All photos are by Jason + Anna Photography, unless indicated otherwise. |
photo by Senka. |
Senka |
I saw Cindy a month or two after the wedding, when
Vin and I flew to down to visit family for Christmas. “Bob and I have been to a
lot of weddings before, and I’ve been to some pretty fancy ones," she told
me. But your wedding was magical, because everybody danced with everybody.(Senka photo).
Jason + Anna |
Jason + Anna |
That was my favorite thing
about our reception too. Our families and friends had never really spent time
together before the wedding--my people are in Texas and Vin's are in New
York--so we were amazed not only by how well everyone got along, but by how
much they all genuinely seemed to enjoy one another (photo by Jason + Anna).
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Midway through the reception, one of Vin's
relatives was found crying softly to himself outside the tent. When asked
about the tears he said, "I've just never seen my family this happy
before." He's nine.
photo by Jason + Anna |
photo by Jason + Anna |
My grandfather danced with my new mother-in-law (photo by Senka B). |
We have really good people. More than half our guests had to buy a plane ticket to celebrate with us, A handful even bought cowboy boots to party in. |
photo by Jason + Anna |
photo by Jason + Anna |
My 85-year-old grandpa stayed up dancing till
midnight. He hasn't done that since the Eisenhower administration. (photo by Jason + Anna)
Shots were poured. Cops showed up to tell us to
turn down the music. The chef, a bridesmaid and a New Yorker all fell
into the koi pond. One friend had to crash on dad's couch for the night. It
certainly wasn't the fanciest of affairs. It was an explosion of joy and a hell
of a good party. (
photo by Jason + Anna).
And like I knew they would, the crowd went wild
when it was Vin's turn to be auctioned off. His friends pooled their money
together to improve their odds. Twenty dollar bills started flying in the air.
He went for $350.
I would have paid triple. (photo by Senka)
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And then my secret wedding wish came true. Our friends charged toward Vin and lifted him off the ground. I can't remember ever feeling so happy or proud.
I had married a good man. |
In the words of Vin's
brother, he is "our favorite friend, our favorite brother, our favorite
son." The kind of man people want to put on their shoulders.
I hesitate to use the word perfect to describe
anything. But that night was.
Except for one thing. The next day I realized I'd barely danced with the groom at our wedding reception. (photo by Michael Ou) |
No big deal. He's not going anywhere. (photo by Joe Tillman) |
Sorry for the terrible quality in this post...blogger and I are not besties at the moment. Switch to wordpress is imminent...
ReplyDeleteGorgeous - all of it! Thanks for sharing all of these special moments. Your love is inspiring! xo
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful photos and commentary! I wish you all the happiness in the world!
ReplyDeleteAnd this right here is why I love weddings. I don't even know you, but I could feel the love at your wedding pouring out of these photos. This is exactly how I felt about my wedding. It's so cliche, but it was truly one of the best happiest loving days of my life.
ReplyDeleteAnd I forgot to say, congratulations! and you look gorgeous!
DeleteThis is awesome!
ReplyDeleteLove-
Jonathan