May 15, 2004
May 15
So now that we're back from our honeymoon and it's been three weeks since our wedding, I'm ready to post about my wedding finally. The week of our wedding was insane not because of the wedding itself but because of all the work I had to do for my job before I left. I felt like a zombie by the end of each day and instead of taking off that Friday like I had planned on doing, I had to go in for part of that day and, after realizing I couldn't get all the work I felt obligated to get done before the wedding, I went in again for part of Saturday (the day before our wedding). By the time I got back home I had to scramble to pack all I needed to get packed for the wedding. But, despite the hellish week, by week's end, things got better--Friday night I had a bridal shower/bachelorette party, Saturday night our families finally met (a good part of my family lives in L.A.), and Sunday of course was the wedding.
Because our ceremony was at 11:30 and we were taking photographs before the wedding, I had to wake up in the wee hours of the morning to get my hair and make-up done. Unfortunately, both weren't finished until later than expected and I was late getting to the location where we were taking our photographs. The most surreal moment of the entire day was the moment I arrived to the section of the park where the rest of our wedding party had already started taking pictures--when I got there a swarm of people came over to get their first glimpse of me and the photographer and videographer ran over and started shooting. It was a weird moment. The whole photography session was surreal. Then we got to our reception hall where I was extremely chagrined about the flowers (I had spent a lot of time picking out the flowers for our arrangements which turned out to be nothing like the ones our florist had created) and we waited for the ceremony to begin.
The nervousness kicked not long after we arrived to the hall and when we were there at the altar before the rabbi and all our wedding guests I was extremely nervous. My face did all kinds of weird movements which I'm sure will be captured in all its video glory and my fiance and I kept looking up and down the whole ceremony (I thought my fiance did so to avoid crying but I later found out he was looking down thinking I would cry otherwise). As soon as the ceremony was over, I relaxed significantly and the rest of the wedding (particularly the reception) was great. My fiance and I danced a lot (we picked out almost all the music for our wedding), a lot of Adam's friends were really able to enjoy the wedding since a # of ska songs were played (Adam used to be big in the ska scene), and it was great having all our friends and family in one room, some of whom we hadn't seen in a long time. I was already tired by the middle of the reception but I kept on dancing and by the end I was thoroughly exhausted and between the bleariness and the contacts I was wearing (I haven't worn contacts in years), I could barely see straight by the end. When we finally retired to our hotel room I took a long needed nap and when I woke up, I felt awful but happy. Like many other couples I'm sure, my fiance and I couldn't stop talking about the wedding until days after and we both agreed that we loved our wedding. Anyway, here are some photos:
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Posted by Jennifer at May 15, 2004 10:44 PM
Comments
You were dancing with your finace at the wedding? What happened to your husband???
Posted by: Art at May 20, 2004 03:50 PM
Oops, I keep forgetting the change in terms.
Posted by: Jennifer at May 20, 2004 09:25 PM
1. Gorgeous dress; gorgeous bridesmaids dresses. Oh, how I tried to sell them on that color with no luck!
2. I think we have the same veil, actually! Except mine is elbow-length. Seeing your pictures, it grows on me.
3. Thank you!
Posted by: deb at August 1, 2005 08:30 AM