my wedding / the party

i am trying so hard to limit the number of pictures i put in this post, but i love all of them for different reasons. our wedding was the biggest party ever. i still have people tell me that ours was the most fun reception they have ever been to. and i believe them. i don't generally like to brag about things, but i feel like i can brag about this one.  

i'll start with pictures of the temple, and then my wedding party, and then the wedding party . it might get borderline inappropriate.

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us leaving the temple. our two families. two generations of four sisters.

our wedding party at the temple. me and paul (i love this picture... paul came up to me and awkwardly said 'so, are we supposed to take a picture together now'). the groomsmen- somehow they photograph surprisingly well.

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the classic san diego temple pictures. and jarman- how handsome can he get? check out that swagger. 

our bridesmaids and groomsmen. and still our best friends. we all grew up in temecula, it's cool.

jarman and the girls. me and the boys. us and heaton (i laugh every time i look at that picture). my dress.

our bartenders. our band (i could not love brandon's face more in this picture). the art of silhouette making.

cutting the cake. the ugliest laughing you have ever seen, me and my mom are making the same face! our first dance (you can see our cute movie projected on the side!) 

the groomsmen surprised us with a flash mob! the start of the dancing. big dave being moshed. paul doing the bernie for my sisters' 14 year old friends- this photo has become infamous

more dancing. casey caught the garter, to paul's dismay. 

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we did another 'flash mob', although most people were expecting it. the music kept stopping, which explains the screaming... 

more dancing. my parents: gone wild. 'swing swing' dedicated to tressa. the cutest little boys you've ever seen.

and finally, the grand exit. 

for those of you who made it to the end of this post, i'm truly impressed. i promise to be more concise in the future, but this was my glory day and i like to relive it as often as possible.

 

in memory of / nine eleven

i saw one of kevin bubriski's works in his series titled 'world trade center series, new york city' during my visit to the american art museum today, and thought it was one of the most moving images i have seen relating to the tragic event. bubriski visited ground zero shortly after the buildings fell. he witnessed the masses of people who went to go see the terror. his photographs reflect what i think most people felt the day of 9/11. each reaction is so alike: the viewers are stopped in awe of the cataclysmic disaster. may we always remember...

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style / wedding week: bridals

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so this week i am going to share with you pictures from my wedding! i know it was a year and a half ago, but i have never gotten a chance to really share my pictures and people keep asking to see them. i am breaking it up in to categories, so each day you will see a different aspect of my wedding, mainly because it's too hard for me to narrow down what to show you. 

jarman and i got married february 18th, 2012 in the san diego temple. our reception was held in my backyard, and my family and our wonderful friends pretty much put the whole thing on. we made all the food, did all the decorating, and partied as hard as we could. it was literally the funnest day of my life, and if i could i would have a wedding for every anniversary. and seriously, we couldn't have done it without all of our amazing friends and family that helped us, i think i will have to do a post just for them. 

we did our bridals a few weeks before the wedding at balboa park in san diego. i had always imagined doing our pictures there, and somehow our amazing photographer made it work, even though she lives all the way in la. i love the way they turned out. those blue doors are to die for. i love the european vibe that the park gives, it looks like we could have taken these pictures in spain or italy. 

i got my dress from an antique store in temecula. in high school i went to that antique store almost every weekend to shop for vintage jewels and dresses, and i was so happy to actually be buying my wedding dress from there. i never actually went dress shopping, this was pretty much the only dress i tried on and i knew i had to have it. it required quite a few alterations. i always imagined having the funny face dress made, and had my heart set on having a tea length dress. when i found this one, i couldn't part with the ruffles in the back, so i decided to compromise and have the front short but the back long. i also had the sleeves shortened, and a v made for the back neckline (which my hair pretty much covered the entire time anyway).