Ashley Shavon Blair

INTRODUCTION

OFFICIANT (to congregation):

Good afternoon. We are joined here today to bring Kaylynn & Austin together as husband and wife.

We are joining two families, so very different yet tenderly similar, as one with the marriage of Kaylynn and Austin. This is a special occasion for everyone here - each one of us has rooted for these two to make it to this wonderful place. As they stand before you, locked in arms with parents who have supported them on their journey, we can surely feel the love.

Before we continue, I ask that everyone close their eyes to send a well-wish up to the bride and groom. Please take just a moment.

Thank you.

Love is nothing without work. We know this, because we cherish and value the things we work hard for. Marriage is no exception.

Kaylynn and Austin have time and again demonstrated their commitment to one another through hard work, communication, compassion, and tenderness. We know that they will approach marriage with the care and attention it deserves. Today, we bestow upon them the gift of opportunity: to create a lifetime of love.

AFFIRMATION OF SUPPORT

OFFICIANT (to couple):

Austin and Kaylynn, are you ready to get married?

COUPLE: Yes!

Will the parents of the couple please step forward?

The parents of Kaylynn are joined by the parents of Austin.

Do you offer your blessings, love, and enduring strength to the couple standing before you?

PARENTS: We do.

Do you promise to accept your in-laws as your own, for better and for worse, out of support for this couple?

PARENTS: We do.

Thank you. Without further ado - let’s begin.

DECLARATION OF INTENT

OFFICIANT :

Officiant: Please affirm with "I Do" once i am finished. Kaylynn you are first.

I, Kaylynn take you, Austin to be my husband. In the good times and bad, there is no one I’d rather have by my side. You have made my future seem like more than just a dream. I will be your sidekick in all adventures. I promise to never stop playing with you. I will be there to make you laugh when you really want to cry. I will love you as my best friend, lover, and partner in crime. I’m in it for life.

Kaylynn Affirmation: I Do

OFFICIANT (to Austin):

I, Austin take you, Kaylynn to be my wife. In the good times and bad, there is no one I’d rather have by my side. You have made my future seem like more than just a dream. I will be your sidekick in all adventures. I promise to never stop playing with you. I will be there to make you laugh when you really want to cry. I will love you as my best friend, lover, and partner in crime. I’m in it for life.

Austin Affirmation: I Do

RING EXCHANGE

OFFICIANT (to couple):

Wonderful. We will now exchange rings.

After you slip the rings on each other’s fingers, please clasp hands. It is in this moment that your marriage is nearly accomplished. This moment comes but once in a lifetime. Take one another in, and bask in the moment as we are in it.

(Couple exchanges rings)

OFFICIANT (to couple):

Okay, I won’t make you wait any longer!

PRONOUNCEMENT

OFFICIANT (to congregation):

It is now my joyous privilege, before everyone gathered today, to present for the first time as a married couple, Mr and Mrs Austin Blaesing!

You may now kiss the bride!