the first three

Today is our three-year anniversary! "What?" you say, "Your anniversary is in February." Well, yes. Then, too.  See, we had to get married in order for Dexter to get a visa to the UAE.  I didn't want to do the full wedding and then have to be separated, so we did a quick little thing at the AGs office in Nairobi.  It was a rather depressing affair, actually, and made me so glad that we still had the real wedding to look forward to.

So even though we consider February our "real" anniversary, I think it is important to take a moment and celebrate this day as well!

Let's take a little trip down memory lane, shall we?

There we are, waiting. . .and waiting, and waiting in the antiseptic hallway of the AGs office. At least we got chairs! Notice the colors? Brown & Blue! Our wedding colors.

 exchanging rings

 {first kiss}
I'm not sure how many people do that...the woman looked at us kinda funny

signing the marriage certificate

witnesses: Anna Cuthel & Sam Baguma

We were required to have two witnesses at our wedding, and fortunately Anna and Sam were available on that Wednesday morning.  I thought they were going to be asked questions about how they knew us, if they thought we were a good match, etc. But none of that happened. I'm fairly sure we could have pulled two people off the street to serve as witnesses and it would have been fine! 

Married!
{12.10.2008}

If you click on the picture, it will become bigger, and you will see that I was listed as a "spinster." Awesome. Why does that sound so sinister - especially compared to Dexter's "bachelor"?  The whole "wedding" took about 2.5 minutes, total. As I said, it was really depressing, and it made me sad for all the other people who were there, waiting for their turn.  I'm glad we did something later with friends, family, and a full service.

We went out for a celebratory lunch with Anna and her husband, Ryan.  They made sure we did the obligatory feeding each other cake. Looks like we had a good time!

{Happy}

That night, Erica & Matt brought cupcakes to our Bible Study, singing, "happy wedding day to you. . ." which I suppose served as our reception, and then I left Friday afternoon for the UAE, eagerly awaiting the real wedding in February.

And to top it all off, we had another wedding ceremony in the US in September 2009. There is no doubt that we are good and married! I mean, how many people marry the same person three times?

I'd do it all again, too!

I love you, Dexter!