Dean and Tabitha’s Wedding

Wedding: July 17 2009Reception: July 18 2009

The “unofficial” ring bearer and flower girl

Jadon

Israel Hill

The bands

The ceremony

The officiator

“I do.”

“You may kiss the bride.”

“Ladies and Gentlemen may I introduce the Pontos”

Bride and grooms’ rings

Witnesses signing

Tony Ponto Tanya Lynn West

Dean and Tabitha Ponto

Deans parents

Deans dad Jason and stepmom Lois Deans mom Sue and

stepdad Bob

The West's and Ponto’s

Aunts and Uncles

Blake and Nancy McMahon with son John

Sandi and Mike Lockwood

Family

Tony and Allyson Ponto Rahsaan, Annie, and Israel Hill

At the reception

Lighting of the unity candle

The Wedding cakes

The grooms cake

Cutting of the cake

Feeding each other cake

The Grandmothers

Helen Walters

Harriet Shervey

The surprise

James waiting for his surprise

Tanya's’ speech

Tanya’s speech

A dad giving away his daughter.

I have always been very proud of my father. He has raised three daughters, which is not a very easy thing to do and sometimes us girls didn’t make it any easier. All of the fears and hopes and dreams he had for us.And one of those dreams, one of any fathers’ dreams is to be able to walk his daughter down the aisle and know that he is giving her away to a strong, loving, passionate, caring, trusting man. And so dad it is a little belated but here is your surprise and here is your chance to prove in front of the ones you love the most just how much you trust this man by walking your daughter to him and giving her to him.

First dance as husband and wife

Father/daughter dance

Mother/son dance

Dollar Dances

Tony Ponto Sandi Lockwood

Random Dancers

Dad and Heather Rageth

Tanya and Israel

Family

Elvis McMahon, Melisa Davis and baby Danni

Mae

Dancers

Dean Ponto with sister-in-law Tanya

West

Todd and Lexi

Family and friends

Family and friends

Family and friends

Family

Family and friends

Family

One of the amazing bartenders

Family

Toward the end of reception

Tanya and JadonTabitha Ponto, Heather Rageth and Tanya West

Tabitha Ponto, Allyson Ponto, Heather Rageth and Tanya West

The covering for the gift table

These three hearts

Three separate hearts,Two different paths.

Heading down a path of their own choosing.A journey to find their place,

Somewhere where they belong.Not knowing, never finding, almost lost.

Until their paths are crossed.By fate? By the hand of God? Or by luck?

Unimportant, it just matters that they crossed.Not knowing at first what it meant,

Hesitant, unsure.Until they found their hearts already starting to intertwine,

Not wanted to unravel something so amazingThese three became united.

And that is how these three became one heart,One beat, one love, one family.

07-17-2009 For Dean, Tabitha, and Jadon By: Tanya Lynn west