After a little over a year of planning our BIG day,
we are now officially husband and wife.
We tied the knot on March 20th, 2010. My day started at 7am. Alex had spent the night in a hotel, so we wouldn't see each other until we reached the alter. It's bad luck you know.... LOL.... I had my hair and makeup artist come to my house to help me look beautiul. :) At about 11:30, the photographer arrived and started to take pictures of me and my dress. It was all so very exciting. After about an hour of taking pictures, someone announced that the limo had arrived. I was really starting to get butterflies now. LOL... When I stepped outside and saw the excursion limo that my mom had gotten for us, I was ecstatic! It was gorgeous! The Bridal party got in the limo and we were off. The ceremony took place at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Encino, CA at 2:00 pm. I was very happy to see that alot of people showed up to the ceremony, that in my opinion is the most important part of the wedding. As my brother walked me down the aisle, I found the closer I got to the alter, the harder it was to fight back the tears of joy that filled my eyes. Alex looked so handsome, standing there waiting to take my hand. The mass was ministered in both English and Spanish by Father Austin and it was BEAUTIFUL!
After the ceremony, the limo took us to The Japanese Tea Garden in Glendale to take our wedding pictures. We spent about 2 hours taking some wonderful photos and then were off to Shiraz Restaurant in Glendale, which was the location of our reception. We made the traditional wedding entrance when the DJ announced the bridal party by couples and then when Alex and I were announced, we went startight into our first dance as husband as wife. Our song was "AT LAST" by Eta James. Not very original I know, but it's a beautiful song. I mean there's a reason why its such a popular wedding dance song. HAHA
The rest of the night was followed by the usual tossing of the bouquet and garter belt, the cutting of the cake and TONS of dancing!
*Highlights of the Day*
- The toast that my Maid of Honor Javanna made was definetly spoken from the heart. She had EVERYONE crying, yes even the guys. After 18 years of knowing her, she still amazes me every time. I love her so very much and thank god to have such a wonderful friend.
- My brother really stepped up on my BIG day. He was the one to give me away at the alter and did a wonderful job. He is usually a shy guy, yet during the ceremony he actually stood at the alter in front of everyone and read lines out of the bible. Thanks little bro :)
- My mom was so helpful through the whole wedding and I couldn't have done it without her.
We'd like to thank everyone who attended our wedding for sharing our special day with us.
Our wedding day has definetly been the most important day of our lifes as of yet and now we have the rest of our lives to create more wonderful memories and have plenty more special moments together.
