So, are we live?
Yep, we're live.
To the love of my life, Riley Roo.
I've been writing this speech for over three months now,
and when I started I knew I wanted to tell everyone
what makes you so special to me.
To me, you are perfect.
You are the girl of my dreams.
Our relationship is so special and one of a kind
that it is difficult to adequately describe.
Some people start counting down six months out,
or even a year, but this Jackson/Harmon wedding countdown
started more than 15 years ago.
It's hard to pick a place to start,
where it all started, when it all started,
how it all started.
The story of Riley and Elliot
is not your average love story.
It's more like a fairy tale,
and almost too good to be true.
Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl,
boy falls in love with girl's brother,
boy falls in love with girl's father.
Our relationship with Elliot started
when he was around ten years old.
I used to call up Pam and Martin and ask them
if Elliot and Peter could come to the lake with me,
and hang out and spend my summer vacation.
Growing up, the Harmon house was our second home.
It's only fitting that Riley and Elliot's relationship
started and grew in Star Harbor.
This was the start of remarkable, life-long friendships.
Somewhere between that hot, Cedar Creek sun,
and Elliot's third degree burns,
Riley and Elliot's love story began.
Elliot would come over to hang out
with my dad and brother,
and go upstairs and play video games.
And then in high school,
we started hanging out with his friends.
And then, Elliot would come over to my house,
and he would not hang out with Tanner anymore,
and he would hang out with me,
and everyone was like, "What's going on?"
He would come over to hang at our house.
As much as I thought you were coming over to be with me,
but eventually I realized you may have been coming
to hang out with someone else.
I can remember the first time
that I went over to the Harmon's house,
not to hang out with Tanner and Toddy,
but to go pick up Riley for our first date.
And the rest was history.
Meghan and I knew that Riley and Elliot's relationship
had to be the real deal, because when we were both
absolutely boy crazy in middle school,
Riley never talked about guys,
I mean, never even said one was cute.
In middle school, all the Schechter boys loved Riley,
and she never gave any of them the time of day.
But then, your boy E came around
and you guys couldn't be more perfect for each other.
Your boy E!
Elliot was the tall, older guy
that has his license and drove us all around Plano
blasting Taylor Swift's Fearless Album.
I had never seen Riley so interested in a boy,
and just remember how happy and smiley she was.
I don't think there's one person in this room
that's shocked we're here today.
Riley and Elliot have been couple goals
since the Sophomore year Valentine's dance at Shelton.
I knew that Riley and Elliot were special.
They were so in love and their relationship was honestly
just mature beyond their years,
because they knew that they had found their person,
and nothing was going to change that.
So are we good?
We're good.
We're in.
Oh my God, this freaking dress.
Riley and I have been dating
for as long as I can remember.
From Skienskets, to family vacations,
to summer days at the lake,
and the list goes on and on.
But the one thing that has remained constant
is their loyalty to each other.
Even when going to school, miles and miles apart,
you were nothing but loyal.
It has truly been a fairytale story right from the start.
The Jacksons have been a part of our lives
and have treated us like family
from the very first time we met them fifteen years ago.
Our lives are so intertwined that if
Riley and Elliot didn't get married,
nothing would have changed.
We would still be doing the lake,
we'd still be doing the dinners,
and we'd still be doing vacations and holidays.
But now that Elliot and Riley are married,
we can proudly say it's official.
It feels like we've been waiting for this moment for ages.
I've been thinking about this speech
in my head for a long time,
but when I finally sat down to write it,
I never expected it to be so tough.
And it's something I've always admired about him.
There's just something special about El that draws you in,
a natural gravitation that makes people
want to be around him all the time.
He cares so much.
Riley, know it hasn't always been easy sharing Elliot,
but you have to understand that he was my roommate first.
Riley, there's no question that you are absolutely
the perfect soulmate for my brother.
You make Elliot feel like the luckiest person in the world,
and he absolutely loves and adores you.
We should all be so lucky
to find the love as special as yours.
♪ Broke down broke in the breakdown lane ♪
♪ Spent my last smoke on your flame ♪
♪ So within you ♪
♪ So without your love ♪
Oh my god!
Oh my god.
♪ Hava nagila ♪
Mazel tov.
Do you like it?
So amazing.
♪ So without your love ♪
♪ Don't abandon my love ♪
♪ We'll consummate the consecration ♪
♪ Don't abandon my love ♪
♪ I was standing in the front yard ♪
♪ Calling out your name, love ♪
♪ Don't you walk away from this ♪
♪ Suppose you were right this time, ♪
♪ but no one's blameless ♪
This isn't really the beginning.
Riley and Elliot, you met each other 16 years ago
when your families serendipitously
started taking you to Cedar Creek Lake.
But who would have guessed that all these years later,
you would stand under this chuppah
prepared to be husband and wife.
I think pretty much everyone would have guessed it.
Long before either of you knew
how perfect you were for each other,
those around you could see the sparks flying.
Even though Elliot claims he only hung out at Riley's house
to see Tanner, I think we can all agree
that it was really because of Riley.
When we went to the Western Wall
on our Birthright Israel trip,
we all wrote a wish on a piece of paper
to place in the crack of the wall.
Of course, I looked over Riley's shoulder, sorry,
and I saw her write,
"I hope I get to marry Elliot Jackson one day,
and live a long, happy, and healthy life together."
El, you always watch out for me, mom and dad, all of us.
You are the glue that holds our family together.
But for all your amazing traits and accomplishments, El,
perhaps your crowning achievement
has been to find a dream girl with a heart as pure as yours.
A girl as silly, stinky, and sweet
as she is beautiful.
I know this may sound cliché,
but words like gorgeous, generous, selfless,
humble, happy and kind-hearted just don't say enough.
You say, "Ani."
Ani.
L'dodati.
V'dodati.
Li.
I am my beloved's.
And my beloved is mine.
Say, "Ani."
Ani.
L'dodi
L'dodati
No, l'dodi.
Oh, l'dodi.
V'dodi.
Li.
I am my beloved's.
And my beloved is mine.
Elliot and Riley, you are now husband and wife.
Elliot, nothing changes.
I don't need to pass the torch
or ask you to take care of my sister.
I know I can trust you to provide
a life full of laughter, fried rice
warm summer fires, and love,
because you're already doing it.
Ready?
Set.
Go!
Mazel tov!
Woohoo! Let's do this thing.
Here we go.
♪ Checking in the mirror ♪
♪ Your boy is dressed to the nines ♪
♪ The limo riding fear defying taking over the night ♪
♪ Ain't gotta roll with me ♪
♪ Just need to feel that beat ♪
♪ Do that thing until they see ♪
♪ You know what to do now ♪
There is no Riley without Elliot.
There's no your girl R without your boy E.
And no Elliot without Riley.
♪ Jukebox in the corner taking me for a ride ♪
Ri Ji and EJ.
Your boy E and your girl R.
Your girl R and your boy E.
Your girl R ...
And your boy E.
Riley girl and big guy.
♪ You know what to do now ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ Tonight the stars are out ♪
♪ So let's paint the town ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ I'm running when I hit the ground ♪
♪ That's what I'm all about ♪
♪ Into the city I feel lighter than smoke ♪
♪ Elevate ♪
♪ Above the traffic everybody better look out below ♪
El, to know you is to love you,
even though you sit down to pee.
♪ It's all I can do now ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ Tonight the stars are out ♪
♪ So let's paint the town ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ I'm running when I hit the ground ♪
♪ That's what I'm all about ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ Tonight the stars are out ♪
♪ So let's paint the town ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ I'm running when I hit the ground, ♪
♪ That's what I'm all about ♪
♪ I'm all about it ♪
♪ Oh pretty baby, I'll bring you down all right ♪
♪ I'll love you baby ♪
♪ Trust in me when I say ♪
That's all I know.
Somebody pull up the lyrics!