The Hayes & Rogers Wedding

At last after what.... 8, 9 years? Several of which were spent being "friends" and for the latter half of the relationship they were officially a couple. Tim Hayes and Brandy Rogers are finally married. For those of you that don't know them, they are friends of mine through Saint Joseph's College where I went before the University of Wyoming.

The wedding was held in a small church "Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church" in Saco, Maine.

The Wedding Party: For Brandy, her sister Ryan served as the Maid of honor, Melissa (Roope) Maurais was the Matron of Honor, and Bridesmaids were Jill Dalfior, a high school friend of Brandy's and Jennifer Hayes, Tim's Sister.

Tim's best man was his brother Steve. His Groomsmen were his brother Chris, Nate Maurais, and John Madden.

Rev. John Tokaz, who Saint Josephs students know as "Father John" served as the Officiant. He gave a great sermon, conducting much of it in a Gregorian Chant style. His homily I found to be really powerful. I'm often troubled by a world that I find to be deeply selfish and cavalier. Father John's words echoed many of my own personal beliefs of what I think married life should be like. Beyond this... I think we are often too selfish even outside of our personal lives. People should pay more attention to the world around them, they should try to understand how others are feeling. These are small steps although they can seem difficult.... if everyone just did a little more listening and a little less complaining, there would be a lot of changes.

It was great to see Brandy & Tim's wedding, I have a lot of confidence that their love will span the ages.

The reception was good fun. It was held at a new event location next to the Comedy Connection in Portland (Off of Commercial St. in the Old Port). I sat at a table with Marc Blouin his girlfriend Donna, and their newest set of twins, Luke and Paisley. Marc and Donna have another set of twins, now a few years old Sean and Noah. Additionally we sat with Michelle Arsenault (John Madden's girlfriend), her sister Christine, and Christine's significant other Devon. Also at our table was a man named Graham (who's last name I forget). Graham used to hire Brandy as a babysitter for his children. His wife and children were at the table adjacent to us. I had Salmon for supper, and Kate had Chicken (the two choices) and we both enjoyed are meals. We both did quite a bit of dancing once the cake was out of the way. We stayed until the end of the reception which was around 11:30 pm, but didn't head over to the after-party at RiRa's. Kate and I were staying up in Sabattus, about 30-40 minute drive from the reception and we didn't want to get there too late and wake my parents. Additionally we had plans to get up somewhat early to go to Boothbay Harbor and see some sights.

Anyway... that's all I'm going to write for now!