Dean Richards

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Melissa Weber and Bruce Backe in the spiritual union of marriage.

Melissa is a production planner for a company that makes cast iron in Woddstock, Illinois.

Bruce is a mechanic for the Lake County Forest Preserve.

They met through a mutual friend and have know each other for a couple of years before they started dating.

She always thought he was cute but mostly loved that he is a "really good person, is fun to be with...and is a great listener."

He loves that she is caring and that she's so spontaneous...which explains why thy're getting married at a Christmas Tree Store on the radio...having a movie critic marry them. "

May their future be as strong as the cast iron she plans....and flourish like the nature that provides beauty in the forest preserve.

This contract is not to be entered into lightly but thoughtfully and seriously, and with a deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities. Please remember that love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.

Melissa Weber and Bruce Backe will now share their vows.

*(Vows)*

Do you Melissa Weber take this man Bruce Backe to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you Bruce Backe take this woman Melissa Weber to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Melissa Weber and Bruce Backe will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

Melissa:

“With this ring, I ask you to be my husband. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish you, for time and all eternity.

Bruce:

“With this ring, I ask you to be my wife. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish you, for time and all eternity.

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries, the State of Illinois, WGN Radio and Tree Time Christmas Creations, I now pronounce you wife and husband.

You may kiss.