So I hear Megan and Neman are an established married couple by now. They do married couple things like frequent Costco and argue about just how many hours Newman can watch football but the events of 7.16.11 still bring tears to my eyes and pride to my heart. My little sister is a huge piece of me and now she is a huge piece of Newman too...I guess I'll share:)
Please enjoy the feature film...the ceremony video and photography were done by my good friends Kathryn and Mehmet Karakus....oxoxo...love you guys!!! Please also check out the professional coverage of the day done by my wonderful and beautifully talented friend Brooke Brown. Her stunning work from the event can be seen here and here. Talk about being blown away! I am truly blessed to have friends with such amazing skill.
soo without further ado...grab your beer and your popcorn and enjoy...I love you meg... (btw...feel free to fast forward through the speeches you can hardly hear anywhooo)
Here are my faves from the movie!
and for prosperity...here is the speech that I so nervously delivered on this beautiful night to Meg and Newman:
First of all, for those of you who may not know, I am megan's older, sometimes wiser and slightly shorter sister and I am very honored to be standing up here tonight as Megan's "Matron of Honor".
Well Meg you pulled it off! This night has just begun but it's more than I ever dreamed. When Megan and I first started to discuss the plans for this day we discussed the importance of this being a Megan style wedding. Mission accomplished I think right? This is such a Megan style wedding…I mean meg this is so how you roll...it's clean, it's simple, it's a wedding with soooome food, mountains of wine, friends from all over and a slightly, slightly older man by your side all while you're decked out in MY shoes, MY earrings and MY dress…geez meg feels like high school again…the only difference is that you actually let me borrow one of your dresses too…i guess Newman is rubbing off on you?
This brings me to my first toast
Dear Newman, to my new brother in-law:
I can't tell you how much it means to me to see Megan get married to such an amazing guy. and no offense Newman but I am really just happy to see her get married at all. You truly have to be a remarkable man to have made this all happen. I first met you in December of 2009 I believe. You had been dating Meg since May of that year and Jeff and I invited you both to come for Christmas. It was love at first meal for us Lees. You may have had Jeff at golf, good food and wine…but more importantly, you had me at "can i read you another book Aston? How about we do a puzzle?" You were a rock star with my kids…i immediately started dreaming of Uncle Newman visits…Hey I could get kid breaks when this guy visits! You were immediately a wonderful addition to our home and to our family.
so Newman you've sailed ships, you've been on the ocean for allegedly 13 years at one time, you've run marathons, you've sailed across the atlantic, and around the virgin islands…and so the coast is all clear to me now…you've been in training…in training to tackle your biggest storm yet…to marry a Megan!
Newman,
I've known many "Megan Men",
not liked a few, loved only one…so I toast to you…
Dear Megan, to my little sister,
Can you believe how far we've come? Do you remember, back in the day, when I called you Smeg Meg? Man. Feels like last week sometimes. But Meg you've really come far. You have an amazing career, you have a special way with balancing work and play, you have triple the friends that I do, you live within steps of the white house, you could up and run a marathon if you wanted to and yet you are still my little sister no matter how much taller and more well endowed you are.
Megan,
You know how much I love this new-man,
I have expressed this to you over and over again,
He's sailed ships,
And you all may stumble and trip,
But always know that he loves you
I know this to be true
And so I toast to you...
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Evans, the new husband and wife. (weird right?)Your not gonna always have the greatest days. You're not always going to look at each other and be wildly in love at every moment of your life but my wish for you is that you are able to soak in the moment right here and right now surrounded by all your loved ones that have travelled here to be a part in this amazing day…. So please just take it in, be present, right here and now and love and live from this day forward...one step at a time.
With that said, I'd like to make a toast to this present moment and to this present couple and to this forever love...and so I toast to you...
oh and by the way…step 1 is hurry up and have kids so mine don't have to babysit for yours!
I love you Meg ~Kate
5 comments:
Wow Kate! Thanks to you, Brooke, Kathryn and Mehmet...these are fantastic photos that capture so much of Megan and Newman's wedding!
I love them all....but I especially love that you, Kate created the time to prepare this post to share with your family and friends! It is a timeless, special tribute to Megan and Newman.
Thank you also for adding another gift...your speech ..I have tears of joy! I love you, Mom
wow kate -- so many amazing shots!! i can't believe how many great shots you got. i really love the one of the kids just before they walked down the aisle. so, so sweet. the indoor shots of meg and newman when they were announced are awesome. love ALL the party photos you got! so many great candids!! you captured such a fun celebration. such a gift for newman and meg! thanks again for including me in such a special family day for you all. xo ps glad you me and kathryn took a group photo at the end. love remembering it all! :)
such a beautiful couple. totally taken with your shots of megan standing up in front of newman, esp. those like blown out ones. so cool and lovely. the lensbaby def lends to more emotional shots.
love seeing these! do you have a book in the works?
streaming comments during movie...
love the gold highlights. you're so good at that.
great song.
love dress blurry pic. awesome details.
great angles on the lensbaby shots in ally.
yall are so pretty. sidenote.
love pinned against wall.
ooh love the next one.
ok pretty sure the next one of meg standing by and new behind her is MY FAVE. one of faves you've ever taken. magazine worthy and beyond.
aw love the bw of s and a in doorway.
ha kathryn running behind.
that's gotta be new's brother?
wow! LOVE your mom'sdress.
aww kate. you look great. love what you did with the dress.
tears with kids walking down. ha love asty's tie.
aww mj pic with kids is great.
hey wook! didn't know she was there!
so stelly and mj sat off during ceremony.
i think meg's hair looks great.
love the ribbon color flare
great job mr. met!
ooh who took that through the trees pic. of you. great. mk?
megan looks so elegant. presidential wife-ish ;)
aw love the good cheer from the preacher. feel like she really knows and loves them. you seemed touched. love that.
wish i could've gone.
like that's girls orange necklace.
love the sis head pics.
aw cute of mk and stell
such a great speech you got some good laughs. your'e so witty. love the "my" theme. sisters are fun. glad i have a set to observe. made me cry at the reading to aston comment.
fun to get the other speeches. don't think i have that. that's special.
man i'm sweating watching brooke work that flash.
great shoes gram.
haha asto on the dance floor.
gram likes to have fun. love that.
hey mr. mehmet. that's cute with stelly. she looks like an angel.
glad you got the SJ girls pics.
love your grandfather dancing. that's just too much.
i wanna be like that.
weddings are so fun. need someone to get married.
your dad seems happy and proud.
great sword pic.
Kate - Wow! You nailed it, we just re-lived the entire evening. Mehmet and I watched it together remembering it all as you captured it. Loved the music, loved your splashes of color, so Kate! We had such an amazing time and loved being part of it. It was so much fun to to hang out with Brooke and see her in action, I loved being her assistant and would do it all over again.
Here's to Meg & Newman!!!
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