Shiloah and Dmitry met on match.com.  After several dates, they realized that they both worked in the same hospital.  They’d never run into each other, even though they worked in the same building every single day.  It’s amazing how the right person can be just under your nose.  Thanks to the miracle of online dating, they’ve been together for two years!

They tied the knot at the Watershed restaurant in Tempe, Arizona.  It’s a picturesque spot with a deck outside that sits right on the water.  During the ceremony, the rays of the declining sun hit the water and bounced up, lighting the wedding huppah and the faces of this delightful bride and groom.

They danced to Blackbird by the Beatles for their first dance.

“Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night

Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.”

I think this last picture of the bride’s parents is really what a lot of us want in the end.  After 20 or 30 years of marriage, we want to sit together, shoes off, guard down and have someone who loves us tired feet and all.

Venue: The Watershed

Officiant: Rabbi Susan Schanerman

Photo Booth: AZ Party Booth