Elizabeth--I Love You,
I am so happy that I get to marry you;
I am so happy that we get to share the rest of our lives with each other.
We met for the first time some five years ago, nearly to the day, on this very waterway.
It is so appropriate that we are getting married amidst the waters that first brought us together.
Elizabeth, I love being with you.
When we are together I am happy, I am calm, I am more patient, and I am challenged.
Elizabeth you make me a better person.
Elizabeth I love your feistiness,
Your desire to live life to its fullest,
Your competitive spirit,
Your tenderness,
Your caring nature,
Your beautiful smile, and your uncompromising ability to love.
Elizabeth as we move into this new chapter of our lives I promise to you my love. My devotion, my loyalty, my unfettered support in your every endeavor.
I promise that I will be a good husband, a good father, and your best friend.
Elizabeth I am absolutely ecstatic about being your husband--I love you.

-- Today I join my life to yours.
-- From this day on, I will be your partner and companion, for you are my dearest love and my very best friend.
-- I will be your confidant, so that your heart may always be open to me.
-- I will always speak my mind and from my heart and promise to embrace and encourage your words when you do the same.
-- I welcome the challenge of whatever obstacles we encounter, for I know that whatever we face, we face it together.
-- Because your happiness is vital to me, I will help you to grow as an individual.
-- Because you deserve no less than the best of me, I will also strive to be more fully myself.
-- I pledge that I will listen to you when you speak, encourage you in times of doubt, comfort you in times of sorrow and be your refuge of strength in times of uncertainty.