Zoom ceremony

Click on the video below to watch a recording of our socially distant civil ceremony conducted via Zoom at 11am on October 22, 2020, thanks to the Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder’s office.

(Skip ahead to 15:35 to get straight into the ceremony part.)

Erica & Nader were joined by Erica’s parents, Stephen & Imoi (dialing in from Maryland) and Nader’s sister, Rawan, and her husband, Dan (dialing in from Dubai.)

Special thanks to Danny (our officiant), Christian (our invisible witness), and Playa (our cat / best man / ring bearer).

To see photos from our “spiritual wedding,” go here: https://www.fromnadericawithlove.com/wedding

 notes

Total runtime:
25:03

00:15 - Getting settled in & explaining the process

00:50 - Deciding whether or not we want to exchange rings

01:23 - Collecting essential info / “this ain’t my first rodeo”

02:18 - Showing Danny our driver’s licenses

02:52 - How to pronounce our names / “Sh-like-yer” / “Naaa-derr”

04:26 - Preparing documents to sign electronically

[GOING OFF CAMERA]

04:55 - Taking off our rings / “the most COVID thing I’ve ever seen”

06:00 - Switching into “gallery” mode

[COFFEE BREAK]

06:51 - Introducing Playa / “Family Cat" section 358

08:24 - “We, the undersigned declare under penalty of perjury…”

10:40 - Understanding how wedding certificates actually work

11:35 - Confirming what’s going on / “After this Zoom thing, we ARE married, right??”

12:13 - “Cat’s back”

12:35 - The guests arrive!

15:35 - “Are you ready??”

[MARRIAGE CEREMONY BEGINS]

15:58 - Spotlight on the bride & groom

[SAYING “I DO”]

17:03 - “Erica, do you take Nader to be your married spouse?”

17:24 - “Nader, do you take Erica to be your married spouse?”

[“TO HAVE AND TO HOLD”]

17:49 - “I, Erica, take thee, Nader”

18:24 - “I, Nader, take thee, Erica”

19:00 - Exchanging rings

20:16 - “I now pronounce that you are married, congratulations!”

20:45 - “Am I allowed to kiss you now?”

20:58 - Post-ceremony family chat