I'm driving up north on the Transcada Highway, the night is sweet, thousands of times.
As I look at my daughter, the bride, I can't help but reflect on all the years that I was
lucky enough to watch her grow up and become the beautiful woman that you are today.
Charlotte, you've been like a ray of warm sunlight on my soul from the day you were born.
Now that you begin a new life and there will be another man to whom you will turn to for
love and protection, I want you to know that as your father, I'll always be here for you.
Oh God!
He looks too good to chirp.
He's right here.
Me too good.
He's told me that our marriage is asking each other what's for dinner until one of us dies,
but it's going to be asking each other what's for dinner, annoying the bejesus out of each other,
and then one of us dies.
One of the things I love most about her is that she's unique and fun.
She walks into her room, she lights up the room, and she's just helped me be an all around better person
and actually believe in myself.
He tries to be a tough guy, but he's a softy.
He's really funny, he cares a lot about his friends and he works really hard to make sure
that everyone's happy before himself.
We can be completely ourselves in front of each other and we never have to apologize for it.
We're just a couple of ladies falling in love.
The presence of our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful partner
in man colds and in health.
I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you,
to laugh with you and cry with you, and to eventually stop asking you for back rubs
and to cherish you for as long as you go shower.
You are my yesterday, you are my today, you will be my tomorrow, and all that I am, I give to you.
It gives me great pleasure now to introduce to you for the first time as husband and wife,
Alex and Charlotte Dawson.
I like Charlotte right away though, mostly because she laughed at my jokes.
I told her she rocks, and she told me that she was a geologist.
So here we are, and Alex is married a beautiful, smart, extremely patient woman.
And most importantly, she makes my brother happy in a way that I never could.
Marriage is work, but the love that binds the two of you together takes the sting out of the task.
Ultimately it takes a village, and we are all in the same boat to help you through the journey.
I love you, I love Alex, I wish you both the very best.
This is my first sight, for me. I chased Charlotte for years, and eventually convinced her to give me the time of day.
Luckily my persistence paid off, and I am now standing here as your husband.
I have never met anyone as kind, caring, and as selfless as you.
And I feel incredibly lucky today to be your husband, and I look forward to many more happy years together.
Let's party and get drunk.
