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Helen reminisced about being taught how to break down, reassemble, and shoot the Kalashnikov AK47 in USSR middle school:<\/p>\n While the adventure seeking crowd were flying lead at the shooting range, Tiffany an I stayed home and hung butterflies:<\/p>\n That didn\u2019t sound quite right. To clarify, we displayed decorative butterflies in a pretty fashion, not choked live butterflies until dead.<\/p>\n After the shooters came back, they joined us in more peaceful activities: <\/p>\n Zach found a lizard friend: <\/p>\n The Master officiate, Uncle Tim, arrived and the they planned:<\/p>\n And rehearsed:<\/p>\n And schemed with Noah some surprise music (Star Wars Imperial March for part of the Bride\u2019s precession, sprinkled with some Hobbit and Mario Brothers tunes later):<\/p>\n The hot tub was tested:<\/p>\n Food was prepared:<\/p>\n And consumed. Boris\u2019s pilaf got high raves:<\/p>\n Games were played:<\/p>\n The earth was briefly inverted:<\/p>\n Helen\u2019s new electric bike was tested:<\/p>\n Noah and others Alpha tested Nick, George, and Scott\u2019s new \u2018learn how to code\u2019 site, http:\/\/codecombat.com<\/a> :<\/p>\n Wedding day! Mom and helper gathered flowers for reception dinner centerpieces: <\/p>\n And 40->50 of us gathered:<\/p>\n Noah, the pianist, and Aya the videographer:<\/p>\n The main event! Weather was perfect, 80s. A few days later we had 20+ mph winds, and 1 week later we are in the middle of a 1+ week 100+ degree heat wave! We got lucky:<\/p>\n The vows were awesome. The ring exchange was finalized in Yoda form with \u201cwith this ring, marry you I do\u201d.<\/p>\n Chloe hand crafted the bouquet with origami:<\/p>\n We traditionalized clothing, with ties, but Nick and I skipped the shoes and went barefoot:<\/p>\n This was nice vantage point to watch the festivities:<\/p>\n Tables were set, more photos were taken: Food was served:<\/p>\n We were a happy bunch:<\/p>\n And then the dancing began:<\/p>\n And got a little wilder as the sun started to set:<\/p>\n This is Nick trying to lure Chloe to dance on the diving board:<\/p>\n This is Chloe trying to reason with Nick:<\/p>\n In the end, reason lost out:<\/p>\n And they had a nice (dry) dance:<\/p>\n But most of us didn\u2019t stay dry. After jumping into the pool after a short reception speech, I spent most of the rest of the night in my Hugh Hefner robe. I had plenty of pretty girls to go with it:<\/p>\n This is a wet Scott and Zach conspiring to wet-i-fie George:<\/p>\n He didn\u2019t stand a chance:<\/p>\n His glasses were retrieved from the bottom of the pool:<\/p>\n Scott figures it is time for hot tubing:<\/p>\n And is soon joined by the masses. We set a record at 12 fully immersed revelers, and about 12 blueberries: <\/p>\n I pumped out the blueberries and what was left of the water a few days later. <\/p>\n The bar was well stocked, and our guest bartender could you serve you up pretty much any mix, with the help of a cell phone app:<\/p>\n Many drinks helped facilitate much dancing and uninhibited karaoke:<\/p>\n Finally, around midnight, we started settling down with some \u2018Cards against Humanity\u2019:<\/p>\n We said goodnight:<\/p>\n And woke up to find the yard was mostly still intact. I was a bit worried, as the night before, we found a deer leaping over the keyboard and running down the wedding isle:<\/p>\n Slowly the crew woke up \u2026 we had 15+ sleeping downstairs:<\/p>\n And we had great fun reviewing photos that John the photographer took:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n