Well, not so much bells as tornado sirens… But still it was a lovely wedding!
We were worried all week it would rain out our vineyard venue (it did, with torrential rains the night before the wedding), and our out-of-town guests learned what it was like to get up in the middle of the night and put on shoes and socks and gather in the middle of the house as tornado sirens blared.
But no tornadoes touched down, and the weather cleared up by morning and left us with a gorgeous day to get married in. The vineyard was too soggy, so we did the ceremony and reception in our backyard. It was quite a party. Here are a few of the pictures people have posted so far…
My nephew Mason with a sign that says “Here comes the bride!”
Ring bearers, my nephews Jack and Jake
Sweet flower girl Iphy (my Matron of Honor Holly’s little girl)
Down the aisle
Our lovely officiant Emily
The vows
“Yeah, yeah, marriage, whatever, where’s the cake?”
Bridesmaids and blue skies
I now pronounce you husband and wife…
Carried away
Waving to the assembled crowds
“That’s all, folks. Time to drink!”
My husband horsing around with my nephew 🙂
The cake
A few of the 150 or so guests
The live entertainment (before a carefully-selected iTunes playlist took over!)
Vanquishing the cake… with a sword. My nephew Jake is obviously impressed!
Wiping away the blood of my enemy… I mean the frosting of my wedding cake
The rings
Husband and mother of the bride
With my grandmother
Into the sunset
Back in civilian clothes, whew!
Pamela J. Olson 
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June 9, 2013 at 6:21 pm
robbieroy1
Congratulations, Pamela, on your wedding…and on your successful tour, too. You are a girl definitely on her way to many accomplishments. May you and your husband have a long and wonderful life together. I raise a toast to you.
Cheers, Robbie
June 10, 2013 at 12:18 am
John Lapprt
It give great pleasure to see your happiness and beautiful day. It reflect the wonderfully talented person who envisioned and produce the event.
June 10, 2013 at 12:19 am
John Lapprt
Thank you for sharing it !
June 10, 2013 at 10:10 am
Gloria Olivier
Congratulations!! Beautiful pix–and a amazing couple. You both look radiantly happy and so good! Thank you for sharing these . Gloria
June 10, 2013 at 10:43 am
me
Congratulations Pamela. That last pic has to become and icon.
June 10, 2013 at 11:54 am
Sabrina Jenin
Congratulations! Wish you both a life of happiness, inshAllah.
June 10, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Michael Poage
It all looks beautiful – thanks for sharing it and the best of life for both of you, InshAllah!
Salaam to you both.
June 11, 2013 at 1:48 am
Janet
Thanks for inviting us into your special day. You are a lovely couple!
June 11, 2013 at 6:26 pm
Lina Diab -Forster
Everything looks absolutely gorgeous, thanks for inviting Chris and I, we would have loved to make it, but work commitments got in the way, as well as other frustrating stuff at the moment. Enough about us, u look lovely so does ur husband and the grapes were such a simple but lovely touch …so mabrook !!! I wish u a prosperous life together , oh and did I miss pictures of your inlaws ?
June 11, 2013 at 8:28 pm
fasttimesinpalestine
Thanks, Lina! We know you were there in spirit. 🙂
Ahmed’s family couldn’t make it to Oklahoma for the wedding, but we’ll have a separate ceremony in Turkey when we can, and you can see some pictures of me meeting them in Turkey here:
http://www.pamolson.org/wedding.htm
June 11, 2013 at 6:27 pm
Lina Diab -Forster
Oh and I forgot to mention, obviously the dress was lovely and what a coincidence , looks so similar to my civil dress that I wore in London !! Great tastes think alike 😉 xxx
June 11, 2013 at 8:43 pm
fasttimesinpalestine
Yes, very similar! And we also both didn’t wear necklaces… I figured the dress was enough. 😉 I also wanted to wear a crown of white flowers (a little bit similar to your pearl headband), but in the end the flowers were too big, so I just went with a long veil.
Fun to dress up in a big white dress, but I’m glad I don’t have to do it every day! 😀
June 18, 2013 at 2:33 pm
Hatim Kanaaneh, MD, MPH.
Dear Pamela and Ahmad,
Congratulations and sincere wishes for happiness, success and long life. Compliments to the photographer! But how could he do less? He had the most beautiful subjects. And that last pic is super. With a little imagination the flare of the veil could be the map of Turkey.
Have a great life.
Didi and Hatim
June 23, 2013 at 12:44 pm
annie
What beautiful photos! You both look stunningly gorgeous and so happy. I love that photo of you looking over his shoulder back at the camera. and the setting, everything being so beautiful. i wish you both all the happiness in the world.
your groom pamela, i do believe he looks like a winner. i’m very happy for you both and you are both so lucky to have found each other. life is full of wonderful miracles, may your marriage be forever full of them.
August 15, 2013 at 1:05 am
Rohan Radhakrishna
Congratulations! so happy for you both, how gorgeous, love the photos glad the Tornado Gods spared you.. can’t wait to see you both, please come for dinner next time you’re in the Bay Area, we’re in Oakland and have a guest room