wild wedding weekend, part two

after days of rainy, dreary weather, the wedding morning was bright and sunny and wonderful, which was such a relief. on the less relaxing side, there were also three of us to get through the shower, dressed and made up, and a last minute black tank top-related bridesmaid crisis to attend to. the last sealing i went to i barely made it in before the bride and groom, an experience i was not eager to repeat, but luckily we made it in plenty of time, and the rest of the day looked something like this...



robin, shaunna and melissa outside the temple...



the happy couple (jane asked chris not to cut his hair...)



photo madness...



and the kids aren't too happy about it...



robin capturing the action, and looking quite lovely...



we wanted to be in some pictures, too...



a man none of us recognized thrust this camera into shaunna's hands and asked her to "handle it." he was the same man trying, very loudly, to bunch the wedding party together for a photo until jane's dad came off the steps and, leading him away from the group, said, "we actually have a professional photographer to handle all of that so why don't you just stand right over here..."



friends...



waiting for the luncheon to start...



as a sidenote, while we were sitting in the lobby of the joseph smith memorial building, who should walk in but my old district leader, elder tashiro. my japanese is pretty pathetic, but i did manage to surmise that he has been living here since the beginning of the year, going to uvsc. and there was no misunderstanding when he asked if i was married. when i said no, he said, "still?" awesome.





starting the ring ceremony...



the luncheon was also a reunion with tandis, our third roommate, and another college friend, erica. i tried to get robin to switch spots with me so i could sit next to tandis and catch up, but instead she left me next to uncle scott (or richard? i can't remember), a marriage and family therapist who pretty much did nothing but ask this question: "why are there so many women of your generation in the church who don't get married?" maybe i should have introduced him to elder tashiro...



and then, after a quick rest and a costume change, it was off to the reception. with a beautiful cake...


... and adorable chocolate-covered children (we actually overheard one boy, running to the chocolate fountain shouting, "stuff dipped in chocolate, gooooood!")













the bouquet toss went slightly awry when jane launched the flowers way past where we were standing and they landed with a thud on the concrete, roses popping off everywhere. but, despite robin's best efforts to ignite my dress, the sparklers were a great, and safe, success, and off the happy couple went.





and home we went, sore feet and happy hearts, all.