the wedding story- part VII (ceremony)

Now for the most important part of the wedding.... the ceremony!!! My favorite part! Like i have mentioned before everything was a blur on the wedding day. I am thankful i have lots of pictures that can remind me of the sequence of that day. :) After taking some group pictures, the girls went back to the room to powder up before the walk. I had forgotten to mention that while we were taking the group pictures, my wedding coordinator, Ann Marie interrupted us to get my bakery phone number because the cake hadn't arrived yet. So as soon as the photo session was over, we went back to the room and i called my bakery right away. That's when i found out the tragedy of my cake. Amy apologized numerous times and told me the replacement is fast on its way. I looked at the time and was relieved that we still had plenty of time until the reception. John came to me to tell me the bad news despite Ann Marie's advice not to let me know.

haha... here's a frantic look picture. On the phone with Ann Marie. Probably saying "what...??!! cake is not here yet!" and then back to taking pictures... all smiley & happy. Probably didn't think how serious the problem was. seriously, i think i was retarded that day.

Moments before the ceremony began....

here's the groom side of the family and friends

the bride's family and friends... maybe some are john's friends too. Waiting patiently.

And then the music started and it all began.... I think the bridal party walked down to Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. I don't know what version Dean used, but i like the piano version more. This youtube clip is the closest thing i can find if you want to get an idea of the music. It was tough looking for the ceremony songs. I decided to stick with the traditional church songs except for bridal march. I love canon d major so much that i chose to walk down with that song myself. The korean movie "the sassy girl" inspired me so much. After watching that movie, i was determined to use that song for my wedding. I don't remember what song we used for bridal recessional. haha... actually i don't remember any of the songs were playing at all. all i can is my own heartbeat as i was walking down. yep, it was that blur and scary.

john and our sweet kimber lee, the officiant

john's parents

shane escorted my mom

my mom looked so beautiful that day....

we paired steve and eng jo, they are both tall.

tim & jocelyn following behind

and then matt & michele

finally shane & janet

Meanwhile back there, i was nervous as hell waiting for my turn.

don't remember what we were laughing about here... sir is really good at capturing the moments... but if only i could remember the moments... :))

everything is sinking in now...

jacob... looking grumpy. we forgot his ring pillow, left it in the room. haha... we don't know how well he is going to hold the ring pillow anyway. just as long as he walked down the aisle was good enough. we didn't actually think he would walk. on rehearsal day, he was so fussy and refused to walk. surprisingly he performed so well on the wedding day.

jasmine looking so pretty in her little flower girl dress she picked her own

daddy releasing jacob

jasmine tried to hold jacob's hand. her instruction was to hold jacob's hand and if he refused she would have to let go of his hand and let him walk himself. In this picture, you can see clearly jacob refused his sister's help. :P

and there they were.... so darn cute. everybody loves them. i guess apparently jasmine was nervous too and forgot to throw petals along the aisle

as she reached john, john reminded her to throw her petals and there she was throwing the petals high up in the air... everyone was laughing at how cute she was

petals high up in the air....

my gorgeous bridemaids

me getting ready with the help form ann marie.

i was so happy and excited walking down to canon d major

i definitely love love this picture here below. definitely a picture i want sir to capture. john' s expression at the end of the aisle waiting for me to arrive. gotta love it... to be continued....