wedding

Kristjan Lee Carlson &
Kenia De Fatima Altamirano Goolsby
March 2, 2002

Believe it or not, after almost four years of living in sin, Kris and I decided to FINALLY get married. It was quite a crazy time trying to get everthing in order, but in the end (thanks greatly to Gwen Walters and Carol Carlson) it all came together beautifully.

Kris and I were married on The Star Gazer in Kemah Texas. Family came from all over the United States and invitations were even sent overseas! Of course with our luck, it happened to be one of the coldest days of 2002! The temperatures dropped down below 30 degrees!! Of course the families from the Northern states were fine, but try explaining the weather to those from Central America and Miami Florida!

Due to the size of the boat, we were very limited on guest count. Unfortunetly many of the people we wanted to invite were not going to be able to fit onboard, so we had to cut our list down almost strickly to family.

Here is the wedding party:

Maids of Honor : Cynthia Ann Goolsby
                            (sister of bride)
                           Kathryn Megan Ross
                      (dearest friend of the bride)

Bridesmaids:       Mariella Castellon
                          (cousin of the bride)
                          Rebecca Langly
                          (sister of the groom)
                           Makala Wright
                           (friend of the bride)

Best Man:            John Allen Carlson
                          (father of the groom)

Groomsmen:        Chandler Langly
                     (brother in law of the groom)
                          Michael Paul Bernardo
                          (friend of the groom)
                          Stephen Berry
                          (friend of groom)
                          Garrett Ward
                           (friend of groom)

Ushers:            Joshua (Nomi) Ortiz
                         (brother of the bride)
                         Joseph Patrick Donahue
                         (cousin of the bride)
                         Brent Carlson
                         (cousin of the groom)
                         Rick "Buddy" Carlson
                         (cousin of the groom)

Flower Girl:       Stephanie
                        (2nd cousin of the bride)

Ring Bearer:       Joshua Castellon
                       (2nd cousin of the bride)

Who caught the garder/
Who caught the bouquet:

Garder - Julio Castellon
Bouquet - Lauren O'Conner
(close battle with Camiella Morales)

Toasts:

Toasts were performed by both fathers, though neither really knew what to say (probably in shock that they finally got rid of us!) and by Miss. Erika Kusjanovic (cousin of the bride).

The wedding lasted until roughly midnight were afterwards the partying continued in seveal different hotel rooms until the wee early morning - of course, being completly exhausted, during all these hotel fiestas, Kris and Kenia where happily taking siestas!

More Wedding Pictures

Bachelor Party Pictures --

No, I am not headed for a Quiencenera...Kenia hours before in the hotel room....still in shock that her hair is done and she has makeup on!