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The service commenced when Scott and Ronna, garbed in white head coverings, slippers and robes—symbolic of the priesthood which the wife shares with the husband, though she cannot perform priestly rites—entered the small Sealing Room. There was neither music nor flowers. Governor Romney and Scott's uncle acted as witnesses, their duty being to ensure that no mistakes be made in the ritual. Officiating was Mormon Elder Hugh B. Brown, one of the church's Twelve Apostles, who began with a warm ten-minute homily to the couple. "Hang the marriage license on the wall," he advised Ronna, "and point it out to Scott occasionally."
The formal part of the ceremony began as Scott and Ronna knelt facing each other across the low lace-covered altar and joined hands. The vows Apostle Brown led them through were quite similar to those taken by most Christians. Then, according to Mrs. Romney, Apostle Brown concluded the brief service by intoning, "As Peter of old said, I give unto you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven; whatever is bound on earth is bound in heaven; whatever is loosed on earth is loosed in heaven.' I pronounce you man and wife for time and all eternity." After the official ceremony, the couple exchanged rings —bowing to popular custom rather than church doctrine—and kissed.
After the wedding, the couple and both sets of parents returned to Michigan, where Mr. and Mrs. Kraus gave two elaborate receptions. Then Scott and Ronna were off to Bermuda for their honeymoon before setting up housekeeping in Cambridge before school resumes this fall.