Scot and Cari's Wedding Gallery

Welcome to a gallery of pictures from Scot and Cari's wedding. Bitsy Pookums and Snoogy Woogy found and married each other at long last! The big event took place on Saturday, 6 October 2001, at Memorial Park Presbyterian Church in Allison Park, PA (relocated from St. Paul's United Methodist Church because of construction delays), with the reception at the James Centre, in the West End of Pittsburgh.

The wedding party included matron-of-honor Leigh Ann Craig, Cari's sister; bridesmaid Susan Taylor, Scot's sister; best woman Anna Travis; and groomsman Casey Clark, Anna's husband. The proud parents were John and Sue Bruggeman and Tom and Ann Taylor. The Rev. Leah Bergstrom officiated. Max Moore and Brian Carson were readers.

These pictures are divided into three categories:

• Before the wedding
• The wedding and reception
• Life gets back to normal (for some definition of "normal")

Pictures from before the wedding

• The rehearsal.
• Max, Anna, and Brian at the rehearsal. Max appears to believe he's up for a guest role on "Miami Vice."
• Escaping the church after the rehearsal.
• The groom and his best woman at the rehearsal dinner. "What, me worry?!?"
• The best woman looking a trifle, uh, stoned at the rehearsal dinner.
• Scot practices saying "Honey, that's great coffee!" at the rehearsal dinner.
• Men discussing manly things.

Pictures from the wedding and reception

• The church. And again.
• Cari in bridal pose one and bridal pose two
• Scot thinks he'll take this sitting down.
• A series of shots of the bride and groom...
  • Caught at the altar!
  • Cari meets her swooner dreamboat loverboy
  • A formal portrait
  • Courtesy of Stephanie
• Cari and her attendants, her sister, Leigh and Scot's sister, Susan.
• Scot and his attendants, Anna, the Best Babe, and Casey, the Groomsman.
• Scot and Anna, secret attendees of the Yalta Conference
• The Bride and her parents. The Groom and his parents.
• Cari at the altar.
• The families line up for pictures...
• ...and form up.
• Once again
• The bride and her niece, Anneke.
• The Bruggemans
• The Taylors
• The Bridal Party
• The long walk up the aisle.
• Saying I do. The light came streaming through the window at that precise moment.
• We are now officially Husband and Wife!
• The Mini Reception at the church. Notice our Tartans!
• The bride and groom exiting through the Bubble Brigade.
• The blushing bride giving her opinion of the photographer.
• The groom displaying an eerie resemblance to Wallace of "Wallace and Gromit" fame.
• The first dance as husband and wife.
• A dance for the bride and her father.
• The two Mrs. Taylors.
• The best woman, Anna.
• The groom and his best woman.
• The same two in a more typical mood.
• Get down, get funky.
• Groomsman Casey with baby Olivia (not his!).
• The groom and his sister the bridesmaid.
• Susan, Ann, and Casey.
• Matron of honor Leigh with her husband Joe.
• Leigh and Joe's daughter Anneke.
• Anneke carrying Leigh's bouquet.
• Behold the wedding cake in its preconsumed glory.
• The cutting of the cake.
• The feeding of the wedding cake, part the first. Note the groom's big mouth.
• And part the second.
• Reverend Leah and her husband Bob. The groom was present at their wedding 30-some years ago. He's told that he cried through most of it...
• The parents of the groom.
• The father of the groom. Would you buy insurance from this man?
• The parents of the bride caught in a boogie.
• The bride and her sister caught in a boogie. Must be genetic.
• Brian, Scot, and Max.
• Brian and Max, the two readers.
• Jennifer and baby Olivia. Note Olivia's "Mini-Me" imitation of her Mom.
• Look out! It's the Danger Squad! -- a.k.a. Brian, John C. (Jennifer's husband and Olivia's dad), Max, and Casey.
• Casey and Anna, the groomsmen. Apparently Casey has some Muppet blood in him.
• Cindy and Casey, or should that be Cindy and Rico Suave?
• Dave and Casey. It's a wonder the bartender didn't cut these two off.
• Sue and her friend Laura.
• The father of the bride, looking proud enough to burst.
• Diane with her sister Sue.
• Cari with her cousins Debbie and Cheryl.
• Brian and Susan. Susan is apparently channeling the spirit of a 1920s flapper...
• Al and Kim.
• Devin and her daddy Paul.
• Devin and her mommy Cindy.
• Cindy and Anna.
• Anneke and Devin.
• Anneke--posing or breakdancing? You be the judge!
• Trista.
• Sherry and Clyde.
• Tom, Ann, Anna, and Scot. The first three thought this day would never come for the last one...
• Susan, Casey, Cari, and Scot at the head table.
• Linda and Wayne.
• Judy, Cari, Bill, and Scot.
• Jennifer and Melanie, no doubt discussing some exciting fine point of transaction-processing software.
• Stephanie practicing for her role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: We Have Your People on TV.
• Aggie and LeMoyne, who won the longest-married award at the reception.
• Mark, Charlie, Olivia, and Stephanie. Steph is making sure that the Boogeyman doesn't get Olivia (though by the looks of it, he might get Steph!)
• Olivia clutching to Steph (or vice versa) as Charlie looks on.
• Melanie answers the phone for Olivia, who asks Charlie to take the call for her.
• Jennifer wears the Cape of Mommyhood.
• I, John. 'Nuff said.
• Jennifer and Melanie.
• IBM's most wanted.
• Tableful of trouble: Susan K., Steph, and Mark.
• A rogues' gallery featuring Casey, Olivia, Cindy, Jenn, Steph, Melanie, and Mark.
• The new dance that's sweeping the nation: the T. Rex. Trot, as demonstrated by Scot and Cari, and Steph and Mark.
• Your guarantee of sanitation: the toilet at James Centre is sparkling fresh.

Pictures from after the wedding. We survived!

• Anna chills with her new buddy Schuyler at Scot's parents' house after the reception.
• Decompressing at Susan's while in Baltimore
• Susan and Cari, new sisters-in-law.
• The happy newlyweds on their first anniversary.