Thursday 11 September 2008

ABC 123 Baby You And Me Girl - Part 5

Wedding Recap A-D
Wedding Recap E - H
Wedding Recap I - K
Wedding Recap L

Music: Shawn's area of expertise. During the before-the-ceremony-mingling period, he compiled a mix of traditional Irish music. It should be noted that I was completely against this ("who plays Irish music in an Irish pub? It's so obvious! And cheesy!") but it actually turned out well. The processional (? I always forget the name for the walky-down-the-aisle bit and I'm too lazy to look it up) music was a song that Shawn composed. For me. Because he is a sweetheart like that. That was actually part of the surprise.



After dinner, the dj played for a bit and then the bands played. Shawn played a set with his old band and then played some of his newer stuff with a few of his musician friends. The other part of my surprise was that he covered "Summer of '69" with his old band. The singer wouldn't sing it though, so Shawn sang. It was fabulous. I honestly don't even like that song that much but it always gets everyone out on the dance floor.



Our dj was really great - he didn't play any crap, even though there was one lady (a friend of Shawn's friend, so no-one is taking responsibility for her suckiness) who asked him to play "I Kissed a Girl" every ten minutes. Even though he told her that we had specifically asked him not to play that song. We hadn't, but I appreciated his lie.


Non-Traditional: I don't think our wedding strayed too far from what you could consider a traditional wedding. I don't even think that you could really define what a traditional wedding is, nowadays. However, I cannot think of an "n" subject, so you're getting a list of the non-traditional aspects of our wedding:

We got married on the roof-top balcony of an Irish Pub.





The reception was held in the pub.




Both of my parents walked me down the aisle. It was important to me to have both parents by my side.



I wore flowers in my hair instead of a veil.

We served non-traditional food like burgers and corn on the cob.

The Best Ladies wore different-coloured dresses.


We did the photographs before the ceremony.


Officers. Of the law: Photo props. Highlight of the afternoon (the wedding ceremony was technically in the evening, so I'm not heartless for saying that.)

We were in Stanley Park taking photos and we noticed some motorcycle cops looking at us.

We asked if they wanted to be in the pictures with us and they offered to position their bikes in front of the gardens and let us sit on them.

It was a riot.
We were laughing so hard the entire time.
One officer gave Shawn his ticket book and Shawn wrote me a ticket for "being too hot."
He then proceeded to put the ticket down the front of my dress. He's classy like that.

20 comments:

  1. Screw traditional - I *LOVE* the different colors yet same style bridesmaid dress concept!

    And your hair looked beautiful. A veil would have hid that.

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  2. Oh my god those pictures are so cute and sweet that they make me want to CRY! I'm kinda newish to your blog, but I'm dying to know how you guys met. You've probably written about it already, but if not, I'd love to read about it.

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  3. haahaha I would've been arrested for being drunk in public.

    I actually love the last photo of you two getting busy on the motorcycles.

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  4. Cue the CHiPs music! I'm telling you, my brain is just a dizzying array of pop culture, as of late.

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  5. Still loving every ounce that was your wedding.

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  6. I adore your wedding! I love that it wasn't TOO traditional (which, you're right, what is that anymore?) And the bike pictures are fabulous!

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  7. LOVE the bike pics. I guess it is true what they say... the most unexpected moments are the ones you remember fondly.

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  8. I get so excited to read your wedding recaps (and I totally understand how hard it is to recap that day. I seriously might steal your alphabet idea). I love the pictures with the motorcycles. Those are awesome!

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  9. those cop / bike shots are SO AWESOME. SO SO SO AWESOME. i'm going to be jealous now when i don't get to pose with cops & their ticket books during my hypothetical wedding.

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  10. i love love the pictures on the cop bikes, that is hilarious. and i love that they gave you guys the ticket book, so cute!

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  11. Which of your parents do you think you look like, Hillary?

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  12. Green: Thanks! I loved the dresses too. I kind of want one for myself.

    Georgia: I don't think I've written about how we met ... I'll get on it!

    Ben: Ha, I can see that.

    J: What is CHiPs music?

    Nilsa: Thank you!

    Lauren: I know, right? I couldn't even begin to define "traditional."

    Jamie: Definitely going in the album!

    Amanda: Definitely! It was so random and hilarious.

    Leftlane: I stole the idea from you!

    Alice: That's easy - just get arrested on your wedding day!

    Katelin: It was a riot. I couldn't stop laughing!

    Lexiloo: Thanks!

    Thomas: I don't know - a meld of both I guess. I'm 6 inches taller than my mom so I definitely got my height from my dad. I have my mom's nose and skin though.

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  13. You guys honestly had one of the coolest weddings ever. Those cops just put it over the top!

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  14. hi
    hello
    how was your day?
    i liked your blog
    you are fantastic!!!

    really nice blog
    fabulous fantastic
    bye
    take care
    see you

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  15. hi
    hello
    how was your day?
    i liked your blog
    you are fantastic!!!

    really nice blog
    fabulous fantastic
    bye
    take care
    see you

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  16. your wedding was perfect. we laughed the entire time too! love your pics.

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  17. Wow - the motorcycle pictures are awesome!

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  18. What? What is CHiPs music? Only pure pop culture awesomeness. ;-)

    CHiPs is a American television drama series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (licensee by Turner Entertainment) that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977 to July 17, 1983. CHiPs follows the lives of two motorcycle police officers in the California Highway Patrol. The series ran for 139 episodes over six seasons. - Wikipedia

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