By the Authority Invested in Me........

Lori's dad Jim Ritter, me, Kevin

Lori's son, Mike Cullen, was the ring bearer

Lori, her sister Sharon and Jake

...under the laws of the State of Florida, I now pronounce you husband and wife.  You may now kiss the bride.

Thus ended the ceremony of the second  marriages for both Lori and Kevin, on a very beautiful and warm Sunday afternoon in Riverview, Florida.  By saying "I do" (or "si quiero", en Espanol), they completed the knot that began in New Jersey, and moved to the Tampa area where they built a home for themselves, full of love and beagles.  Lori, his beagle rescue foster mom, is now his second mom.

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Boyd 

No picture of Lori would be complete without a beagle, and that's Jake - her first boy beagle - along with her sister.  Ripley had been the surrogate beagle in their lives before Jake.  Soon Ripley and Jake can run in that extensive back yard where the two boy beagles can join Katie and Mollie, her girls, and hopefully run a few pounds off the Ripper.  We go on cruises to seemingly gain weight, Ripley goes to stay with Kevin and Lori to lose it.



Lori and Kevin wrote simple vows, beginning with the words "I marry you with my eyes wide open."

They offered themselves to each other as a "partner in life"and further stated "Because of you, I laugh, I smile, I dare to dream again".

You have to truly appreciate those words, as they are words to live by.