Reptile Wedding!

As many of you know we got married on September 10, 2005 at the North American Reptile Breeders Conference in Anaheim, California. Mark O'Shea from Animal Planet was the best man, and Bubba the Alligator was the ring bearer. We had a wonderful wedding and want to thank everyone that attended. We were amazed at the reception and kind words we received from the reptile community! Thank you to everyone who brought gifts. We were blown away when we found out Debra and Diana from Camlon Reptiles gave us a male Mojave ball python for a wedding gift! Thank you!

An article about our wedding was in the Orange County Register on September 11. Click here to read the article.

On a sad note, we heard that our beloved ring bearer passed away one week after the wedding. We join the rest of the reptile community in sending our condolences to Jim Nesci, Bubba's keeper. We are very happy that we were able to share the joyous occassion of our wedding with one of Bubba's last appearances. Usually the bride steals the show, but at our wedding, Bubba certainly won the hearts of everyone. He will certainly be missed.

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Arch and stage
Wedding cake provided by Reptiles Magazine
Wedding Favor (Front) - Hershey's Chocolate Bar	Wedding Favor (Back) - Hershey's Chocolate Bar
Marcia McGuinness from Golden Gate Geckos pinning on the corsage	Bubba guarding the rings
Such a good ring bearer!	Even Bubba got to wear a corsage!
Cute!	Marcia holding an Ivory Ball Python
Steve, Mark O'Shea and John Klepeis (Deb's uncle)	Steve and Bubba
Marcia playing with her new friend	Getting ready to start
All eyes on the bride walking down the aisle
Even Bubba thought the bride looked beautiful!
Bubba, Deb's parents and aunt	Lots of people!
Steve's parents	Deb's mom reading a poem
	Reciting wedding vows
Mark O'Shea holding an Ivory Ball Python	Mark O'Shea retrieving the rings
Exchanging rings	Erin Bomkamp (Maid of Honor)
	Steve's Dad reading a poem
The new Mr. and Mrs. Sykes
Cutting the cake
	Deb feeds Steve
	Steve feeds Deb
Gotcha!
	Marcia, Deb's mom, and Mark O'Shea
Deb's Dad and Mark O'Shea getting rowdy!	Steve and Deb with Steve's parents
Steve and Deb with Deb's parents	Steve and Deb with Steve's parents
Steve and Deb with Mark O' Shea