocks, our friend has wild ones roaming through her yard. One of the hostess made this for us, she loves to do sculptures, this was totally awesome! Peacocks have kind of taken over the wedding as a theme, thanks to my other half... I didn't realize that they are now trendy!
She also made these!
Here is the pan that was under the wrapping paper, from our registry.
Ramekins! Also from our registry!
A beautiful gift of flowers
