A Halloween Wedding Is Awesome!

Hello again everyone! I've been getting some great feedback lately and new readers. That's great! Apparently I must be doing something right. One thing I keep hearing from people is that they enjoy reading things about me that they didn't know. This time out I wanted to take a little while to talk about getting married on Halloween, and why it's great!

When Dawn and I decided to get married we wanted something memorable and that we would really enjoy. We're both huge fans of Halloween, so we decided a Halloween wedding in which everyone wore costumes would be great. For starters, the money saved on dresses and tuxes alone made it worthwhile financially.

Dawn decided to be a vampire. I decided to be a Ghostbuster. Most of the family and friends quickly got excited about the idea although it did take some convincing on a few of the older guests who were used to a more traditional theme.

Showing off that sweet new piece of jewely to JP.

Dawn got to planning and I got to working on my costume. We got married in a park in Glenolden PA that we had both long admired for it's many trees that we felt would look fantastic on October 31st. There was also quite a bit of old and interesting stone work that we felt would make for great backgrounds and pictures.

See? Lots of atmosphere!

Dawn obviously chose her long time best friend Stacie to be her Maid Of Honor, as well as her niece Miranda and our friend Missy to round out her brides maids.

Admittedly we couldn't agree on a costume theme.

I chose my Uncle Chip to be my Best Man, and long time friend JP and Dawn's nephew Joshua were my groomsmen.

My good friend from NH, Aaron had a hearse that he drove as his daily car at the time and he gladly agreed to act as our limo.

Aaron...or Batman?

He drove us to the park, Dawn in style in the front, and I rolling around in the back. The ceremony was nice and afterwards we enjoyed taking lots of pictures, especially since everyone was in costume!

Nice ride...unless you were rolling around in the back.

My family came up from North Carolina. Dawn's brothers and their families came up from Tennessee and Virginia.

Dawn, her mom, and her brothers.

My Mom and Dad. They came as Ghost Hunters. Clever ones those two...

My good friends from New Hampshire came down. The aforementioned JP and Aaron came as well as Dave, Amanda and Evil.

Afterwards the reception was held at Caroline's in Secane. It was a nice place with good food although it has sadly since closed down. I had made jack o'lantern centerpieces for each table, and we decorated the place for Halloween.

NH Crew representin'!

One idea I was very proud of was since this was on Halloween and their were children attending, we bought buckets of candy for each of the tables, and kids were encouraged to go from table to table trick or treating. This way they still got to enjoy the tradition and get plenty of candy so they didn't feel they were missing out.

Sappy...but traditional.

Dawn had said she'd always wanted to have doughnuts instead of a cake, so we did that too. Of course they were also Halloween themed.

It was a lot of fun and years later people still talk about it. The only regret we have looking back, is that we truly wish that so many of our friends we've met in the years since then could have come.

Dawn's family...and it's newest member.

It was something magical to choose our favorite day of the year as the day we will always celebrate our anniversary. The most important thing I can say about this would be that I was so fortunate to marry a woman who shared my love of Halloween and so many other things that most people probably wouldn't understand.

Look at all those costumes!

At the end of the day I can best sum up the entire experience with this last picture. The joy that I would get to walk off with this woman and begin my greatest adventure. That adventure would have a name.....and it would be Clark...

And they lived geekily ever after...