Erin and Travis May 30

Congrats to Erin and Travis for their wedding May 30 at Foothills Chapel! We added Catholic elements to their wedding. Photographer Rachel Berg (http://www.rachelberg.com/) is finishing pix right now. Then they head downstairs for a reception hosted by Blackeyed Pea, then off to Las Vegas for their honeymoon! Thanks for getting married here where your family is and not with a faux-Elvis "minister"!

Baptism by the River with Goddog

Today I did my first baptism by a Colorado river just upstream from Coors (no immersion; spring runoff is cold and dangerous!) We used river water in a silver chalice, and the parents are both avid kayakers. Rosie the family dog was there to protect the 8-month old boy, and she would give her life for him. No godparents so Rosie became the official Goddog. The little boy was happy and loves water, fortunately!

September 11 Weddings OK this year!

For years no one wanted a "9/11 wedding." But last week a couple came in and said 9/11 would be perfect for them... great weather, the first Saturday after Labor Day, deep blue skies, ideal schedules, except for THAT date. I said first of all, your wedding will be on September 11. Would you call it a 9/18 wedding if you were getting married the next week? No! You'd say you were having a September 18 wedding.

It's your day. This is the perfect year to take that date back. No one thinks twice about a December 7 wedding (Pearl Harbor Day), and enough time has passed that we shouldn't let a terrorist attack from a decade ago rob us of the joy of an important and beautiful day. So if you're thinking of a September wedding, think September 11, and take back the day for you and all of your guests!