And then came the day:
The pictures below are from 5 different photographers, including JBQ with his professional gear (while Eugenia was filming):
JBQ's gear
Setup:
Almost $500 worth of balloons prefilled with air and balloons (600 balloons total)
My dad and Jennifer's working on setting up balloons
the wind was a problem, we had to secure the arch carefully
the result was nice though
a portion of the wine we had
Fabien Lubais, our excellent French caterer and his crew
Talking about Fabien, we totally lucked out on finding him: he was a great French chef who did a great job with our event, especially since we had a fair amount of French food connaisseurs.
Getting ready:
The sand to be mixed for the ceremony
Chat got to be locked up in the office all day
We were barely ready by the time the guests came over :)
Il est bo le ralf :) (Michel aussi d'ailleurs)
The ceremony was in two parts:
oui :)
the crowd, amused by the intermission
So that's around the time that she asked for the Rings, which well, we didn't quite bring after having decided not go with best man and maid of honor. In the end, we were a bit rushed and neither Jennifer nor I kind of remembered to bring the rings. This was no big deal though it only took a minute for me to get them inside and for the ceremony to resume after everyone had a good laugh at our expense :)
all in good time ;)
the sand ceremony
as it goes, nothing can undo our union any more than the blue and white sand can be put back in their bottles
Food time:
Photo ops. Doh, having 5-6 people taking pictures ensured that no one was looking at the same camera :)
Dinner:
the first course is about ready
Eva telling us how it's a miracle that her sister survived so long :)
Desert:
After desert:
jennifer -- I'm totally sober. Now gimme more wine! :)
All in all, it was a great day. Everything went more or less according to plan, Jennifer didn't fall in the cake :) and everyone had a great time. Thanks to all for coming, Michel for retrieving our cakes, and JBQ/Eugenia for the pictures and video.
