Wedded Bliss: Ruthy and Andrew

Dustin and I just got back from 4 beautiful, but coooollld days in snowy Flagstaff, AZ...yes, AZ has snow AND skiing (for those who have already questioned me on that fact)! We made the trek to Arizona for my dear friend Ruthy's wedding. Ruthy is like a sister to me, as we have lived, worked, prayed and partied together over the years.

The love between her and her e-harmony-matched man is so touching. Really, truly head-over-heels in love. I'm so happy for Ruthy and Andrew and love the story that brought them together. You can read about it at Ruthy's blog "Discovery Street".

Due to a great eye and much diligence from Maija (Maija Karin Photography) I already have some beautiful pics to share...and a couple awesome cell phone pics of my own :) Gorgeous Bride...gorgeous couple!

*This just in! Bride just called as I'm blogging to inform me that they missed their flight to their honeymoon due to suddenly falling ill! Eek! So wedded bliss may not be the most entirely appropriate title but I'm sure their love will conquer all! (Details...great detail is on her blog!) The plan is to leave on Friday...wish them luck!

Here are a couple of my fancy cell phone pics of us heading to the rehearsal and dinner:
Dustin and I at a little coffee shop in downtown Flagstaff...called Rendezvous. Ahhh, wonderful coffee!

Weddings are a great way for us to re-commit again to the person that we've chose to spend the rest of our life with. Dustin and I always leave weddings feeling renewed excitement and encouragement about our life together. There was a reading during the ceremony from a passage out of C.S. Lewis that I wanted to share with you:

"...ceasing to be 'in love' need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense - love as distinct from 'being in love' - is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God. They can have this love for each other even at those moments when they do not like each other; as you love yourself even when you do not like yourself. They can retain this love even when each would easily, if they allowed themselves, be 'in love' with someone else. 'Being in love' first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise."
— C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)

Looking at Ruthy and Andy, it's hard to imagine they would ever fall out of the "in love" feeling...I have never seen two people glow more around eachother, but it's obvious that they also have the "quieter love" that will sustain them.