A few weeks prior to heading off to get our marriage license, we found out the minister for the church we
were going to use had left and they did not have a replacement minister. So we
asked a good friend of ours to step in and do the honors. He agreed and looked
into the process of getting credentialed through Ohio. Not thinking any more about it, we proceeded to make plans to head to the courthouse. On August 23, 2010 Mike took the day off, having just come back from a camping rally in Michigan, and we decided since we were 60 days out from the October 23, 2010 ceremony date, that we would go to the court house and get our marriage license.
The lady
who was filling out our marriage license information inquired about who was
presiding over the ceremony. We informed her, and she said that she needed the
credential information. Uh oh! We didn’t have that yet! Instead of Mike having
to take another day off, Loren requested she list the Mayor of LaGrange and we
would give him a call when we walked out. We figured we would have 60 days and
could then change it if need be. Upon exiting the courthouse, we phoned the
mayor who said, “Well, I am getting ready to go on vacation and have a pretty booked
schedule. What are you kids doing tomorrow?” Knowing that Loren’s parents were
still camping in Michigan and didn’t want to hurt their feelings, we decided we
would not tell anyone since we didn’t need a witness, and set up the time with
the mayor for August 24, 2010.
It was very informal and we made one quick phone
call the afternoon it was to take place. We had a friend lined up with a camera
who had no clue why she was meeting us at city hall and why she was to bring a
camera. When she pulled in she was shocked! We found it quite funny. The Mayor
proceeded to legally marry us in village hall. When we walked out, the Chief of
Police was just pulling in and having some fun handcuffed us together for some
pictures too.
Afterwards it was off to a park for some picture taking in Elyria.
Our “wedding
meal” included pizza and deep fried cheesecake from Village Pizza along with
some adult beverages. We did not inform our parents or anyone else until after
our October 23, 2010 ceremony with friends and family. When we turned over
copies of our marriage license to our moms for genealogy records, that was when
the cat was out of the bag.
It honestly did not sink in until we were in the
church Oct. 23 surrounded by our friends and family that we truly married.
Thanks for all the love and support over the last 5 years and we look forward to may more years with all of you surrounding us!
