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since I'm being a big ole postwhore - wedding memories
I'm working on the design for our wedding photobook and it's so funny to look at the photos of things that happened but I'd forgotten about.
Like when Ben let out the world's biggest sneeze (all over yours truly) right in the middle of a particularly solemn moment in the ceremony.
Or my mother's abject horror at the fact that Ben wore skull and crossbone cufflinks (I don't think she really gets the whole pirate thing).
Or Ben's father tearing up at the end of our ceremony - the only time I've seen him cry.
Or my stepmom (who is a crier lol) getting emotional while doing her reading, and me reaching out to hold her hand to steady her so she could keep going.
Or me with a puzzled monkey look on my face as we were filling out the registration form after the ceremony and I finally had to come to a decision about whether or not I was going to change my name (you can see the little cogs in my head spinning..."yes! no! yes! no! yes???")
What were some funny - or just plain memorable - moments at your wedding?
Re: since I'm being a big ole postwhore - wedding memories
Dancing with the last of our friends who stuck around to the end. We were standing in a circle singing the quiet bit in Blister in the Sun and everyone kept coming in at the wrong time.
Oh - and doing air guitar to Journey!
The food! Oh! The food!
My making a terrible pun when Phil had problems getting my lei straight... I said "Lay it on me".
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During the ceremony....since we had some Hawaiian aspects to the ceremony, including a lei exchange, and neither of us was that familiar with a Hawaiian wedding. Sure, I had read the little "script" of the ceremony the officiant had given us, but hadn't given it much thought. Well, when we were doing the lei exchange, you are supposed to kiss as you exchange them. Well, it felt strange to be kissing when it wasn't to the end, the "kiss the bride" part. So we just pecked a little tiny bit. Well, the officiant thought this was pretty funny, and (very loudly) announced, "Oh, come on....you can honi better than that!" We both burst into laughter and then kissed much better!
I had both my mom and dad walk me down the aisle. I'm not that close with my father, but when my mom hugged me at the end, I almost lost it!
Since MH is Jewish, we wanted to incorporate some aspects of a Jewish wedding, so be had a glass to break at the end. For some reason, the WC gave the glass to MY mom (instead of his) to hand to us at the end. Well, my mom's NOT Jewish, and had no idea when to do this. She was so confused!
After we kissed at the end and broke the glass and were about to recede back up the aisle, my mom said, "oh, wait!" because everyone was so engrossed in the ceremony that no one had their little petal toss thingies ready to toss. So we waited while everyone got the petals out. I love my mom....she wanted everything to be just as I wanted it.
After going to the beach for photos after the ceremony, I went to the bathroom to freshen up to enter the reception and do out first dance. I thought I'd need my sister to help me with my dress to go the bathroom, but I managed by myself. So when my sister ran up to me as I was leaving the bathroom and asked if I need help, I said, "no, I got it." She gave me a funny look, but went back to the reception. Then, when we made our big entrance and went straight into the first dance, I realized the problem. She was asking if I needed help with my bustle (not peeing!), which I had completely forgotten about. So I danced the first dance with my train out (luckily it was fairly short), terrified the whole time of stepping on it and tearing my dress!
I didn't want to get tipsy, but still wanted to try each of the four signature drinks we had. So I kept ordering them, taking a few sips, and leaving them all over the place!
This is fun to think about!
My fave memory is when Todd & I saw each other for the first time. Todd is VERY unemotional so I knew we had to see each other alone before the wedding if I was going to get a reaction where he wasn't trying to remain stoic in font of guests. His smile was bigger than ever and the tears were there....and it was captured by our photographer.
I had planned to surprise Todd by playing the National Anthem before our ceremony. He's former military and a as big a patriot as they come, and a giant sports nut so every great event has to begin with it. Some dodo-head started the music track then stopped it so then he knew it was coming. But it was still nice.
My father is quite a memory.....after we said our vows (which we wrote individually and surprised each other with at the ceremony), my father stood up and started to applaud and announced that they were the best vows he'd ever heard. Um, really? Please stay seated and be quiet.
At the reception, my father stood again. This time with God-only-knows how many VO & waters in him and proceeded to make a 10+ minute speech that made NO sense. Oy vey.
Todd's brother, I've tried to forget, but it's tough. He's very, um, simple. He was pissed off becuase he was sitting in my parent's seats and we told him he had to move. Todd's parents didn't go (long story) so he said he wanted to 'take their place'. Fine, sit where they would've sat....which is on the OTHER side of the aisle. Instead he pouted and sat behind my parents. When the ceremony was over he called Todd's parents and tried to get us to talk to them as we were signing the marriage certificate and having pro photos taken. Dude - go away, we're clearly doing something here.
One of the absolute BEST memories was after the wedding. We went back to our room with 2 of my friends from high school and opened a bottle of wine and lounged around and recapped the day, while one of my girlfriends picked all of the bobby pins out of my hair. We had so much to laugh about - it was great.
Fun! I love hearing about everyone's wedding memories.
I have so many wonderful memories! Only one bad/annoying one, really: MH's aunt just divorced his uncle but they were both at our wedding (seated at the same table because they both swore they would behave), and she proceeded to be a drunk hot mess and made a complete ass out of herself by: hitting on every guy there, single and married alike; rolling her eye's during our wedding party speeches and saying in a stage whisper "when do we get to dance!?"; and once the dance floor was rocking two songs into dancing time, she requested this totally random early 70's rock song that no one had ever heard and hopping around all crazy while the rest of the dance floor cleared out.
Other than that, the wonderful memories:
My dad crying like a big ol baby walking me down the aisle;
My BFFs from high school singing "Such Great Heights" during the ceremony;
Taking post-ceremony photos out on the pier with the entire wedding party being hyper goofballs -- they were all so cute!;
Dancing to IZ's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as the first dance with MH;
Our father/daughter dance to "Hey Ya!" where we grabbed everyone and had them come out on the dance floor to dance with us;
and probably one of my favorites:
Everyone getting in a big ol' huggy circle at the end of the night singing "Don't Stop Believin'" at the tops of our lungs!
Oh, I love reading these!
My sisters were my MOH's and my mom arranged all of our bouquets. It was really nice to be able to spend the few hours before the wedding in the hotel suite with them since I don't get to see my sisters all that much.
While we ladies (well, my mom) were hard at work putting the flowers together, my dad was lounging shirtless on the deck. My photog thought this was the funniest thing and snapped some pics and put them on her blog.
My dad, who is usually very stubborn and never does what anyone tells him to do was the most obedient person that day! He did everything I, and the WC asked him to do.
I had a rogue nose hair sticking out right before leaving the suite to walk down the aisle so my sister snipped it while the other one took a picture, and no, I will not PIP!
My friend's BF wore crocs... I know the invite said resort casual, but... really? Crocs?
My older sister's speech which had everyone in tears and my younger sister's speech which had everyone laughing.
The food! People were totally cleaning off their plates, and still comment on how good it all was!
Just having the important people in our lives from Vancouver, Australia, Japan, and the US all in one room!
Keep 'em coming ladies, I'm loving reading these!
I thought of another one...Ben's dad getting VERY concerned after we signed our marriage certificate. In Australia they write the dates day/month/year, not month/day/year (I actually think it makes more sense!). So he saw 5/1/2008 and thought it meant Jan 5, 2008 - he pulled the officiant aside and asked him in a very concerned voice if that meant our marriage was invalid lol.
BAHAHAHAHA I don't remember this story from when you got married! Did you tell it at the time?
I remember that story.
I think Alix mentioned it in someone else's post giving advice on what kind of undergarments to wear under your dress. Alix's post was a warning about what happened to her.
I remember this picture, hahaha! I thought it was the funniest one out of the bunch!