My new Graham semi trad=100% awesome

[kiltedtom]

Ratspike,

It turns out that my maternal great grandmother was a Grames, a variation of Graham. Looking at the pics of your kilt makes me want to get one. It is beautiful!!! Not sure when your vow renewal is to take place, but best wishes to you and your wife.

Tom

[ratspike]

Ratspike,

It turns out that my maternal great grandmother was a Grames, a variation of Graham. Looking at the pics of your kilt makes me want to get one. It is beautiful!!! Not sure when your vow renewal is to take place, but best wishes to you and your wife.

Tom

Then I'd say that's a fine reason to get one for yourself! You won't be disappointed.

The Big Day is tomorrow, 7pm. All the details are nailed down so hopefully the surprise will go as planned. I'm getting pretty nervous but it's going to be awesome.

[Doug D]

Bob, We wish you continued happyness. Don't forget photos.
Doug & Leslie

[Norbo]

Your kilt has a lot of fun rolling about in the grass and climbing trees . Must be a young kilt I think .

[ratspike]

Well, I managed to pull off the surprise. Amy thought I might have had something in the works but never in a million years would have guessed it was this. The Unipiper started playing a ways off in the park, opening with the theme from Game of Thrones as he approached, then Dear Old Donegal, with Green Hills of Tyrol to cue the officiant to come out. Even when she handed Amy a big, beautiful bouquet she couldn't believe what was going on. I think when it finally registered that I'd planned all this with all these people you could have knocked my dear wife over with a feather.

Any suggestion to dress up would have tipped her off, so I wore my fabulous Vitruvian Weeping Angel t shirt and well loved jump boots along with the Graham kilt. I don't have photos yet and therefore can't prove any of this happened, so I'm trying to sweet talk some iphone photos out of our celebrant while we wait for photo and video from the photographers.

The vows are kind of a big blur, just like when we first got married, and there were plenty of Doctor Who references. When we were done the piper played some more - Scotland the Brave, 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar, another tune I whose name I forget, and he wrapped up with The Black Bear. There was one small hiccup. It didn't occur to me to tell my co-consiprators that there's not a pause between tunes, so things didn't sync up quite as planned in the beginning. Apparently there are people in the world who aren't into bagpipe music and don't know these things. No matter though, because it was so completely fantastic and my wife was very, very happy.

[Downunder Kilt]

How excellent Bob. Glad you and your wife had a top day and look forward to seeing the photos. Well done and cheers to yourself and your good lady.