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Magic in Lichtervelde

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We’ve been to Lichtervelde for international rum events (more than one, even…plus a spa day), but who knew it was such an incredible place for a wedding? Thanks for inviting us Madou!

I believe this weather was imported from California…or maybe smuggled in. I am pretty sure it is not allowed.

Blue tiki for the win!

The scene was set under a familiar tree. Romey and I are telling everyone that our wedding was an inspiration for Matias and Finn since we also wrote our own vows and ran our own ceremony. It may not be true, but it’s a good story.

Here they come!

After the ceremony, there was lots of time for cocktails and fun.

Oh and trampolining too!

Ancestors.

Look familiar?

My very own wife looking all put together and fabulous.

We need some more pictures of noses…for sure.

The best wedding present you can give in 2026 is sheep. Sheep are in again.

Or is it kids?

No it’s sheep for sure.

A minor bathroom selfie interlude. Romey snuck me in. This is secret.

Behind the scenes…also secret.

Somebody let in a Scot with weapons. What were they thinking?! Madou’s mom keeps his brothers in line with physical force.

Then it was dinner time.

Or maybe it was actually bouncy castle time.

The brothers know too much. And they are willing to dish…but only in some west flemish dutch dialect. You’re lucky, madou, because we were planning to take notes.

Even mom was learning some stuff.

We tried to laugh at the right times.

Dancing…and dessert

Australians?!

Dancing again.

And then it was back to Brugges to recover.

We had a blast!

When You Don’t Really Need Presents

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But they come like this.

We can always use some customized handmade knifes from Belgium. Madou, come visit the knife!

Decompressing at the Stick

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After all of the planning, and then the actual event itself, we were ready to put our feet up. So we did.

The Stick with Göran, Anne, Noelie, Lisa, Rhine and April—hosted by the newly married McGraws! Late May is perfection at the beach. No people.

Oh yeah, the dogs came too. We rented a huge vehicle in Pittsburgh to cart everyone and all their stuff down.

Now back to those feet…

About the only complication was figuring out the state of the improperly-installed dishwasher. We built our own sign to signify state. It was good in theory. LOL.

As always, cooking was an important part of our beach time. Romey and Lisa made a delicious meal indeed.

The dogs felt left out.

The view from the porch leads to inner peace.

We did make a few cocktails.

Tranquility…unless you are a ball.

Just add more olives.

Starts like this…

Ends up like this. Thanks John and Joan!

It’s Official

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Even though we did declare ourselves married during the ceremony we architected, we did allow the Commonwealth to make things all legal. We brought some friends along to the courthouse, from Norway, Germany, and the UK.

5.25.25 = The Big Wedding

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What an experience! Romey and Gary got married in Pittsburgh on 5.25.25 at the Andy Warhol Museum. We hosted 100 of our dearest friends from nine countries who all stayed at the Hotel Monaco Sunday evening. Hilariously, only one guest was from Pittsburgh (though nobody who came to the wedding lives in Pittsburgh now).

The grand 5.25.25 wedding picture repository lives. We have organized our pictures into nine salient chunks as follows:
0. baseball – a Pirates game on Friday night 5.23.25
1. spacebar – quasi-spontaneous fun and cocktails in Pittsburgh
2. warhol – excellent art with excellent friends
3. ceremony – the heart of the matter
4. rooftop – pre-reception cocktails with a piper and some kilts
5. reception – dinner and dancing featuring DJ Williams
6. side quests – before and after
7. kilts – yes, there were lots of kilts
8. primary colors – post ceremony people

See the 5.25.25 button above.

A Message from Leuven: 5.25.25

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Please Standby for the Wedding: 5.25.25

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