Stephanie and Ben's Wedding
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Reception pictures have arrived
Posted by Ben Kimball on January 2, 2009
Stephanie and I have received some pictures of our reception from my sister and her aunt Peggy. I'm touching them up at the moment and Stephanie will be putting them in her flickr account any day now. At that point, you'll be able to click on the "Photos" button at the top of the page and find yourself looking at pictures of both our wedding and reception.
In other news, Stephanie and I are doing well and we had a very happy holidays with both of our families. The cats apparently ate all of their food the first day that we were gone and starved for the next three days. They were not shy about letting us know that we never give them enough food. On the plus side, the cats were easily distracted by putting some food in their dishes so that we could finish unpacking.
My last name
Posted by Stephanie Zuercher on November 9, 2008
I'm sorry I didn't make this clear before the wedding, but I'm not changing my name. I've been Stephanie Zuercher since I was born, and I'll be Stephanie Zuercher for the next seventy-four years. (Yes, I'm going to live to a hundred. No, I'm not going to change my name on my hundredth birthday, although it's tempting to change it to something like WOW I'M OLD Zuercher . . .)
If people refer to me as Mrs. Kimball, I shall gently correct them ("It's Ms. Zuercher") and then go on; I don't mean to be exceptionally rude about it. I assume that once we produce progeny (and, for those wondering about that, you've probably got five years to wait) they will be surnamed Kimball; I won't be insisting on hyphenation or anything. Zuercher-Kimball is too unwieldy, anyway.
I understand that a significant number of my dad's sisters got married so they could stop being at the end of the alphabet, but I kind of like it. Also, Ben has no desire to change his name to Zuercher, so why should I change mine to Kimball?
I'm pretty sure we can cash all the checks written to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kimball, though. :)
We're back and we have photos!
Posted by Ben Kimball on November 2, 2008
So Stephanie are now back in Ohio and we are officially married in the country of Antigua and Barbuda. We still have to take our paperwork to the county courthouse and make everything official in the United States. [EDIT: Apparently we don't have to do that, so everything's legal everywhere already.]
We had a wonderful time and have posted the pictures of our marriage and honeymoon. You should see a link at the top of the page titled "Photos." Clicking on that link will take you to the best thirty photos from our trip. Feel free to leave comments.
I'm going to go find Stephanie and try to get her to write down an official recollection of our time in Antigua.
The shower
Posted by Stephanie Zuercher on September 17, 2008
Sunday, August 31, my aunts Kathie, Peggy, and Sarah threw a bridal shower for me. My cousin-in-law Tamara designed the invitations (she's a graphic designer by trade) and all invitees were encouraged to dress for a tropical theme. I wore pedal pushers and a very loud blue Hawaiian shirt with alcoholic beverages on it that I liberated from my father; previously it had belonged to my brother, who then felt he had a right to laugh at me. When I got there (with three friends from out of town and my mother in tow), my aunt Peggy gave me a 'crown' for the day -- a short lei with blue and green flowers -- and a pair of bright pink flip-flops with flowers on them. (They clashed perfectly with the red tank top I wore under the Hawaiian shirt.)
There was food (a lovely salad, fruit salad, and rolls), gifts (including seven cutting boards and thirteen wooden spoons), dessert (lime squares and a lemon cake), and a contest (thirteen questions about Ben and me). My mother did not, surprisingly, win the contest; my friends from out of town did the best. No one knew Ben's favorite movie, but Kate (one of the out-of-town friends and the answer to one of the questions on the list) accidentally guessed his favorite kind of cheese -- Gouda.
I don't have any pictures, unfortunately, as I was too busy being the guest of honor, but my friends and relatives all got snapshots. Anyone reading this who happens to have pictures, please feel free to send copies to me at whatever email address you normally use for me.
Thanks again to Aunts Kathie, Peggy, and Sarah for throwing the party; more thanks to Uncle Joe for being relegated to the bedroom for the duration of it. And, of course, thanks to everyone who showed up and made it a lot of fun. I look forward to seeing most of you again at the reception!
The ring
Posted by Stephanie Zuercher on August 28, 2008
Here's a picture of the ring itself (see previous post):
Stephanie has a ring
Posted by Ben Kimball on August 27, 2008
Last night I gave Stephanie her ring. To say she was happy would be an understatement.
I actually received the ring last week but held off giving it to her immediately. Stephanie had been sick and I hadn't figured out when or how to give it to her. My sister Kathy had a great idea. She thought that I might be able to get our community band involved somehow. I quickly envisioned the band sight-reading an arrangement of Mendelssohn's Wedding Marching. As the band continued to play, I would put down my tuba, walk up to Stephanie, tap her on the shoulder, kneel down, and ask her to marry me in front of our friends. It did not happen that way.
We recently had a concert and there weren't any rehearsals scheduled soon enough for me to give Stephanie her ring before her bridal shower. Without any other particularly great ideas on how to give her the ring, I decided last night that I couldn't wait any longer and that I'd have to wing it. We went to dinner at Applebee's and afterward we went for a short drive. As Stephanie and I both like to look at beautiful houses and dream of the future, I drove her around some of the large houses near Lake Erie. I knew there was a particularly beautiful spot to view the sunset and I took her there. After sitting in the car for a few minutes, I asked her if we could watch the sunset from a bench that was pointed in the correct direction.
As we sat watching the sun go down, she made a comment that it seemed like a particularly romantic location. She joked that with my pay day only a couple days away I could buy her ring just in time for the bridal shower. I was starting to think this was about the right moment to get on my knees and propose to her when she gently ribbed me about this being a good moment to propose. I realized she was right.
I swung off our shared bench and bent down on one knee. I looked up at her and I asked if she would mary me. She was quiet as I reached into the pocket of my leather jacket and pulled out the box containing her engagement ring. She said yes and kissed me soundly.
The registry is having problems again...
Posted by Ben Kimball on August 13, 2008
The registry is having more problems again and the developer at WhisperGifts is working on the issue. It will hopefully be resolved soon.
A Working Gift Registry
Posted by Ben Kimball on August 13, 2008
It was brought to our attention that the wedding registry was misbehaving and not letting anyone mark that they've bought gifts for us. I emailed the developer at WhisperGifts and everything was working how it was supposed to on Monday.
I love quick fixes.
Welcome!
Posted by Stephanie Zuercher on August 6, 2008
Welcome to our wedding website! I hope you're in the right place. I'm a native Toledoan and a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College; my fiance, Ben, is a Californian by way of Michigan and also a B-W graduate. If those aren't the droids you're looking for, then thank you for providing a hit anyway.
For our invitees (family and friends), please feel free to look around. Once the wedding has taken place, we'll have another tab added up top for pictures, and you'll be able to view them here.
Thanks for visiting!