here's the big day (10/14/00)
in case you didn't know that's shannon on the left and erick on the right

shannon would like you to know that the colors for the wedding were burgundy and gold. (and yes the flowers do match the bridesmaid dresses though it doesn't appear that way in these pictures.)

erick wants you to know that a fun time was had by all as later pics will attest.

in this picture, erick just told shannon that the monkey butler had arrived.

just one at first - but he'll train more later.

this looks like erick but is actually a remarkable cardboard cutout that the guests paid a dollar each to take pictures with. 

this is shannon with her parents and her sister. also of interesting note is the socket on the ground. we both thought that it really tied the picture together.

here's a pic of erick with his parents and his brother. you can't tell, but his brother is trying to pinch erick's butt.

he was later sent home to think about what he did.

here's a picture of our bridal party. some of them are family and the rest we found wandering the street.

the children were rented from kids r us.

from left to right:

jesseca bieger - groom's niece - junior bridesmaid
alyson bruner - bride's cousin - bridesmaid
autumn williams - bride's best friend - matron of honor
melanie weiss - bride's sister - maid of honor

shannon and erick

paul stamat - groom's best friend - best man
chanthra keo powell - groom's friend - groomsman of foreign affairs
jason meier - groom's friend - groomsman of oompa loompas
everett bieger - groom's brother - groomsman of meat

in the front -
amanda bieger - groom's niece - flowergirl
chance boege - child we found - ring bearer

we know that you are probably tired of looking at other people so here's a picture of just us again.

there you go.........soak it in.

ok, back to the show!

here's shannon's dad as he gives her away. he was a little disappointed because all he got in return were wedding bills.

at one point, erick saw a guitar and thought about leading a sing-a-long of motorhead covers.

he changed his mind however and sang vow to shannon, the song he proposed with on 7/12/99

this picture is pretty self explanatory.

what you may want to know however is that this kiss lasted approximately twenty six hours, thirteen minutes and ten seconds.

this is where erick reached out to eat the flowers because he thought they looked like candy.

shannon said, "no, no..."

here's our getaway car. one of the groomsmen stole this earlier in the morning.

we still visit him in prison from time to time.

here's the bridal party again. as you can see, someone spiked their punch.

the reception was held at the radisson hotel in fullerton.

here's a lovely picture of one of the tables before the stampede arrived.

this is during paul's "best man toast." near the end he challenged erick to a kung-fu fight.

we still visit his grave from time to time.

here is erick and shannon's first dance to two hearts, another song that he wrote for her.

witnesses say that he successfully dipped her twice. these rumors have not been confirmed.

here's shannon dancing with her father and erick dancing with his mother during the parents dance.

ok, erick's actually just standing still.

the chicken dance.

let us never speak of it again.

this is a picture of erick trying to keep up with his grandmother. that's a hundred dollar bill in his mouth, too.

erick's brother can be seen in the background, horrified.

here's shannon dancing with jim adkins, the pastor who married us.

he's telling her it's not too late to run.

the retrieval of the garter. if you listen closely, you can hear the strains of jungle boogie in the background.

erick thought the garter was candy.

shannon said, "no, no..."

once erick discovered that the garter was not candy, he decided to discard it.

strangely enough, homely young men gathered to catch this flying castaway.

shannon's bouquet weighed so much that there were many times when she almost toppled over.

luckily, there were people behind her to catch her.

this is david and christine. they were caught stealing garters and bouquets from the wedding.

erick is holding david at bay with a pretend gun. no one seemed to notice.

david thought the garter was candy, too.

mmmm....cake

the cross on top shows that this was a christian cake.

shannon promised not to smash any in erick's face.

she lied.

here's the escape.

the next day, the hospital pumped sixteen pounds of confetti from erick's stomach.

thank you for joining us for today's tour

the next show will be at eleven

if you're still feeling nosy, come along with us to ireland on the honeymoon

now get off our lawn!