AFRICAN WEDDING! :)
We are married! I am officially Jessica Blair! It still seems so strange seeing my new name! Just to clear a few things up because I think some people may be confused... Since Marshall is in the Marine Corps, we decided it was best for us to get legally married 2 weeks before Marshall was off the MSG program. (What we currently are in.) This allows me to get on his orders to get home which, after almost 3 years of paying for all my own plane tickets and stuff...it was SUCH good news!!
Our "real" ceremony will be in Thailand on August 7th. I am beyond excited for this! I get to see my good looking man in his Dress Blues, and I get to wear a pretty dress! :) We are also going to write our own vows which I'm thrilled about!
Back to Thursday when we went to the court house here. I just had to share the videos of our day (even though they are a little random and shaky)! We went before the mayor and she went through some different information for us. We had our driver translate, which bless his heart, he really tried. Some of the translations are really funny though... you can hear them in the first video! :)
There were a bunch of random people who would come in and out of the room, and a guy that took our camera to take pictures because he wanted a tip.
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| This is the table they set up for us to sit at. |
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| Us, with our witnesses and the mayor who married us! |
After the ceremony was over, our dear friend Carol who was one of our witnesses, surprised us with a bottle of champagne! It was so so sweet of her! So we decided since there are no parks or places to just sit and hang out we were going to go to the former presidents palace because it is more of a historical site now! Last year it was blown up in the war here, and Marshall and I hadn't seen it yet. So we drove there, parked the car, and had a great champagne toast!
That evening, Marshall and I went to get sushi and had a great night together! I just cannot believe after this long journey we have been on, he is finally mine!! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! I couldn't ask for a more perfect man for me!! I love him with every piece of my heart!
