After Zyon's
birth, we decided our home was too small and we should find a bigger crib. Two blocks away, a large 5 bedroom house with
a pool lured us in. In no time at all,
we were stretching our legs out in our very own home! It was amazing to have a room for everyone!
One day, Max
wanted to talk, and asked me to marry him.
I was a bit hesitant; we got along so good already. I did accept, like he knew I would. You see, when he was young in Brazil, a woman
who could often see the future...among other things...had told him he would
marry a foreigner and have sons with her.
Max said he knew the minute he met me, that I was the one she was
talking about. I was surprised to say
the least!
We decided on
a simple ceremony in our backyard. We
asked a justice of the peace to conduct the vows, and we both agreed to a
church wedding later. Recording with
Sepultura was coming up in June, so we needed to squeeze the date in
somewhere. June 6 was the only date that
was open for everyone to attend, so 6-6-93 was set for the Big Day!
I asked
Christina to be my maid-of-honor, and Max asked his brother, Iggor to be his
best man. Roxanne and Richie would
follow and little Jason would be ring bearer.
Throwing a
party is my specialty and soon the arrangements were steaming like a freight
train! Tents, tables and chairs, linens
and china; it was all coming together. I
chose a catering company and soon we were rocking! I didn't want a wedding dress, but something
a bit wild, like our family. I chose an
imperial blue strapless gown that accented my green hair.
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| Me Rox and Max |
The night
before the wedding, we got a surprise guest, sent in as a gift from Cees
Wessels, the owner of Roadrunner Records.
Jonathon Shaw, the most famous tribal tattoo artist arrived at our
door!! Instead of whacky bachelor
parties, we got tatted in our home! We
loved it! Max designed a tribal M and G
tatt and we both got them on the back of our necks!
The morning of
the 6th, it got super busy around the house!
Deliveries, flowers, catering, everyone arriving early. Our yard was kind of ghetto, since the house
had been sitting empty for 3 years, but with all the set-up, it filled it up
nicely.
The children
and I all met with my family in the master bedroom, right before the wedding
commenced. Hugs and a few tears of
happiness were the guests. Max and the
others were outside, positioned under the 2 humongous eucalyptus trees. The guests were arriving. Cees, Monte Conner and others from Roadrunner
and Blue Grape Merchandise Co. even flew in!
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| Me and the Kids and Dad |
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| Max Igor his Mom and Kira |
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| Tattoo artist tatting our hands |
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Next...the Big
Kiss and tada... we were married! Photos
and photos next and then the big party blasted off! Food and drink into the night. We were married at 6:00pm and partied for
hours. I was laughing my butt off at
some of the Brazilian wedding traditions, such as the guests picking up each of
us in a chair and carrying us around the yard.
It was a bit scary with drunken people hoisting you up in the air!
I tossed the
bouquet and next was the garter throw.
We told Max that in America, the husband has to take the garter off with
his teeth and Max did!! We all chuckled
at our prank!
Winding down,
we said our thank yous and goodbyes, preparing to head to a resort. Just as we were leaving the backyard, the
fence around the pool fell in the water...one last hurrah!!!
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| PARTY TIME!! |
Class
dismissed.....
