Written by Rene

Well, Jaime and I finally did it. We tied the knot. It was a magical ceremony that was short, funny, and touching. Hopefully, someone took a video of everything. Before I go into some pictures, we have to thanks some people.

First, we would like to thank Zach Ward for performing the ceremony with a lot of class, but also making it unique and fun. We didn't know what Zach was going to say, but we had trust that it would be golden. Zach also helped me out a lot leading up to the wedding. From printing the place seatings (with Bulls trivia!) to protecting me from meltdown, Zach was there. He is great, so say we all.

Second, our families made the trek to Chicago from all over the US (and The Netherlands!). We really appreciate everything they have done, both travel wise and monitarily. My poor mom took a 10 hour roadtrip with a sprained ankle and was in crutches the whole time. Jaime's poor dad was attacked by a flying squirrel that landed on his upper lip!

Third, the members of our wedding party were fun to spend time with, and they jumped to help us. I underestimated the difficulty of things, and they took over.

I'm a bit exhausted, as I had to jump to work today, and haven't had any time to just relax. Jaime took today off, which was the right thing to do.

Wedding rundown to come later, but here are a few fun pictures.

The scene outside with white chairs and special gifts for everyone.

Our wedding favor was customized Terrible Towels, renamed SUPES AWESOME TOWELZ!

This part was when all the groomsmen walked out. Zach had the idea to walk out in slow motion, bad ass style, to Little Green Bag, similarily to Reservoir Dogs. Real fun.

My wife and her dad. WIFE!!! Doesn't she look amazing? Hell yes!

We kissed the shit out of each other! Zach likes (I think)

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr and Mrs Duquesnoy!

Best day of my life.