tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44022671547760689132024-02-22T02:28:17.218-07:00Macaron BridePlanning a French/American weddingm&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-26117356176702751592009-03-08T12:37:00.005-06:002009-03-08T12:57:20.844-06:00Macaron MakingFew photos from my last macarons experiments. I am taking a break on baking them as for a while I did 4 batches a day... but I will resume soon as I have some egg whites waiting for me in the fridge.<div><div style="text-align: center;">Honey and Pollen (french meringue)<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhF4RQD5Sa7AamSJ6uzwhX2_QsRnQanhz5X7S3YmT9XoL4jIR8bgMNsYWpWVw2jKwlWLj07apkKSX2kuw4H8Sja8PkrsB8K0GxexIdeoLLWkpgCPhNFhIg2i58t4GNU35VSpnOeih2rWk/s320/DSC02102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310889667027202930" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0F_uUBeV8RPrFodHhStz7r92CGCwoVFRxejB6Z64KatfqOD9T-o1LaO2cwGPdYLrzZBDYV41pppTIGg-k2VtIRTgUvoefSEu1HlGBqyakjIu-wKeL1q43XjMM5kIA_eBeo8xiY4kn7Wk/s320/DSC02104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310889673903014450" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6V0R8ISabtWnSADdgbuTf9ONSV_Fpll-vhrAAL8HJs4LEpPOeD3Tzc-81Y5Yn5itdaPt4afRXwlQ6Z0mBRz6KuRN7vlWZ5N4NxhmqQeBAnwbSprZ9SB5V42l34u2BhhdU1GF9a_oyxTo/s320/DSC02110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310889684858574418" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3wLY5AX0EckVcX_Gw7bXCRNFGmCqjQ65NiHa2oaUYAvMfAGj644b8Zgz-g4nqNFAiUtxYETAXtcFDuhXLm6Uhd-Zj6C9AwPqb-f3vM8NLQ1oVdoZoAVs88CvF_4dKTAnQDcY8N_0S9M/s320/DSC02134.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310889694697900242" /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJ_UiHVxFTwv59Rmb3eyIHPtWkCcNJI_RNMAGV4mByWCwsSJWzE8-t7N8y6hE7hjPdcX5cTotT03mKN6oEpQTdF5IXU46YRyErIzcLz4ZwH-xF1Ampsq01jtjuVLPr9v1lG2J7zrUPBg/s320/DSC02135.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310889696757952178" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rose (french meringue)<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70ncZgLu9qk0l1zCaKQw_LsDuplnu6d5C5wPB1mIqukBW8a3Kh8mdcEuU-DEStlumkNjlRUbnPLJM6ViQY8XaNuUTYH-qzzWOz6H4kDbl26hwx5Ti5rAO3Q2mWLjKPO7VLcv3iHow3AU/s320/DSC02143.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310890375153478850" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMp2mrJvPBKtDlXMMrerpGDcLMTP8FfOlvEqq2OwWdEy9DxxFWXp9AS5jBGxI8tFOTx_VmpSQhojEYDqjdSxLFHCiFSatq6KYeQSaw6iJJAA0elUC_ML_XN5w-iZ6D7mMl6va67NsSQeY/s320/DSC02147.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310890378105187618" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurpI4ifZS1ndlt6v3aa4F7OVQ5EwWGkmINVY4XWphe7f0KWrejI7VVVXFt9jmrIhxST7ZTFBLzrO3yKHvlK_leYr110yCwSuDjUX9ZBjYnp-_FuNrpc2Ct4UiwTUUIlqOAxCe6AIJ5Dg/s320/DSC02166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310890387723726018" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlueAssnwkscq5_Bc6Gmum90Q8orGW0f4NI5qjzBcG5GJoKHhQvEeZ22kI7r7uU0gtnQ1zYDbLfJcVPmyhXhraQapLa28di06dBIdRfNf3U15bKybDH-vXhEoN-tUCSJTGJDvERJhClAM/s320/DSC02171.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310890395319599074" /><div style="text-align: center;">Pistachio (italian meringue)<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMy4RtUG2sOs4vMWxoxthnMF5ZQxFuBmwvTNilB6fWbA6-9G-H2bf_INSU_fYoXqIWsPXt5-qcL4QT1OqwI05AVGukCICZJ2doHDxrkUgiaTUrTPG63rrIfovQr4qqrAeOil7qLjwiW9I/s320/DSC02199.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310890401258198210" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFWQPI5iKqrg9bMSz7p7co4SbVuH47hzmbUbUUXZq1tSGTSJcMrhA9FZcw3oZHHGGKXSXMIXXJCbj8kwUmbatuy3iNx23dMwQ29WEtiKXZHKc_fglQ_6i_LLoWoFWVXinZ-ji5-DPwqA/s320/DSC02205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310890596775131890" /><div style="text-align: center;">I have the right consistency, but they are lopsided with my italian meringue, and all are hollow inside with either recipe. I will figure out what is going on... :)</div></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-73636786409486806482008-11-16T17:40:00.006-07:002008-11-16T22:24:49.573-07:00Back to Halloween...I know I should have posted about our Halloween party a while back, but my job search has been taking most of my free time lately with no success, but I at least have some good news.<div><br /></div><div>On October 31st at 8:00am, Rich and I had our appointment with USCIS. The officer was really nice, and approved us!! For those who don't know what it means: I was going to receive my Green Card within the next 3 weeks. Last week, I GOT IT in the mail! My Green Card, which isn't green at all, is called Permanent Resident Card (or something similar) and authorizes me to stay in the US and work for the next 2 years. As we haven't been married for 2 years, my Green Card is temporary, and in 2 years we will have to apply for a permanent one... then it is road to double citizenship. Even though the lawyer's fees were enormous, it was worth it. If you can afford it, we recommend it. <div><div><div>Review: married legally in March, paperwork sent in April, 3 requests for additional evidence, interview in October, Green card in November.... = 6/7 months total!</div><div><br /><div>Back to Halloween:</div><div>First, the greatest pumpkin patch I had even been to. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1O1B3FVekPTNUr1vbHBJNUvub8F62LamfLjQrNUZnpBn6yFDzQ7PlLElFLZpD7_D4UYwD_OZIQ-VgtrVONaBSD5AkTOwgqgrHIDpdL7OkJ2cZych5F0XwsYxeOrkn4sbHkEZus3AJyMo/s320/100_2406.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269420696727959442" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNCEVsB147pgkLdUcQumkzjsKjSs3DkhJWBrwvEuMsJ-y3dR9WFJZeY2lYOjzt4-H50t2mBm9Zocr7sPp-YabOaq8U8ylhOxwBgGidcIypGVSBTc_fsR8TlommvzM9pcwqDuFDmAwTRM/s320/100_2405.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269420693273482050" />We usually get our pumpkins the weekend before halloween (about a week before), and it always seemed to be a little late. Most people came a lot earlier, so there aren't that many choices, the left overs are rotten... or full of bugs. <div>This year I found on the Denver Post a list of pumpkin patches in Denver. I chose one one close to Denver... in Broomfield about 25 min away:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rockcreekfarm.com/">ROCK CREEK FARM</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">2005 South 112th Street</div><div style="text-align: center;">Broomfield, CO 80020</div><div style="text-align: center;">smiller@rockcreekfarm.com</div><div><br /></div><div>And it was the BEST ONE I had EVER been to! First, we noticed that we weren't the only ones going (there were cops doing circulation just for that pumpkin patch). Then, we were greeted with pruning shears because the pumpkins were still on the vine - fresher. We drove forever in pumpkin patches and could stop anywhere to get a pumpkin. Then you load it up, and you just go pay for what you got. It is a fixed price per pumpkin, doesn't matter the size.</div><div>You can see in the pictures there were pumpkins to the horizon all around. We got 1 great green pumpkin (didn't want orange), and we drove out to pay. There, there were huge buckets of specialty pumpkins even cheaper than the one we got in the field. </div><div>We got:</div><div>- 1 field pumpkin (green, but now after a month totally orange)</div><div>- 2 light green gourds</div><div>- 2 grey greenish pumpkin</div><div>We now look forward to eating them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our green pumpkin (now orange and totally ripped)</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXut3woh5nlNoxmkB6TiMhxgsMfV1rJm-z-xTUr7dpVMozdzCaKV-JNXUd8gqt85fOl5HBV4XcJM_e7SV_HaqLrdOpyg1_kMZhMPn9BCPg4oYmvwiBiN5LzY55hkvKV-Mu8f8wRzuj8BM/s320/100_2415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269420704181100354" /><div style="text-align: center;">1 of each (pumpkin from the field, gourd, grey pumpkin)<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNSx29AAXLjG2lj36BuyCptVZw7ZDDHfNys7gvbKmo2dv3sX-4Qy2TmlRFxPFTKhwlGlhjoLpyAFP6fP-CH9hIN0dwulMhB1R3lMFg_ZMLJx-EgspGMBQJ0EWSoEEqr7dBJ75rBoYRMI/s320/100_2414.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269420702644638850" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Both gourds<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslz2CoZuBjeMmnKMvuAINhinGz-7gUPjXrgVriSM7yqNf6aanGcLH-rlzOTTfpAjUet8id6dD18W-3qgw5rbtxkGjnviikqAhGkKv79R_mTQXy_BJdaozxXlk6tl6nDJtZI6_XZh_03M/s320/100_2409.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269420696644110290" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next, planning the party and baking the food...</div></div></div></div></div></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-85833647576638158352008-11-15T17:28:00.004-07:002008-11-16T09:52:46.307-07:00Wedding Podcast Network<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJ-VZ7HGP_8RDGIkUUEaDlQPltvQYLlSRVU4zd6fQeTJkoN3V6DquX03QmUqa_e-j95KnbIAs7x3wPoioNOQLflhMUojLwLAB7TnT1UGo8veKcV9G7-2CLDPZ00PIooFdwkheE4qTTGE/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJ-VZ7HGP_8RDGIkUUEaDlQPltvQYLlSRVU4zd6fQeTJkoN3V6DquX03QmUqa_e-j95KnbIAs7x3wPoioNOQLflhMUojLwLAB7TnT1UGo8veKcV9G7-2CLDPZ00PIooFdwkheE4qTTGE/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269049145735916690" /></a><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1VDmtYSpnDr5VvSmUL7Y4QXNxQTLaCErM21hukIvm2s4BWc2j34eCsgwZiWpr5BjqIX-FQfVE_Yd7xn514nALReVY71AL_kj7R3Nd7Teee7EuDoXPQFZF_asNcgAtnEfYq_rzYAlRVg/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269049142194065010" />It's been a while since I last wrote, but I have some news. During the wedding planning, I found out about the <a href="http://www.weddingpodcastnetwork.com/">Wedding Podcast Network</a>, and ended up listening to every single podcast that came out. One day, Holli asked to email them our story, which I did. We kept in contact until August, time at which we got married.... and when we came back in September, Rich and I were interviewed for the <a href="http://weddingpodcastnetwork.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=newlywedcast">Newlywedcast</a>. It was a lot of fun, and Holli is just so nice to talk to. <div>Today, the <a href="http://weddingpodcastnetwork.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=403188">podcast</a> just came out! After much apprehension, Rich and I listened to it. It sounded a lot better than we were expecting (dramatic scenarios of a pathetic interview were going through our mind from recording till today)... Although I would warn that my accent still shocks me!</div><div>Ok, I know I have a french accent, but when I talk, I just don't hear it. So of course when I hear my "horrible" french accent, it is totally unexpected and sounds so odd!</div><div>I am sure most of you will think that it is exotic and so cute, but I am still not over listening to myself. Maybe i'll get over it someday, or maybe it will get better, who knows... please also, excuse my english mistakes (I know there are plenty), and my nervous giggling. </div><div>Anyway, enjoy the podcast!... Because we enjoyed sharing our story!...</div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-52297450347778961232008-10-06T10:05:00.013-06:002008-11-16T22:25:45.973-07:00Halloween Invites<div style="text-align: center;">As I am a little bored right now, I decided to host a nice halloween party at the end of the month... on the 31st of course. First off, I had to do the invites as I wanted to give everyone enough time to answer. After browsing a LOT of ideas I decided to go with a Bat theme<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi655AvibKp97QUxHNreJzP7J9AF-OWzGo2-7D9pPkfndM3ZgaLYf6CZpyt1evscmN6V7BdRZOqz1YDqCnBGkzIlaLucMSZqy6flVtVEixNA8L8JrcA-04hTPZe9HD8YQ2oR4fXXNJtDgE/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254075126821347922" /><div style="text-align: center;">... and a Black, Grey/Silver, White party. <br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI46LYTnZZ21QnEwn4d44U8RozHn7dlaMgqn1VIFjtJU4UUsTsZKPhsb-FEtoEjwaNrlOobdMF9gUJjKyUKpi40j6vPhHw-fa5zThw6bIN5woVnz1uSxYS3_aLWLvjL9sRlcJQcuEkdMY/s400/Untitled1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254074578268343698" /><div style="text-align: center;">I chose those colors because I wanted something chic/elegant and would work great for Halloween. Orange and Black being a little too common, I decided to choose Silver. Then, I was off to design the invites... on PPT because it is really easy and I still have to learn<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Illustrator. Thankfully I had a cool font on my mac: Lucinda Blackletter.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is the almost finished product...</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAynJRzqGLfCGwr00SKwgGHn4JvBpXLZni_lrnNgp5DBR5CnQ3sZXEaJFQF2FXjJyykvUCOP_m2mvTWlu8RDlgIl2lbFmCJP_f0Udl1yUTg296yPjUGoBO_b7RV2AqQ5ZYaOV2tmCGo18/s320/halloween.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254098048230060546" /><div style="text-align: center;">After designing the perfect invites, I wanted to get some special paper. We didn't get anything fancy for the wedding, but noticed that a nicer paper makes the difference. So to add the Silver touch, we picked some silver stationary (cards + envelopes) at <a href="http://www.michaels.com/art/online/home">Michaels. </a><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We printed the invite on the paper and I added silver glitters (Martha Stewart) to the H in Halloween and one of the bats. <br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQRwa2q2N-bUCtu69wS3ygzuHAK9Rou-FWImXK64-sccN9YfE7Fo1IUHMeDZuTk2L7fsXLdRcRqXfMXo-hMSX8xB_giYkq3jWBPCMeggUXjrpPPOZWkPVzyALqj1S34je8kH0w1tmqV0/s320/pc0898_d11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254104409798845314" /><div style="text-align: center;">And here you go... (I had to use an ancient digital camera, so the quality is not great, and on top of it I took those pictures at night). <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I took the first picture with Flash so we could at least see the Silver card.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaApkN4PWIkoTwKAHnqjqUBHvJKuDFkzOFHW2vP9DZdhmrFh_s1QnuAZoskMpx19Vo4bE4Ukg-gwebnCBCJ5cOG7fnDjhnokl0YiOEZ7ojUMcia5HDcfT34O6FIAK-CLAOtasz1nh5CBM/s320/Untitled3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254123184699203938" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfHJn5Eg-ABRnn-Ea1DeXYJpLdeeLqyvgN8i8As4q0wdY8hqcCBDiW5z4jlaVRltXbMElW0nbDmx8hGADM5cgYA_xA5oMYeX7wqSPt46k7SSvawRPfyX57Lcj_hYURDBChaN-JP2cPtw/s320/DSCN2368.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254118042788434530" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyn3MRV3oVMJd6AC0T5fmVi39GsifSBOcuz95udmA094Ng4NWE_7vBFrmwEvLZkqTrxF1Bc-duyLbeBKageLNLw6UAEKq2W_knpu3pMZ2q0XF6YHs-rbx_eL_PuGwJxKKRZ2FZXjE9MM/s320/DSCN2370.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254118045238595042" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirx8mv8Gt6NiVV16T4yyzkhcZGuD1PhyphenhyphenlA22W4bGo3b8DGZCIXbxfuOdWUBWgINbrOXL9JXCa4pQJaSu-KZTJHIv9uo3pdOtViBiz1kMtf9nlMpl9CnZkSkQopRJKcpraZGN1PQdQCMOE/s320/Untitled2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254123149059677266" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqBSfB4IPAszOp9AYdov1cD4LAdwM5b3f1ta04mJgwugtw-PYTR5DDOt4Tj68wXSZ8eKfx1LckKgKdLfPMJQ1_dzAzN0AWMzshbNnW_jPS0R0fiMeH2R1bMaeZSjv4kXpgnyYU1ZS-Ug/s320/Untitled1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254123109129633362" /><div style="text-align: center;">And Silver envelope<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VBQThJ5kNXFfM6MJ4vzvpYIfEQ7mDqdam5wRtweLOFuR1RIvvc7fM93VBfOJSvyu0ORT-wLzNQdTWz4_eQ6XhFPaPF8qgufWMrh8P_UufJ_6WUrZbEP20szkT9Ou08zNQ68amasAlEw/s320/Untitled4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254123210913507026" /><div style="text-align: center;">The card has a final touch... Bailey's paw ($1 at Michaels)<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-EM9Oy5AitfZYaR6qlL-YSA6KXd5zmi94iq0qzTp2jRJU84xC3vOJmZqvPAV5ecMEIT1kiVTDvXLw92rc0ZcDOJbU3Vq7rDjjdwcJAx1TeDe1v2qtxxJE8FWyo0JpCnRs9aKHcM49wg/s320/DSCN2352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254123090832875906" /><div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, I just have to come up with the food, beverages... and a costume!</div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-66585202822010096332008-09-30T09:52:00.003-06:002008-09-30T10:10:45.152-06:00Waiting patiently for a phone call...I have now been back to Denver for a month, Richard and I moved to a new apartment (a lot more space), we got a dog - Bailey, and I am still looking for a job. <div>I have been applying to some place, but am having a hard time finding job openings in my field. About 2 weeks ago now, I called one of the places I applied to (Accenture) to see what was going on... because once you send your application you don't actually have a clue is someone</div><div> even read it. And I wasn't considered for the job because of my grades (most plausible reason for an entry level job)... yea my grades... I guess a 4.0 in Grad school just wasn't enough for them... made me realize that maybe they weren't right for me. </div><div>So now I just look for jobs as a full time job and babysit our new puppy. In the meanwhile I try not to get too bored so I cook a lot. I have made tons of soups, lunches for Rich, deserts.. and my favorite: macarons!</div><div>My first try was almost good, but the oven was too hot (cracked the macaron) and I had mixed the mixture too much (didn't develop a nice foot)...</div><div>So 2 days ago I decided to try again. My eggs whites were in the fridge and old, and I</div><div> had received my almond powder (because almond powder happened to be impossible to get in Colorado) from OhNuts.com. </div><div>And here is the result! I am really proud, the foot formed, the top is smooth (even if it doesn't look like it in the pictures).. and it tasted awesome. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Macarons filled with chocolate ganache topped with cocoa powder</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz05LpoDPw42MMAj7lFXIPGbvfAmQhJA9orccWBLMKHjv_7IYLd2pv16WpbwBkyumiFqH2kYPWA8OtzZgjpDP1KXglu6wZnZPlhvn4CHLQWEImbFwPe69HvIfwhVMbu8J6npMpzApkhNU/s320/100_2191.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251846923451741938" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBDOU87moBBsQ4xXfmAhe6uyLJ0jNeU4CUgqiLcYfKc2oDZvMWkA6QMTDSVOvedSVQHZCCQ6UowT8oSL0_JqjZPrx2weumVS-q6w8Uc6viIashawHFfZ95enTlAS21PPBHlVi60M6DF8/s320/100_2194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251846926475376706" />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-58481862757540044642008-09-08T15:11:00.005-06:002008-09-08T15:44:42.946-06:00End of the night..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivoHTz48dBOJHioWs7gF2rnVyLVWf9a-XlzpQ7WcmxrI0eNUppLFU4cQjby6CFmlUieivTuVGK5Yaw8oUHWD5dQJOW3jfK8VhZSaCQBcJ0PYqHA86If8h0xk3N3AzwHpgVC6zQQ5sQlU/s1600-h/IMG_4873.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivoHTz48dBOJHioWs7gF2rnVyLVWf9a-XlzpQ7WcmxrI0eNUppLFU4cQjby6CFmlUieivTuVGK5Yaw8oUHWD5dQJOW3jfK8VhZSaCQBcJ0PYqHA86If8h0xk3N3AzwHpgVC6zQQ5sQlU/s320/IMG_4873.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243762607847200722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I noticed that in the US, reception halls don't allow to stay past 10 or 11pm. That was something Horrible for french people. We need more time as dinner ends around 10 to 11pm! So no need to have an After Party. We were allowed to stay until 2am, time at which we had to leave the room, but could stay outside if we wanted. But somehow, the DJ didn't stop playing until 3am, which means that we probably didn't leave before 3:20am and some guests maybe 3:30 (I doubt people stayed any longer). Anyway, this is absolutely impossible in most American Hotels (unless you pay good money), and it is totally customary in France. Also, there is no Send Off or things like that, so we don't have to leave before our guests do... we can stay as long as we want! <br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We had such a blast... eating till 10pm, dancing until 3am with Champagne and macarons... heaven!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-32273125817712960702008-09-08T15:01:00.003-06:002008-09-08T15:10:59.351-06:00Rich's Only RequirementThe Groom helped a LOT in the wedding planning. You can't believe how lucky I was. He helped with all of the stationary, designing, printing, cutting, sticking... he also took me for all my fittings, fabric shopping, choosing my veil, helping with the music, choosing the readings for the ceremony, carrying flowers... and the list goes on. <div><br /><div>There was only 1 thing he really wanted: CUBAN CIGARS. France doesn't have an embargo against Cuba, so we could find Cuban cigars pretty easily. That was his main quest the morning of the wedding. He got some nice cigars for 1.10 euros... and you can't believe how happy he was. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqzjHPSmKq8fRGm-ir2_O4CAV61Z9ouFAeM5WTMX66kJN65leC4iGQk8yPsE3dgG1YvawuyFbsC-bajeOpYFlCN3VEGGvR0g2QWeYbybUvyIpQWjqlz8cdmA_BESh40sgoo38nnU5Utg/s320/IMG_0322.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243760489934833954" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkKBSukwcyU6AHBar2QTf3Y6EsCDwOd-yFtNJdYROnS11xypscsAWFmwJl0UxRzYbJrv3tGIGKAtge2iIbqU3bFWZKgBSFws6b3AYtRV46GhYVKxLSMwoEWkyAlGwH7r-fpIJB9-CqBo/s320/IMG_0324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243760499516536802" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGm8BMqlbIlttwI9yisZ_G3-L584EDd_h_eEBtHcnIuXPMdTKZM-av_Pb33NQdH_XvI4OCCbd1X3CpGGawgm-6NmZHIsI8xrh8z8wX-taCjkMKPLwKjmsfqa2TqMsiq0NupB3c55OytDs/s320/IMG_0323.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243760494182555826" /><div>France is now starting to ban smoking in bars, clubs, reception halls (started in February) but it is still permitted to smoke outside (without the 10/20 feet away sign). As the room was connected with outside, Rich took all the guys (and some girls) to smoke the traditional cigar. </div></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-74840136188233238562008-09-08T14:51:00.004-06:002008-09-08T15:01:04.100-06:00Dancing all night<div style="text-align: center;">We could actually stay at the reception site until 2am... way enough time to enjoy the party and dance all night!<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC15GMd0UvpBKxIafQalhlSv_6CIXzrHpJBviseoCC9s9L59J3fIuSgDTfUQP5R_xFdIAqo7quo-LgpOPc_6mJ5kM8wJsk9zByV-Q9pc0Tm2nLPXaMC3Civ5359RAF-7vh_ql3gP47P-s/s320/IMG_4933.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243757491158439282" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbEsUH5c52nJESr15lxq9BH75HrWS3u27px-KdeX97IP7cyw2SKYuGNezKs41wFpmgseBuovkXB_l42V0nS9xvXncLOB0NhYTDrfU0JdVC-ogu1VKjsiz3VLC2WJJZ2wjY8KbOGxAUuE/s320/IMG_0315.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243757139192064850" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJUvvk5CIpgv8c4Ih7X3DUhgmcjPUtgJln7UphLAuOCWWpenh_s7_MG-Jsb7g2JlF9ILybg0IsiVk8Pmk-61lihgyRO19_bQotZSH2TnTtXX8Adz-hrPWVy2icO8UO0NglvzcE9LMdtY/s320/IMG_0328.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243757140145699330" /><div style="text-align: center;">As crazy as it sounds, Rich started it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrJGZ1VUn0cKBl9z7GpI_xxeMVnC7Y-2Qt4r9ZcLRBZzOuRCZO7UijWR3HPTMsQdTzU_46fEBmgcGncZorY0UBtj916_EkMpf6l0XOPNWssA5MStvwKS24TLuZD_Tc5tk13Pdqa12td0/s320/IMG_0272.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243757126683211394" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, I didn't do a Do NOT play list... and we ended up with the Macarena, which happened be have been asked by one of the guests... oh well... people seemed to have enjoyed it, as long as they were happy and dancing!<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tG1-L6zmJaT0UKU4PhfNkxoyDbaWZooT5ozOz2cTVGIIlQ2GvObtGRD06xpL4nB3wkpAFv2ZuOJhkQ3QxL4xQsPrJ-3f2tEi8VEtLazo_SUSnwz5e8Dv2VLqDIvQlWDAo6mNw6YJEmo/s320/IMG_0293.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243757129193305570" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-36950330724414717782008-09-05T14:00:00.005-06:002008-09-05T14:15:17.686-06:00Then came ANOTHER cake!<div style="text-align: center;">Yep.. midway into the dancing... another delicacy came in... Can you guess what it was?<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTDo4tI2xDsCba0xKfh7zpkH0_4drIQmqIvj8p0l-5hacB-9Kx27gnwsdjMH70319E3KZy4bcW8h6fRL_bKXBr4geH9qsIq-SENcl7qmcQeEOsNEfEsBSLpcl0B0afRne8yrSdV_fCcE/s1600-h/FRANCE+WEDDING++08+09+08+358.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTDo4tI2xDsCba0xKfh7zpkH0_4drIQmqIvj8p0l-5hacB-9Kx27gnwsdjMH70319E3KZy4bcW8h6fRL_bKXBr4geH9qsIq-SENcl7qmcQeEOsNEfEsBSLpcl0B0afRne8yrSdV_fCcE/s320/FRANCE+WEDDING++08+09+08+358.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242630458407384434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was a: <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">TOWER OF MACARONS</div><div style="text-align: center;">The best treat EVER. Those macarons had been made by the chef, and were the best I had ever tasted. The flavors were amazing, the colors spectacular. To enjoy those sweets, my dad had bought some champagne. So we had bottles of champagne on every table, and a huge macaron tower to devour. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6DIgTlKOJiRYsVC7ZngPNAWCEpaTxEY7jag7fxe-G0W86oOTccz29BnHnFz2cUp1jmBKSRaFJkBNvgjzJZUJXds_Z7oJh0c5C0m61OENvnB8QbZeEClQma04mvqqXlH9BSjerpl4Hr0/s320/IMG_0266.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242630473648898082" /><div style="text-align: center;">MMM... so good</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEH3XMcSj6lHHLlMhguZwx_UcoZjqTdQJpenMc0TlBCB4g2A0Wk5Qg2x1QNUcfHdNV-lMWH-pWEc_LZHxJ7rZwpI2WHR_QhfTn649wni5bqFyr_6xomBemST63ps4-HlNjbDGXLH3yuM/s320/HPIM3683.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242630466625036546" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span><span><span><span><span><span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFRa237leyYkgE0CT_IF2o38cNYSmptYCJrkoMd6E9OmZXb90cr0Zvt1vkVkf9hjMCPptKA4MsQYwMtVteuYfnyHiwarzID6-SIdwTF9ZqUF76tNokBkBNrIYQSDOKS0pMyPZCybMWtk/s320/IMG_0295.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242630476987347666" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-16204459137611747832008-09-05T13:05:00.009-06:002008-09-05T14:00:35.277-06:00First Dance...<div style="text-align: center;">After desert, came coffee... here is where the reception people messed up. We were supposed to have coffee in another room for them to have time to move the 3 tables as we had decided on earlier... to make room for the dance floor. But they forgot! We never left for coffee, they served coffee at the table. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZyn0Oh4UzXVj1AMDW9_hJzEStf45iJ_25Ld8JmWfplImvxlg_49tgYaJOEphKesfLkNqkFwseBqLe3LTFBmXrbJYEhaHrQ395nL2VbtDr_eXyLG53LRrm16p12r4QJYx7nZ-RT-BgAg/s320/IMG_0253.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242622501208009794" /><div style="text-align: center;">That confusion meant that they weren't able to remove the 3 tables as planned, but only 1. Meaning that instead of having a rectangle to dance in (we had asked that because earlier that week, we went there and tried a couple moves to see how much room was needed)... we ended up with a T shape! Try to do a foxtrot in a T!!! Impossible. The moves are done on straight lines, not in corners! So we had to go practice a little and reorganize our first dance. <br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBjZ4caL3U9PdlgknMKCWSsXHyVL2gcaI9XEybzIJT-p4TtP041e-u-8OC7anrKTzt171GEunNoH1nRzBSruExx5A48XX6OO1abhcRjqh3SqDjBK9NP4Z7l6WjficR5z1D_Mvi8hp8q8/s320/IMG_4878.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242623450125177490" /><div style="text-align: center;">We started of all right, but then we forgot our plan, and Rich had to think of what to do next in the little room we had. Poor him, I felt bad. But we managed (no one saw what we did wrong)... people were impressed, and we enjoyed it.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZO5D6E-ei_d2nFSOicxXNHnQRVtM4lFzB2Cyfbx-ZanMnp-kvpgUJRJSooFqGYt2p6oorsRxCr4cQP48HQa1feuwU2I6dghrWJupK9iwf7nC-reDdaMbftGD70kSFvAiIW0aJyN51eI/s320/IMG_4880.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242624443019954258" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8FSSK49uZ5fe9c1qQe5HQefuwqgVq5YJ0m5h85_0JRofK4m9FpfR_ypGTA940zDiysERk9SGSo3lKNy9eypjl7J0_ZvEynJkfRi2lIQWbakF1dBMpbbQuPn30lR-bUx-m0FkCWlxxVA/s320/IMG_4891.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242624452929207698" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNxFf6oiHuN4nYv6mfGPaKiF_ttHVQoCE0rv6dvXxq7tRnzQmVroCi1QDmRWJQeCch2_ezwgVJFi-qBkvn8MdXJNclEmtncuTBVJX_wu_PeBRM-iO581jvxd6a8Llmynp47j09AHJIBY/s320/IMG_4886.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242624445350222818" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_-2ovJwS5vh6zxSYayHAy-Zit6fPPyo75OxZjNr1Q35dapBRluB7Mcew4xv5NMdI7L39WqzvOc2BY5mB2sHWoFmdkGlnZ3zdR2Qq880PY_gDLImyNgshWrp9S_mD_4YlCXgG70bY-DA/s320/IMG_0264.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242622505830598322" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEU5s3AzQxpUnrzdGe6fwaAPZyYZCI5-1faygb-798BwE3_aSLjo4n2ZI60j4gpvqqeiS455PhvZ8oRY8N_naxS1fSlGXsZww89vsLa6qH98va7-7Vr1D_8KVmIe1w0daAwtPSZfLeoY/s320/IMG_4893.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242624458440668930" /><div style="text-align: center;">We didn't want to be the center of attention for 4 full minutes, so after a couple minutes, we asked our parents and family to join in.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WVTlN2dKMPitH_a4H3v4x7okxEuIkgKru3UBM8NJAZFWeaYa8fbmZyz4DyYttYSA7OEHk6W_tMCXAMsvs04JwXhYHQpndEalj6PBuahBIyW6fjWhCmIOyrDiht4Gk0FKdz7no4c45C8/s320/IMG_4905.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242625442738295874" /><div style="text-align: center;">On top of having a first dance, we ended up having 2 first dances. At some point, there was no one on the dance floor, and I didn't want that to happen. So I dragged Rich for a West Coast Swing... and instead of motivating people to join us, they just looked at us dancing... 2nd first dance!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrzbAuJu1MSqSPiadFGwA8R4PLJBlUV4yk4kNhOSlpLRmfYsUcGBfgvrht0sEgbbl36qSNmHdLG8vsopvJ4bbcrhlbZMB6NMsZ0vUMoGZzS7fAIWatkiIf-f_LyPO3zknlc1NNqyXRA4/s320/IMG_4923.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242625446417358274" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhnf_YA6Cy8HSdf2BrGFZ0CBFnpcj72mCvVwMbvO7rKTvkdkzumG7camje-gwtjLSh8HdYNMDM7yufI_x3lcbitoe0x_KdKzONlbi3EUs4DiSMVK70i-eV5TMlhmDI6YYzEPlqY9KXho/s320/IMG_4925.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242625458367473698" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuj7thQx-tqZjDeBF5v2GDV37s9DCsOsansn4WOecA_R8KmaLlXqcwbeOkI__ht7epFd9QWLnxqGNcyRYyC1zVe2RzHmIRed4woUuLNA2hKQbZsOyayJYbqQ3i9GANztsne2ThqMsijA/s320/IMG_4928.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242625462253275522" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then the dancing started, and it was a lot of fun. <br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-35009695632666083252008-09-05T12:51:00.005-06:002008-09-05T13:05:19.472-06:00Cake Time<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8OFvQemAhiTf_iWcVXK5P8T67Q5YqM89xGIv7KpDOFRM0mmWg5XXmgGD5cPSSZmytL0bq_xaCD5lUEXcdmcI-w4aHPOWQfLVNHk-Ue8OAQtzT98nKivdNpNjB9xRnVeFEFq9ZqBNeCU/s320/IMG_4689.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242613477903288146" />After the speeches, I had asked the reception hall to bring out the cake (the cake was displayed before dinner, and they put it back in the fridge because of the buttercream)... so we could cut it. We decided to do it then, because it is after dinner (didn't want to cut the cake before, cake is desert, not appetizers!) and the cooks were going to cut everyone a slice and put it in the desert plate. It is an american tradition which I thought would be nice for the french guests to see. <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegJS7_vITAoZvZTlFVOFL6uun9ohGdj7dQbV2TGcGwRCdW3g9f5AKC9WkeVn9QdgKGAkOJZ3vvrV_awRm41b5zeHMdvXKoTqCRdNm6Y92mp6n6xPZ9Fi-19_u7DfXk0RGMhHjlqAl9tc/s320/IMG_4844.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242613481554980498" /><div style="text-align: center;">No cake in the face.. that was the rule. (Also, French guests did't know about the feed each other custom, and we didn't want to teach them the smashing custom!)<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwtQpLaNGhd5-WDqzZMRvKvll2UxELr20N_yZ9sBW1K28tApK5TqTql6Ug7sAFCg8Q6mTv9Mptfkl-glzA9SGK1qsyuvrt2tL1N93kDsWr1Z6M8YkKBEdMmm7_F6bcLivQPpV6ZvWVOJM/s320/IMG_4850.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242613485600731986" /><div style="text-align: center;">After cutting the cake, the wedding party had made a slideshow of pictures of us since we were little. Really cute! We both discovered a lot of pictures of each other we had never seen before!<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmLlRqsXAvbsot3pDd71Fw8QVzoKnk9-aqN9tz8ez02ECfBgdBbld5ikTffqiJIpUQyBDpJ_p3mMfscK76tTO-tXS4Gb645gAn9DyoOhloKU74HIxzZuXiGfps6E-pmXY3I-jnItyQXk/s320/IMG_4858.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242613905571071186" /><div style="text-align: center;">Dessert: Fraises de Plougastel, tuile, et glace vanille + my cake which looked and tasted awesome!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajeaRlwKYWkyi4xUTmUOFzE_R1m49V4FrWpxH23OqM0BSotJo4tAcVxHb8LTEI2KDyLpFkpkpgSkLmqZcb_aDQcGMECq6_-hx6qrK2ihdmCmAzT8B3zrVup3OaHt_Z5UwOBFhsYN_VU8/s320/IMG_4871.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242613489389342242" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-82746433993136318312008-09-05T12:02:00.004-06:002008-09-05T12:51:16.935-06:00Time to enjoy<div style="text-align: center;">We had a small wedding, so with 57 guests you can actually go and talk to everyone, which was really nice, and you can enjoy each other's company a lot.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnfhyphenhyphen-XEmAsIjm81nV1Qb9mI_9zO7X1bfPzUJ2b4uVpqnkpGR8EjzfGZqzvuoT3LtE2U0j3MHf4ElDZAGawe6yE4pRGrciN8gdROb0SFKkYoipv01o4sWFz_IkS6C5GR5Dp73-vJOzxA/s320/IMG_4723.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242611074956549730" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpxtz94tNj2rv9y5K-brBPgQXvoCtyc7HO-KtcI1EAUSzi9rtLsi9ORx7aJZ2uk_Oa6793OHKQIz0yGTu00SBv5alYydLvn4mCeiuLsDIsxmZi2xKASnZUf4_49aVcyOvs7RyPebOAvQ/s320/IMG_4737.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242611080656807218" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcmaNnAy32uH8K2yYNy8ztH9tfuiwIUj-rSBByE8OSHI6IkPpa5Ydq9D0RBSxpOZTtKv62ICqtQ8LGjtm9yEUChGbrMxOTslLHH9a2smXFoa2W8tHTTICypsdYIAwiWO6AXdQmbJIByQ/s320/IMG_4745.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242611088398562322" />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-83149287743361314802008-09-05T11:33:00.006-06:002008-09-05T12:01:58.332-06:00Speeches<div style="text-align: center;">My dad made his speech before dinner. He wanted to start to welcome everyone. He did his speech both in French and English.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2pXmpYrfMiDQwLLnXvOzGG7mwr1L2FfXU5M2Ooea9xnaehhtPCli9PQG9IrDRxl0TIwldVO2va6QlS-bbTqroybgjW9_wX3Fi61NunCLueJsy4kyMoSF1IxDaZpsq-5sjq3NIaQ9Nn8/s320/IMG_4728.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242594381279581202" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZmlawnUVjvfYrAjVei0r4mqe-iviS4CpB3JLmRmIQybzLLoQxODMgK36uC5_Z367T8a13xpioPYoBFmstlPgyIf_huIVkSGVLBiSYDmlxFVbwkQIAsFrW9tM6hJ-p0p3C5YfaXuJo-g/s320/IMG_4732.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242594393046505538" /><div style="text-align: center;">Then it was Rich's dad's speech after the cheese and before the desert. The reception hall didn't want any speeches to be done between hot courses because it was hard for them to know when to fire up the dish and keep it warm. So we were allowed for a break before the meal, then once we started we couldn't interrupt dinner until cheese was served. My sister was the "official" translator for the French part of Rich's dad speech.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEyPi4lLb-IK98pSnLhnVoIL_EFdUy4WBq850igYR0R-tof3UCRq87wdo-ePZx3YE3gBbwXch4flEIAOoQeAVZj1yl1y_DsSfyaxOMNkcNXG-BeNdGKMVNYdZSZmOfSn_h9kdjUnb77hE/s320/IMG_4781.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242594394659982818" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXr9DT6RVlqlg-5zb9nmAQCj7-WEDzhnAIpijSk6MHFJY2km7BiyRhivNCD-Gwdy_qJpE6Rc9IsC_T-gqiiXaDLqmQK5GyZgMRk9YjYfUCRWojOI9T_1FqZ88y0ND6Vksq0PMXID9HsA/s320/IMG_4823.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242596182418740178" /><div style="text-align: center;">Then the Best man and the maid of honor followed both helped by my mom for the French part.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuf5cJkHLPuey8WCI4hliXl2bEdumzh_Fc0nrH7n0vDzzMYfVVFP51pGyX1QBMsZ4D1vQnNrAbx1P38RcC0UUS5uE8oI8zSWxPvl2IGB7dAwp5CEW5lW7PXFS_irECVbNTxFFp6tniZ4/s320/IMG_4795.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242594401514242082" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09tW_SW6qekB-oQEaAMI3nXK3Hi4nRLzlaPiECiYzteIBNciyS3h4Zwn4zRLRVjYBlZuOJ21yAuKZPLC3dt_H3eCh-eGbE46PiXNOuYg16DPcqnPW19EfXZMI4h8fXw7mPjyl2G5hqNo/s320/IMG_4799.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242596170255461186" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pLailCWmf8qDO90EUzhoQaaYfUrUtABvibk3FbCZaU9CBxj_GgbE_1z8RZN6oVlynebo1MZELu8pPMWBOeViy9oDcoevmfYQe7y34Btsz6jMU5LyIWMBVWsjmQUFa-Uaaz23GKmn9aE/s320/IMG_4796.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242596163068232706" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9oMMrKTvLcy1BI2oWe8gzKU60Wb_bKfM2VTqMga7kwHxJrCjLfXg_yDn2euhryt20VTw_TuDf0MLxfIif579kwrRmaJZzSNPcqfwB1TtAmEd9b5cfrS-fZGNjLm4lKQX61iqOKsH2m4U/s320/IMG_4813.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242596179066456834" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzj054heRtEzTnmO2SjU3KmD2JZRT0xkDhpqMd3LvDhLTSQKtbQ1e7V4EBSd5Y49JESYL1eVep-pCKq5yHgaO-Y3-m1nMdDJTAadPHY3ktkccV-hMYDqUBljK3YJ1AeTlFyEO0Op8lkQ/s320/IMG_4831.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242596974960992738" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-57730487039566824382008-09-05T11:28:00.003-06:002008-09-05T11:33:44.215-06:00Time for food!!!<div style="text-align: center;">Entree: Foie Gras<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CXWnycLrNsYt9XRgsnv94g9MZmk1PMq2LXxOmVgEl00lFHCIVScenNDh64AJJo86kuOoNyTwxyL-y9BVUj7CBOa4jVbHHKEJR41Vy5uE8ouqKCL2gj8upjNT1XJeeMbshrYe4jcrJo4/s1600-h/IMG_4767.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CXWnycLrNsYt9XRgsnv94g9MZmk1PMq2LXxOmVgEl00lFHCIVScenNDh64AJJo86kuOoNyTwxyL-y9BVUj7CBOa4jVbHHKEJR41Vy5uE8ouqKCL2gj8upjNT1XJeeMbshrYe4jcrJo4/s320/IMG_4767.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242591298525233218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Plat Principal: Duo de Fillet Mignon<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek7x_uNUb-WXROdObY-wIKdHIfBJjjI3LDzyFugTIKv6yKimTOVbw7zmWzg-qbzA37uZwo4K5FGrLU88V2kJSmEI878yMLcyP7PaaYv2pS3_RkeO3EaRMKqBnVPDOtrZ-WGOJhj6rD60/s1600-h/IMG_4769.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek7x_uNUb-WXROdObY-wIKdHIfBJjjI3LDzyFugTIKv6yKimTOVbw7zmWzg-qbzA37uZwo4K5FGrLU88V2kJSmEI878yMLcyP7PaaYv2pS3_RkeO3EaRMKqBnVPDOtrZ-WGOJhj6rD60/s320/IMG_4769.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242591304375670530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Fromage<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjj3hBgSWcoyrSjDkNjwzJPRbmemejlzLtN8VsrDG2pzc7Mbwx53fpVZx_NUG2PfdxI661dlpKs8mD50QIDMz2LW-dm2luTOhNZhGQMiDUYbPq-NZoH32-BZd3wCka9Kjay3tEkxKNQI/s1600-h/IMG_4776.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjj3hBgSWcoyrSjDkNjwzJPRbmemejlzLtN8VsrDG2pzc7Mbwx53fpVZx_NUG2PfdxI661dlpKs8mD50QIDMz2LW-dm2luTOhNZhGQMiDUYbPq-NZoH32-BZd3wCka9Kjay3tEkxKNQI/s320/IMG_4776.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242591309713865058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">For Dessert, you will have to wait a little... now it time for toasts and speeches!<br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-85017851431501606162008-09-05T10:49:00.005-06:002008-09-05T11:28:49.041-06:00Dinner starts...<div style="text-align: center;">After cocktail, the guests all settled down at their tables.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here the room all ready before the guests came in...</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvB6PQNSsbFabSbcpgEKgtYFqBKShsQZC29XrminiPehopWZrbCeJqD_pIWlxxfnxysmYzcDB5NgmDfcW7rlghgrDpgrxk5X0X4l02GJUSb2Unqpq9pfiegpU6i9VnGqgx63_WKBamBM4/s320/IMG_4615.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242587755489850978" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZ6Pi1eY2iOc5CcO4inymnBjL-2h-hRZ76EDoqMr3KzNspOKIKe06yvqnIWMDmDRIjOX-4omRkrUkiuEJeU4t0PM2vLGntkrCxnsmkb689FUT9nvz_JNEXata16YLdf4b3kwl93Z1pmg/s320/IMG_4621.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242587767544949090" /><div style="text-align: center;">The table of honor, ours ;-)<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRMf2n6efMdOBtcl06tMiC1NqdgJ9r686gLRE9dyqXaYgrZ55Nr00xf81xnG5pHSeiPBYTT5PVDjECwaR4KS8UDQRkQKf7CnFHLV0GOv6Z8BKH63RrcJ14UORPULqS8ILpsJFkKMFKcA/s320/IMG_4692.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242587771234024834" /><div style="text-align: center;">The ladies don't eat with their hats on, so when they came in there were coat hangers to hang their hats for dinner, which made a pretty arrangement of colors and shapes.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejp1FAOaWamSNjv0p3mEwSXSpjAkHiHgwKbepDDbU59lLo2ffMLZ07AJRWlnSFadsjGb6N0S8wtJBENKWXDrEW7r6m1WM6a2tvLyXDWAlXuE976nvRWrvy9-h1397HD3Emm-MRdpW58s/s320/IMG_0242.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242588760985683234" /><div style="text-align: center;">Rich and I had to wait a little bit before coming in, so we walked around the cocktail area patiently... before it was time.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcEMw_Ny8UPY3AomFgr8YWmM-rjsUwy7RjQwiwloQc35Y8626Kmb9yQxB6g7RZpLABU-RrIKfZXyV0w3I70Vena5f3ub8lEybrSeL3Z4bHY3GQAx9EZ6d4ElcRAxFEyG91B2D2YYjUQk/s320/DSC08818.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242587775769573890" /><div style="text-align: center;">No announcement, no special song, we wanted it simple (and that's what is done in France): the guests stood up and clapped!<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxZ9mSFNcvU30dnpw956PqtVVYLl8HSEFzHoGcEPrFJQjNDSYQTj2Qe0-i0WbPb3AwDoEEF_TxALUlpIIRGt4YXdTMSgdIJAsGLZCU7H8eE_Gz06od8rswOmuQ5DON8FUTOIlTDegygI/s320/IMG_4720.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242588770535756450" />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-48404894386370020072008-09-05T10:31:00.004-06:002008-09-05T10:48:58.452-06:00Cocktail time<div style="text-align: center;">We had outdoors and indoors portions which was nice for the guests, as the grand parents preferred sitting and relaxing inside, while others could walk around outside. <br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2Af5qutD_nq-WXawtnHrYaHKZScWUzKeMTBcEDjsntScS8l6rAeYu11-bFMLh_eZdJSusIypsVo52IRXs9DyrK-imsPJoL1qjZN3cc4-ksELuv_KDqKTbIPnUtAfLDeRXAmf1fd16nk/s320/IMG_0220.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242578092388055890" /><div style="text-align: center;">With friends<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoLOGBeZVTA4-nSLlFg-213OGkOnX7GQGPlTjG0SAyELv4UcDpUStOsWUOf5NvilG-yChqrfLvJey8FJe4HMW3Esmo_IbOwZhGuCfXejOuG3MyWtgtYLFRiUH0350sQgyX1WXsaOusbA/s320/IMG_4678.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242578098253026114" /><div style="text-align: center;">My mother and my grand mother<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyAXeNrNytgJhrwwzts6JIvUDu23aOCPb0RvXhghzRQzQvU6FYRBNX1Bc4xKStjoElNlKLcgozsC8maM1L9ET83iDqIsW3_8lXn6hZDts3VS2MhG58aEb0LjLDc9M_LawB3PS4kplJOM/s320/IMG_4635.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242578104615673490" /><div style="text-align: center;">My grand mother, and Rich's grand mother<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdwinq5Ku1wMJ3SNbzvzyZH12V0lE7CbxKtVPSD9ecMXX2wxUTQio1NkvJLosD7z4mVuDDpvqszYkKTdYdWxeSsLeq1jh4D1VyxAd84Lt8A2bnErKVzQSK64xoz-xLZotXJlBjgxWzdA/s320/FRANCE+WEDDING++08+09+08+342.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242578081734955602" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-18056031683848481692008-09-05T10:16:00.004-06:002008-09-05T10:31:32.817-06:00Cocktail... Group Picture Time<div style="text-align: center;">All our Friends<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAfUPCbs-wvbjKIF71lczfuDOf0NyLwYG-u8SpAvB6XhX0SC4Mtg7OhCldqI-vJVgNHzQt3ZUXM62p90pIecExFsRYIm622JpiIcCALyWnFQtj6iAQi-ZJm7IoG5kBQUq_xSXtaLivRo/s320/Num%C3%A9riser0009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242574463982727954" /><div style="text-align: center;">My sister and I<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRu4rwjd7TF-dYIzVUTVM2Ep7rk7Iz8kIIlqDvIfI_Hl55atui-zbpYL6SWG4BPzMhb6jQ63xjsUvRqhBq-FA3hoS0y-ULvr-7v-AkKZTaiKohtzDdGT9W-5NOnlmrmUQuKgCb6PX5YTM/s320/Num%C3%A9riser0008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242574459966564002" /><div style="text-align: center;">All the hats ;-)<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfMwcHe8zOJOiArb5U2hPWQrW5dJlOzAo5E2sh8994ZFC4hgY22YfciUSqcRh19qjravnd49pAh99sOMjHVRANPAbxM02tQ9VIEt5hEcwWB-xnedNjE_Hfuhbsi7dhc27DI5i90cvhNg/s320/IMG_0212.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242573985632527730" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKlwoWcdwpo4xZ1LoWzkcKWhkPhbMW0HiLWaBruXR3GED8vucqvcs7zFbvH3p2X8T-bnuimrCy3SnGooP8_cC1N0HuIPG3EsH4_uDb_aeexavQ9kE94lxOJKmbR9t-RK-uCU8NCnDhMM/s320/IMG_4646.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242573992667356434" /><div style="text-align: center;">All the guys<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0e7vbtCGV0GTgCarMBHUcQFFyOmRAoY-oeXscQ9viK6U-V2PTJ10CqIQIo74OwStbZZSlp9w_YhT1Q3VEKHVpChPC8TZxsPT0x8DF01v1WMCV3HSZSN3r9nNGAne3vVH_GYm0EsuhQI/s320/Num%C3%A9riser0006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242574454456426162" /><div style="text-align: center;">And Family...<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOp_9oh7tq9o0FBy2kub2vUBy_YYR0Wtt-8ASgbBWWUJMWZSYHCKV5s-4iRLSr1a20HxPSpX4MIzMFcixSkg55VCH0MNGxhaomIr80vIYbK0ZW36TKXZc_sq3xLLD8n9yIWj_Yl9m4oIM/s320/Num%C3%A9riser0003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242574005342344594" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Tm8-nQDACoX5FbOXKuTLCRV3-YzNt2Rec7VW2B81USpSdeBYHwr0cjcTHupnt25jTQd7mIMFmlEeWs8PETQAZYhYRXV6vyc7QqkHts_oOXc1UXepYZJhfVH_EGGlKMTqmyWPgbIfqS4/s1600-h/Num%C3%A9riser0004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Tm8-nQDACoX5FbOXKuTLCRV3-YzNt2Rec7VW2B81USpSdeBYHwr0cjcTHupnt25jTQd7mIMFmlEeWs8PETQAZYhYRXV6vyc7QqkHts_oOXc1UXepYZJhfVH_EGGlKMTqmyWPgbIfqS4/s320/Num%C3%A9riser0004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242574446161061234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3R4kImnYaGBjEF3cQh8oegiOt7veE243toiv-_QtCGnC-fPgy23ddgikuj6t89CaPyTaI44Kf3F9R6AxOBDSwN-b9QdNbcVj040yaixMqe3eV2-OLyyHg0MBjX_fefxPEB08ULcR_E4/s320/Num%C3%A9riser0005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242574450631450866" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This one is great, it is all the guests (even though some are missing which is a little frustrating)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClhEHuZKXBEL0axelf4wvjAg1uWepZx7uLAKCOqLJ_uuJseJfJQr-vt-yBhRXAzOKgR4By9bClk_QfGOYgldCoJb0rLyQsjopBgjVU5sZ5x0qZ-8f9OiwnEyI5ZRKvnzPNKubk9EsyLg/s320/Num%C3%A9riser0002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242574003958908354" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-74208166650165531372008-09-05T09:52:00.003-06:002008-09-05T10:16:55.603-06:00Cocktail... Couple Picture TimeWe did take about 2 couple pictures with the photographer during the cocktail, but I ended up liking pictures of our guests.<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93cixJA_yMoeuH4k-u5OqOcDoNeppmdJmizh3iN8TSC2W0m6elUwCRcOOEbt0jidL5YCL80BtD8v2fkXDO6MhEwMu59k0DXtYjGi4QwH5St884AummEyFGRsDCpxT_ho8eeEU8AT_uuE/s320/DSC08790.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242568372530533682" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByL_K_Ika2-fAUuaZzIKam9fCH3VqqaHwcNLfTZXSee21I4TCAPZYrWPS93z8CgWdFydU9Nme9R4curBf9UBLh7A_QQsAtZ57OGwKXZXLRiGNR8aRpfcsynWkMpQAgo-4BOM3RO5RBiI/s320/IMG_4639.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242568382018631682" />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-14230135432874259812008-09-05T09:22:00.007-06:002008-09-05T09:52:00.232-06:00Reception... Details<div style="text-align: center;">Some hors d'oeuvres and drinks<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWykqgXdZ5qiK1cb5J_8nrgjP1XXYGARyJ19fUJ0i0xR1fheZKKWew3rexhBGYW4-rfVLip1TjsVe9jcrkqq4XTRuZ5Nf0gPykX1s5hH79TwARz5POinKUaPDnZgB23efDYE_FUu9EglI/s320/IMG_4597.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242561026044166674" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Sq5oSlMOjoCzOM0afKRKa2gJ6s5DUl-MlXXzHrdC9gbe9TupQBRUTPewOw3pl0iOxdVtQFiw5rrZSOr-5RF_MJ0V07MX8v6P4bugF914gZHxXotnmdBxwCHmEz8d2S7Difj1sG2gVDA/s320/IMG_4599.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242561031520707714" /><div style="text-align: center;">Guestbook and "Place cards"</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9DfpDBMPOg2KdfL-0JNPVNxPWpOLJY3VJeEtM9-YvPu7TBnAfpReydtd53SETRTwrIh9MZMZZjUvG7L7ofEKAqNrbrwB6KgICWUGCR9ulEwiD20pMJRsB84mGJUUU3P3TOTIHoqiL8g/s320/IMG_4636.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242562342498228594" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0F7ZMv2oO07kqopedW0Xf1YzImeuXTZjUI2eqtTx4IBwcCwLxuureTudG5SpWO7DFuiNqYBOlc-mg8Fcf-b7HAMfC3ta7H3YVkDwQdG3MVRHQV8j7OD3HvNrd6UyX5xKtARchpfHBVgg/s320/IMG_4638.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242562345903319346" /><div style="text-align: center;">Table Setting with Name, Favor (recipes), Upload pics tag & Menu<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7C_K5-kDLAkmktCkHE_kMaqt9jGA9Bq8DPyLxWOkUP0A-DIqR1AQdLRkM-KBrAfuUWdI7DxKWXULyqahfmLGhorAIdRTmGbOcLxl5aoM5VonOETS-QWJfb03oKIGvdctVzn22bS7RQvI/s320/IMG_4603.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242561039939881218" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3Ou3ha29DNMF4t0avXmatz8wnQgpJtYuXpeq9VngSpOk58nZSq2lKrdg868AQUzqVoULPdhjeaQ0kiiPl57tWQoV0xEkkeVAs0hr8pP5UrvBGPgHollcwHVinsOjMEhRm4QhekIFFsU/s1600-h/IMG_4610.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3Ou3ha29DNMF4t0avXmatz8wnQgpJtYuXpeq9VngSpOk58nZSq2lKrdg868AQUzqVoULPdhjeaQ0kiiPl57tWQoV0xEkkeVAs0hr8pP5UrvBGPgHollcwHVinsOjMEhRm4QhekIFFsU/s320/IMG_4610.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242563833669413474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Centerpieces & Table "Number"<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAcvzwtNIWR1gbBpKKz3fxHeh4rdgVHUdLMHOvtM5AIqetd3gBLuq_TiJGD396cGRTr1hGrWu7sqXdFk_FNlG2kCsz4LgTY-_HJ2ygLYjqic91_keQ14Um2kPPvhVND8OXnh6fihtj74/s320/IMG_4618.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242563836039821826" /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijTkMMv3t_FkumouHGasbHCGS83RafKMcMx5CGL6uOmvwkTsuIMHlLmSjjZ8-LYdPb6C_o6vModeWv4kFkS1KRnbGRozDcIqbqVtgIQIkFKKFeG4gvBAIZAFnsf17HM0j9OfbJJUR_7s/s320/IMG_4620.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242563845558762690" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-1382933338243349812008-09-04T13:37:00.003-06:002008-09-04T13:46:13.049-06:00To the reception site... Tomorrow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9Ynf2y_IJSJMGPlUUT73XxJKF7b-C2ApyV_9bpx5B2XY3t_yT_nCnwKz1cZeLs-xBOH4oGHB36bK8JiqO3q6X_ng4YTx3Xosv7_WsxXfMZYI2aox-SndOBtkgdyYO4bgl_dutIfAgYs/s1600-h/CR~Coors-Field-Denver-Colorado-Posters.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9Ynf2y_IJSJMGPlUUT73XxJKF7b-C2ApyV_9bpx5B2XY3t_yT_nCnwKz1cZeLs-xBOH4oGHB36bK8JiqO3q6X_ng4YTx3Xosv7_WsxXfMZYI2aox-SndOBtkgdyYO4bgl_dutIfAgYs/s200/CR~Coors-Field-Denver-Colorado-Posters.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242254506459716978" /></a>I have been back for a week today, and we have been doing a couple of things. When I made it last week, it was the end of the DNC, so Denver was chaotic. Then all a sudden on friday it calmed down. Then on sunday we found a new place (a little bigger for all the gifts we received ;-) )... and I applied for a job yesterday. <div>We are starting to move in a week, and I am checking my emails daily to see if I will at least be asked to come in for an interview. </div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-71683817273951315622008-09-04T11:48:00.007-06:002008-09-04T13:37:06.350-06:00Once Outside the Church<div style="text-align: center;">Guests did use our bells! They understood what to do with them even though they asked my sister to make sure.</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHGxgxpLLJeuCyzLIzxF0bcgpJ_LMcV3mgKX-tGIm3zfUn_UiUapGi8Gy_h1UwqO61ddlph0qWXubDT4H5rwIE0SWXGIGudWcR1dScl0ptE0i8VHtv4aa2b6lWCXva_GR6HInOh3QlMo/s320/DSCN1062.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242250362798302002" /><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know if you realized while reading the previous post that the priest never asked us to Kiss! Yep, we didn't even realize either, but ended up doing it anyway. <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqHvWwZLOLc1QchcB3gwp3bg4yU4OFBuidKPX6RkBnWmfbVfEipeS7T07HRh1OKKZ8SyGyjxCitM83k5-eh-lnFEN5RsJMt45wTDYbTomGiI32qqAWt8MmORCiDwy6b_Z4r0Bouloovw/s1600-h/IMG_4500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqHvWwZLOLc1QchcB3gwp3bg4yU4OFBuidKPX6RkBnWmfbVfEipeS7T07HRh1OKKZ8SyGyjxCitM83k5-eh-lnFEN5RsJMt45wTDYbTomGiI32qqAWt8MmORCiDwy6b_Z4r0Bouloovw/s320/IMG_4500.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242250368354508658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then the family picture with the parents<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbqccUoBgTf6DfBRdJABh3lVzZo1voOPm8NSoP0HQMlPuw4Bh6-yhwmBy6_MP0XUTYExGM_Xoz6aNrYjqLl-OYE6F2QprYAPR2cYUHu7uCmg1Q5iTH2id8CQZq-_HbiqqZ8XltF2WgyE/s1600-h/IMG_4509.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbqccUoBgTf6DfBRdJABh3lVzZo1voOPm8NSoP0HQMlPuw4Bh6-yhwmBy6_MP0XUTYExGM_Xoz6aNrYjqLl-OYE6F2QprYAPR2cYUHu7uCmg1Q5iTH2id8CQZq-_HbiqqZ8XltF2WgyE/s320/IMG_4509.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242250371800763314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Just my parents and I<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjtTpHyeatBnffJp_UmomCAtVKpCVHD0WN9mlF9sCQWZxQCGCltUSrp5NXkkGFEpGEkfq-rQkWNbO-e8Xi8S7LTop82sbOMsa4yGhJYLBhCN4kEKWNItv-rJph-UwbudC7Ku7vVTszYY/s1600-h/IMG_4514.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjtTpHyeatBnffJp_UmomCAtVKpCVHD0WN9mlF9sCQWZxQCGCltUSrp5NXkkGFEpGEkfq-rQkWNbO-e8Xi8S7LTop82sbOMsa4yGhJYLBhCN4kEKWNItv-rJph-UwbudC7Ku7vVTszYY/s320/IMG_4514.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242250383007076578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Groom's parents<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12RLEXV5jUS9asoAJo30oMYdFEkvKlyzelL0GeTpjHO2GzIdlWcLK5UshLtsLsP_iik0L6EE5ORP_15_zY5iGGZfrVl7IrHxSl_hIYbLhtYo-5lwwNLNz5KOlsMNVIbCgzqyi6kKyZMo/s1600-h/IMG_4515.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12RLEXV5jUS9asoAJo30oMYdFEkvKlyzelL0GeTpjHO2GzIdlWcLK5UshLtsLsP_iik0L6EE5ORP_15_zY5iGGZfrVl7IrHxSl_hIYbLhtYo-5lwwNLNz5KOlsMNVIbCgzqyi6kKyZMo/s320/IMG_4515.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242249623650664066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Grand parents, parents, and us as well as the priest<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR8a5EZ0suBgI4KTNfReu2a0bUgXHBpBsqytIQYibhkNDcawLqeRz8M9MTF4V5ZXeUydolFhmlYdJLhSHRC5paWLr-FbplYluwv3OZTxsG8DukbIDCxt2eY8M6ahsG1MTTFbteqm4lyw/s1600-h/IMG_4522.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR8a5EZ0suBgI4KTNfReu2a0bUgXHBpBsqytIQYibhkNDcawLqeRz8M9MTF4V5ZXeUydolFhmlYdJLhSHRC5paWLr-FbplYluwv3OZTxsG8DukbIDCxt2eY8M6ahsG1MTTFbteqm4lyw/s320/IMG_4522.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242249629347827698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The wedding party and my sister's friend. Funny that the colors were purple and green... everyone was wearing pink :-), but is looked really nice.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnh1oJkSJKmwIrF61c76G7PVYVEEsfVQK_jP3xh50uauP82CteJqWSlGz0AjdzbeH9bxp3CWyckGfPpszxugwgxkXmqQGioKL4gLd_-3ZiX2cns_QAc4E_ile6pZpA4kV2-EhOSMCk4tY/s1600-h/DSCN1065.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnh1oJkSJKmwIrF61c76G7PVYVEEsfVQK_jP3xh50uauP82CteJqWSlGz0AjdzbeH9bxp3CWyckGfPpszxugwgxkXmqQGioKL4gLd_-3ZiX2cns_QAc4E_ile6pZpA4kV2-EhOSMCk4tY/s320/DSCN1065.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242249637776770002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Brother and sister<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznwFdntJ-zyW7MHw1S85aYkWgI2HkZiUA8m-PPm0298INryuXfm3yKRlyWbC3vtv_9l2SNJnqN4qFcUzvVaoobroa_aeQEAvOTmeEIcuuhiWdhOjSKQ0BKnI13vJ_4j3KxYyh01m0fWY/s1600-h/DSCF4365+(2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznwFdntJ-zyW7MHw1S85aYkWgI2HkZiUA8m-PPm0298INryuXfm3yKRlyWbC3vtv_9l2SNJnqN4qFcUzvVaoobroa_aeQEAvOTmeEIcuuhiWdhOjSKQ0BKnI13vJ_4j3KxYyh01m0fWY/s320/DSCF4365+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242249646607136434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My sister and us<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAIotbCtZ8kpTgAAk77KTWJZK3F1zZFsbZ3JxYI2vRGpLkIzTXrtEB1h2NZG01rb8tfZV_VL5GApuhQlsZmGYdH3KeBEmVtuJp8eGJn2Yg2DA0kgzMPQqbNc7-rB0AlESQ7F7mBFJUgo/s1600-h/IMG_4544.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAIotbCtZ8kpTgAAk77KTWJZK3F1zZFsbZ3JxYI2vRGpLkIzTXrtEB1h2NZG01rb8tfZV_VL5GApuhQlsZmGYdH3KeBEmVtuJp8eGJn2Yg2DA0kgzMPQqbNc7-rB0AlESQ7F7mBFJUgo/s320/IMG_4544.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242248842729470626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The gorgeous ladies with hats: Fleur, Fiona, Aude, Mom, Marie Elizabeth, Dominique<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uPpP0z7jkZhSlelTupUrdsFK_B2fR0mp2rvxQ9bADtPmeHTGsUDShXQypLxGEWbvvLxfB0npmoCc7Sqez6RBRATxjcK07wFXCa7k_MCSs8JnOX9SzTrrPR9rt5nB4sxkp-6Uff6E-LA/s1600-h/DSCN3489+(2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uPpP0z7jkZhSlelTupUrdsFK_B2fR0mp2rvxQ9bADtPmeHTGsUDShXQypLxGEWbvvLxfB0npmoCc7Sqez6RBRATxjcK07wFXCa7k_MCSs8JnOX9SzTrrPR9rt5nB4sxkp-6Uff6E-LA/s320/DSCN3489+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242248848665160962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My mom and her best friend<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJFSa8bd2aB09tfPsGjILAdsBGHwJ7_aeH6BqS6WOEWtWM-eF1e4CIVe6XzO7T6c3Z_gQzSj9cXGkE8FimYi-icNgyWAz5z9w0CmM_smPUEP59QzAQ6YiUQfk8DXO9U2DexTwousP5bM/s1600-h/DSCF4358+(2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJFSa8bd2aB09tfPsGjILAdsBGHwJ7_aeH6BqS6WOEWtWM-eF1e4CIVe6XzO7T6c3Z_gQzSj9cXGkE8FimYi-icNgyWAz5z9w0CmM_smPUEP59QzAQ6YiUQfk8DXO9U2DexTwousP5bM/s320/DSCF4358+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242248853207387234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In the car<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzUPN0VPwkLD5TeIw95yiLSQ6CBFK9mCMUpX8RLHN4CgBAOdyrvs2zEQMfzlWh-f1vTXA-70c3t5olw94V1NC3JXBX8VCmBQhSOQtrpra_qq4_j9zLE02sslxH9KrsEjG1jOJyqoAu84l/s1600-h/IMG_4558.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzUPN0VPwkLD5TeIw95yiLSQ6CBFK9mCMUpX8RLHN4CgBAOdyrvs2zEQMfzlWh-f1vTXA-70c3t5olw94V1NC3JXBX8VCmBQhSOQtrpra_qq4_j9zLE02sslxH9KrsEjG1jOJyqoAu84l/s320/IMG_4558.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242248114658255810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Once we left the church, we were supposed to go around to the parking lot and wait for my dad to lead us there. But we waited and waited, and he didn't come. We ended up loosing the driver who was looking for my dad, and we arrived late to the reception site! But we took pictures!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPx7Wkwff6elxEdGzw_AfkzMrX0awnkNVkqUBvxKKmh4n2JVLI6-m0BHm5ujgrynpeMXM3EirimxD1ZkycufHOTTE4q2SSF_dmdxKb07bjJqdRJvqLd1LA99e1FFYPP1T_N5TzfDIQRi_o/s1600-h/IMG_4575.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPx7Wkwff6elxEdGzw_AfkzMrX0awnkNVkqUBvxKKmh4n2JVLI6-m0BHm5ujgrynpeMXM3EirimxD1ZkycufHOTTE4q2SSF_dmdxKb07bjJqdRJvqLd1LA99e1FFYPP1T_N5TzfDIQRi_o/s320/IMG_4575.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242248121445788146" /></a><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbEqhkfI4b6bPy0eVADtvLPUbLkvJEYgYXrZgTJ0I8qRPXazJyf8RI7z3IrNe58Z1_Pr6_qlQOYLA0enhQ3JCXB5OdqLXBUxKaSJg3jjVDH99ZYH0GjwxKv4Md6e1Gn_4_KyY48tpSUHK/s320/IMG_4576.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242248135800559570" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36AoNBr9yeXOl3HOaWUUO8u-T7uFWyLTi0uxWlMvSKe-8yJVrgTWXmrI9TpAPF6vxFGljJiUOFmYflxdG1QY-BkYjtkPLZXdBVNRhCocELycJ7IYRqYanQnSFwOF8CISdzOCzVUhL1B4/s320/IMG_4583.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242248142484761970" /><br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-51322123701677691222008-09-04T11:34:00.008-06:002008-09-04T11:48:44.067-06:00Ceremony... The exit<div style="text-align: center;">Exiting the church... I wanted the guests to exit first, followed by us, and the wedding party because churches in France don't have an area where you can just wait without being seen. So if you go first, you come out of the church and no one is outside cheering! But when the priest told us we could go, no one went! So Rich and I got stuck there for a bit, and still no one. We ended up going and we had to figure out what to do once outside!<br /></div><div><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezp5HgdmpIw7fSiRrGF7Ic_Gl8sqIpQqO-UMNGMtw2JfDGPPzPV-ejZwWlCPEsEiHHBmFo0U8VbYEK5nVMxYfMSzTIX7Qbdvv4BG8ZC6NdoCXSZdNXel3GvSGRjvaXM39gq9QBdhdWqU/s320/IMG_4429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242222597730126098" /><div style="text-align: center;">The Bride's dad with the Groom's mom<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Dh6lfsUO37n1qxJCBUdtaKCbwNq9Wso5yc2hlekvUA2KD-cnNNn9I8X2jL8nIJzBZShyp9DXKPqac-Lfsys372Igr_deOBt51GSKIVtI948tWdyAP3rj80GvwksTeAktDFeiEuXyWkE/s1600-h/IMG_4438.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Dh6lfsUO37n1qxJCBUdtaKCbwNq9Wso5yc2hlekvUA2KD-cnNNn9I8X2jL8nIJzBZShyp9DXKPqac-Lfsys372Igr_deOBt51GSKIVtI948tWdyAP3rj80GvwksTeAktDFeiEuXyWkE/s320/IMG_4438.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242222603765813874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The bride's mom with the groom's dad<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrMMdFGGOaPdB5qg9amHTY5aBZ-pdNZtTUxpf6zOEfJgoiz0NJApZ59PrkKC6ir2UDX2HtYYLwMNKY_FG4Wg035xYyVnkSTZi_QJ0TzyX5CWBNbzVgkuWqxwQxFKV5Jo6Wqa4vgmYrVM/s1600-h/IMG_4440.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrMMdFGGOaPdB5qg9amHTY5aBZ-pdNZtTUxpf6zOEfJgoiz0NJApZ59PrkKC6ir2UDX2HtYYLwMNKY_FG4Wg035xYyVnkSTZi_QJ0TzyX5CWBNbzVgkuWqxwQxFKV5Jo6Wqa4vgmYrVM/s320/IMG_4440.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242222611737608066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The grand parents<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrxCw6X18cVi0Nwb1VqevCdycPlSIqdxyXr0SO9NCjSR5xlMZ7AOrDx8pWRB1VRmOgmHp1EPugzmF0_Kh89pi0DDmJz8I4vYyXel8tLXvtMJBUHn2zH-lLlp2nhZdYLVdnq4SUZXY2Tpo/s1600-h/IMG_4443.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrxCw6X18cVi0Nwb1VqevCdycPlSIqdxyXr0SO9NCjSR5xlMZ7AOrDx8pWRB1VRmOgmHp1EPugzmF0_Kh89pi0DDmJz8I4vYyXel8tLXvtMJBUHn2zH-lLlp2nhZdYLVdnq4SUZXY2Tpo/s320/IMG_4443.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242221849579928914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The witnesses (best man and maid of honor)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOG4opn9V6q_C3_bciJch_zTfvvwEzLxGVwWsl6bF53vz5whOurh-CMuHcHHpreXiMC3OVP155USn8tlDq75km85dTLQumJHPGiAjm_4WyKlx1Yfw5ze9cB9oeRhjerCh_A8VEywB_6M/s1600-h/IMG_4445.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOG4opn9V6q_C3_bciJch_zTfvvwEzLxGVwWsl6bF53vz5whOurh-CMuHcHHpreXiMC3OVP155USn8tlDq75km85dTLQumJHPGiAjm_4WyKlx1Yfw5ze9cB9oeRhjerCh_A8VEywB_6M/s320/IMG_4445.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242221859901469458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone else<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4ap0-2aXlkr3uqzhmA_PwV7_vcW0SOa28jX-eEAsJYEabvm8NldQvd0m64J6aJQzhn1wAixbLs4fJxG6RiGYnbSCqkLJMUaE65WFiZ7ou5R_cNlSHoXhzi7OPJkIQ8n7tj1giU9CYXo/s1600-h/IMG_4448.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4ap0-2aXlkr3uqzhmA_PwV7_vcW0SOa28jX-eEAsJYEabvm8NldQvd0m64J6aJQzhn1wAixbLs4fJxG6RiGYnbSCqkLJMUaE65WFiZ7ou5R_cNlSHoXhzi7OPJkIQ8n7tj1giU9CYXo/s320/IMG_4448.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242221867062385010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We solved problem with going outside of the church first: we waited at the back of the church and improvised a receiving line just the both of us. So we had time to say hello to the guests and then they made their way outside.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisegOIyPhN-BxyTOlNaoq0u5GcBg75Fgxc6aG45_PAuKl29uGYSnlshqBJlKsUZ74AR4LO-HCJuaFB2umY7HjY1NRVhQKB60MmIMbF-pKq61Aa1J3tacdFBtsnjFb-PUsQxTjy_3ZC_rg/s1600-h/IMG_4473.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisegOIyPhN-BxyTOlNaoq0u5GcBg75Fgxc6aG45_PAuKl29uGYSnlshqBJlKsUZ74AR4LO-HCJuaFB2umY7HjY1NRVhQKB60MmIMbF-pKq61Aa1J3tacdFBtsnjFb-PUsQxTjy_3ZC_rg/s320/IMG_4473.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242221872851678690" /></a><br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-79494454393239050302008-09-04T11:15:00.005-06:002008-09-04T11:34:19.228-06:00Ceremony... The Signatures<div style="text-align: center;">Rich and I following the priest to sign the register<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-Xi-d4exng1LxmBt2VQ64zu6FXN3eC3MOOMHGIUE-hl9n_Ys-nErW6MOrYLTHyHCgP0Tzu5hsJvdm7-y8Wq8uuRQaH3VSRPPGkLz30glUQy6EjLwTndFbNbVq1Grmd46ot4mUfFsvJE/s320/IMG_4365.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242217988828776834" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB90Cuhgwy4-6sSJjzRhjITo_l7Tx83ZoqOh8JXPHsfp-6lxzbF4XilUCV8FSYbv4K6vfyYzmhWNPqqucXxpYLKmQkbhSZoXd98CcCxUNvAFCfJqoFJDtysZcZEt2eVt2mVCuhhMiNjq4/s320/IMG_4368.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242217991115764994" /><div style="text-align: center;">The maid of honor/witness<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOEIILJ_7Qq7TMZrA2WMV1LD7bU03R3Rep3kNXUj5iO2VWfLSxMD5g-hTnYn6Vf9_OlPUTW5C63_qZKGzDIUDTDMzW38mc0wcf2tZFVdu3yqVNPD-FAZx0-yH2xQTbUGPC1-QlE9KhA0/s320/IMG_4372.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242217999683202578" /><div style="text-align: center;">The best man/witness<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5Fghygt-xEkvPEgla9yGvlHgHQcXS5Hnd308wYKl-D9ugos_tALzGwZhGEw-WkOGS7CbpviY-o0BKKsnSPBa9XVmU5szdECbVoiTpQ-eoQV5vxUz1fFqz0ahSDvNaT0GV8_VLW4rTV0/s320/IMG_4380.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242218008342102770" /><div style="text-align: center;">Next the rings<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1AkMijycSj7MP6YklIE7CDoQb2KgtM0n26m3_Vah8u3R6BU2t1pCbLUE8FIa0lbizZPq1iCkksqzRLSKLVGT0UIjX-u33u6Xyu855DMQIpraZel3p5dQWmkr2OwHVrqi_10ktFpWwV8/s320/IMG_4395.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242218979081281042" /><div style="text-align: center;">The couple's prayer</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_reblgoRR1wbrp4HT4HnRJveO5ZXdFXqEEu3Gr-d9TpPiuMOmSsiv9jtowlB0WT_FFa5OJKj0whEJeNv0syIZq00tuk0JsdZjZnMPQwOcdV7MN014g7p1Xbkr05Gq3IavZTbZTa2X9k0/s1600-h/IMG_4398.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_reblgoRR1wbrp4HT4HnRJveO5ZXdFXqEEu3Gr-d9TpPiuMOmSsiv9jtowlB0WT_FFa5OJKj0whEJeNv0syIZq00tuk0JsdZjZnMPQwOcdV7MN014g7p1Xbkr05Gq3IavZTbZTa2X9k0/s320/IMG_4398.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242218984688583378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Prayer of the faithful: Aude singing, Mike and Anthony reading</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ItmDF-CDBboNYid4p0RFQFwCqietLJzQ-GxGZ28Bn5Uaq-wAGRAZv4RJkipGD5kVP4mWo5TTqz1q-28sccOZLJ3zX5gyVZOhu9HHcdt4eSWQlLsEIEMufoRvfj58L4saRK8pxyp7BV4/s1600-h/IMG_4399.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ItmDF-CDBboNYid4p0RFQFwCqietLJzQ-GxGZ28Bn5Uaq-wAGRAZv4RJkipGD5kVP4mWo5TTqz1q-28sccOZLJ3zX5gyVZOhu9HHcdt4eSWQlLsEIEMufoRvfj58L4saRK8pxyp7BV4/s320/IMG_4399.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242218987799845058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One of my mom's english student... she was so cute! She distributed the programs and the bells... her brother was the altar boy</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgDLGatdBg2cYaDYRGZ80-HdGW-UF5KcDOflWXTAX1Mp3v7Yw5dpq3Yt9FbYYgiqbbci3TANXK7BkjzLQrgrrQHpdBGZfzc3QMK_uvaAbEovWkCHuuC7fwkjX1lIKtiUYjJZGXRlLH24/s1600-h/IMG_4416.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgDLGatdBg2cYaDYRGZ80-HdGW-UF5KcDOflWXTAX1Mp3v7Yw5dpq3Yt9FbYYgiqbbci3TANXK7BkjzLQrgrrQHpdBGZfzc3QMK_uvaAbEovWkCHuuC7fwkjX1lIKtiUYjJZGXRlLH24/s320/IMG_4416.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242218997983684562" /></a>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-59028916020080209322008-09-04T10:42:00.007-06:002008-09-04T11:15:23.683-06:00And the ceremony started...<div style="text-align: center;">The priest as I mentioned before is a good family friend. He married my parents and baptized me... <br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5kqk1NOuqdTNPSeeYjYbFwHA7EVKhOvcvmLTipDBMY5dQEr5KNvU0MgbOfPqsnL6r587DZhyf9ttbcy_Gs1FH5u-jxQglD_vIeK88isx_IBZzVrG_TPQmI0vqD0OJB3g2kxhxAAhwNM/s320/IMG_4290.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242208722471837634" /><div style="text-align: center;">My friend Aude was leading the singing.. here the entrance song<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCqa-Jw1SONWBnrUOtrtf7LwIdBVzBKRmSfinc0HcoJPROAMq-Tw_OoDagWUUh2mx3aaj-Hd0hH6CsgmY_CVUMwGF1a5ZMqvi1VhXTFmKQvjFqnVERp-PbAd8Xrdd8tqiH0tUYe4VyFo/s320/IMG_4294.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242208726786737906" /><div style="text-align: center;">The programs... I had asked my sister to put down programs on the seats of all the people in the wedding party, and on Rich's and mine. Well, seemed like she forgot because when we got down the aisle, we didn't have programs, neither did my parents. I had to borrow one from my grand parents and my parents had to share the other one. Disaster! I spent so much time making them!<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlG95pIZljiqBtXGNUO4eVehgGkKsXvqSCVoRUr0rw0a-Gy8hUOf4JN5Cgc8gddiJ-7kj5YsLtAaPlGO2YoYC1szllvjeObR7D_JrXJpxpuAfPvktuhaxTmtTpQKPT4zsxtUMCjhn7lg/s320/IMG_4300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242208738711231170" /><div style="text-align: center;">Rich's grand pa doing the first reading<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFd24zJrImPjcj-ycIgRW6qvd0D1jW9JqBVYKgDYdzdZ7TnLjQi1q4ZEkTW5y9DN1Hm8IeIicby_UpLCbjo7be1anz76WOl9U8Kv3yiKf0bOEgwbOylviBsiN9au7I1NiFrDubSXbeH0/s320/IMG_4305.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242209842785812242" /><div style="text-align: center;">Rich's parents<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdf_r2LozLl6vCaGTXNxNo00v0xK1jTwZtONBMy3oEC9O_CfYfOi82e4FLrNXvLNBwgfXdpHVL8RyydNhkiPSFkZwjDgq5Fxxn1Byae_52F-xYw4aD5gibtKuiQjF2fdQB_qKCni5520/s320/IMG_4310.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242209848601878946" />The 3 girls singing the meditation song (after the first reading)... Aude, Fiona, Fleur<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBhoyIQdMkwdJS0H0L3XLBkWd1-bkRNS7G7e7EoesrcaaJV-9VreGBqTa1OOXLoQ5XrpJ97b6RyNYCDwU_xmAyceDYK1eSVmT1E56tj_db8pZJ_kneRVi2VFXg1i77Npdx0SoLbuWejo/s320/IMG_4314.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242209858503089330" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimI0sAfiHbaRWAx5v6Gz-W_tKovhSGAH8fKMAwzJbvmXsGBJYaWyy3b2gdHT-pYbce4R4GClpRkRHLki6Z0I1_B_Dm_ofqdSVuMhisq7BN3Bu0gtPFETuWahP1HFtbgwu9KHmUsa7EBWQ/s320/IMG_4316.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242211490762615858" /><div style="text-align: center;">The psalm then The gospel<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fdOZWgcpX9nDUPHjlzNsYlSjUv5dCz802GY9G9_UdHUPOZ7A2L-4DDFgt8risVxqDFs0tT7Wx3q0346eoFSLtmHiixLnKcDO9tjj0efDKlWjvlOcx6moKucKuSKQftjbeZiNnGibFEM/s320/IMG_4328.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242211496107811730" /><div style="text-align: center;">Homily<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQN9Ls9StVuGtvgFrF93s1DC9iZu2uLLir5rvLnEWG4GI6tvGD-yEPSL0-izsAa0eA9tcl0U2KHKmE9jKSom47JPfbeI90Yx6xVNPTmnlXlfbnOC8qhu7RYkZo6W3Y9F38PGWFjWEr72M/s320/IMG_4330.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242211500067398514" /><div style="text-align: center;">Exchange of vows<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndyKDeIOuJA3KFccEL9DcY8RkxORhyM3y4aJbZGOstd19U1KMVB4dzgOLZra6RPpvWxy82NM4HHo0fxY07CwXC51S_TKpdHQ9ZF4xfiducXCVjNvxwzz7_jFhJrZmctlZLxRU3BNyWuU/s320/IMG_4336.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242211509464563266" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiddIC_q5hAlu-GStW4B6zpJBbVS7h9k5evEXossvtAN6WCxjc1IQxPcySD4clZfOY35UbZwbWBrwa7atz8baAy2-ewm7-Bq-k3703PEF05GEc6i22oQYkUNj1-x68eadBaXX20lxTyr4/s320/IMG_4344.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242212356695871314" /><div style="text-align: center;">My grand ma and my sister singing after the exchange of vows, but before the rings...<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MAXJKhkU4TkOpU-wVXbAO5tbX9Lrejn3fr-4OGyn8RKXfsnOMoqs9n_kYQSzRduK07QYNB_R_4mZJiT2LWdgBt3RykJSAK07y5yOF1j6rBDuMI8HNTOf6CeAcab6mYCZcKihAoNlntw/s320/IMG_4355.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242212368372798338" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oAEVunoKP29kJs5agk0Xz-Brw94L2_CxDvmZbvRhVLKdbUYKUuvCF7fIn1hhQ5fGr1PbnhjMq0QvGjsYQ3J6sTBvevPrLmEziHhYvh7kofZjOsxCLtNZmPP93nCCnLmd96xbUPTMZ9E/s320/IMG_4356.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242212375362285362" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The witnesses a.k.a. best man and maid of honor with us<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTCye_erEY7S4QW_vouZdu-E_GpjmuZMPCOHi1BzYidisIkvZG7ZbCjciKBHxszkj2S2FOFow4fUq9BwjQw8kTEwnWhxDqBNUPNirwZjAuye8AldGcwv1m5jOIm90LQ5prKRrS_Z0JG0/s320/IMG_4359.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242212379508377858" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402267154776068913.post-72407925337421915862008-09-04T09:41:00.006-06:002008-09-04T10:42:13.828-06:00Ceremony... Getting in the Church<div style="text-align: center;">The processional was the hardest part to figure out. <br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBecwoKtYM_a7w0QoZTrg8W4_BKKatT6eQA6pS3OMA6vHyPjyosnbCQT_rxQDIMghquAd4_xq-z52XmySi_XBWANmOMwfTzetIhjMSBK6fcHz8xKG4DFcUXJTYcJezm1cO_qP4NnKgm_c/s320/IMG_4245.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242199462032137746" /><div>The traditional french way: the groom goes first with his mom (on his left), then the father of the groom with the mother of the bride, the witnesses, the grand parents, brothers and sisters. Then the Bride with her father followed by the "enfants d'honneur" (bridesmaids?)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The traditional American way: Grandmothers of the groom seated by an usher, followed by their husbands, then same for the grandmothers of the bride. The mother of the groom, then mother of the bride escorted by ushers... Then the officiant and the groom walk in from the side, followed by the attendants down the aisle. The flower girl and ring bearer walk in, and finally the bride and her father. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what we decided on doing:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me and my father waiting to walk down the aisle</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpkiMDhnRUtj-j0WWhRwkbpQjq5k-ihaoFb9wPhaQ9TIibqk2rtj2Kqujjrhr7As3eA84MPV1LIohCKQVoTRyHS4wPTcuE7kwlwAN5mbwnimAoZkOmo92YvfLjQdaC0aApT0_VNP5m0Q/s320/DSCN3462.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242199464068401138" /><div style="text-align: center;">The Groom and his mother first (french tradition)</div><div style="text-align: center;">The officiant greeting the processional </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-btpMudlOOaAb5X5eRlqFLTBCjo4Ab_oQIXAFnfL36spiSrZH7M8tbIwvUckpiCP1xDDF-FChtb_ojNtAVDQNQuXBxgEgKUYbtuvG-YdFUcJwVPAH8-osmEmtcjg7FrMLEuSOyDSQ4AU/s320/IMG_4263.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242199473365486818" /><div style="text-align: center;">The grand parents, first the grand parents of the groom then the grand parents of the bride.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHR8AjiJ7skgBSc7hHAU45MWISlfSisyT-TYwzbhSAphyphenhyphenfwuhenjmeuM9lFy8hBi4PTkUB-Og2eeX2HyUNlhHroKGIVWq-qARUQVtC5HO8J-kJ0FApj2dn-vgT35quqWtEm5F4a7Wl2os/s320/IMG_4266.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242199478937027986" /><div style="text-align: center;">Then the father of the groom with the mother of the bride<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-raPLZQJfIlDbWHdp1i8D1oerUA2a6W3Pq9zFtzJ3BrROQmktOla7gliR0FUaPJmz0UHPQ0tFe_CH5YYePfcs6Xb0FCq1u9Keqd_6NrO0DbZPGljkwC7EkY-ZyC6RHCOPDjkJ3yOav8w/s320/IMG_4270.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242200307600339474" /><div style="text-align: center;">The brother and sister (groomsmen and bridesmaid)<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur2PPZUF5hXdc9WtuJ05K7lAi13cgums2aU4130Hd32XZFoCNvYcIQuPhCqIr9jBfiZhyphenhyphenef8QsaUnJ6Gs9P8UE3Fxf8K0-4Wk8oC6Iyi010nJlY0l4fmarlhXPHefWXUXf5qMPEblNrI/s320/IMG_4274.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242200309040798322" /><div style="text-align: center;">Best man and maid of honor<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAE-joEz6Nh298Ag9bUmEkHHStjo0-jOe8zo0KJWXMyxz2C3YqEqgTvBQGIJ4bQcZRXNI4uTtfXgN4rxW2jNY278F0LCW2VAq9XVt7E3z3pvaMSXfz4fNv07K75uuFZ8JMlsmcnr7kFc/s320/IMG_4280.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242200313342055074" /><div style="text-align: center;">The groom waiting at the front of the church<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSRpkhyphenhyphenCc7pEv4KcL-I20pxwS7Y2vDyrZChrmUZHq-QB7bGvKUiYyrkixBa3-WwkJHKQ7OLDt4g_JBli3ZGiqMbiKC_CvE6xV1MFzCbhXloj6zjnftd3Wm8R41lb7kApbwaMZortwGtw/s320/IMG_4283.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242200323556034178" /><div style="text-align: center;">The officiant greets my dad and I and walks in front of us down the aisle<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUqyGU8Lchotpy10RO0Lde7I-9Z4fMx-Kyy1RtoapIGxre_m7mcf8gCnu_XMwDzEO5f5nMz5jT5qQpqhcCRL6_H7ix1q94s1i_5qWpf_yENJsdVNaygz1DpnqhCp59W29tbrmZC2DbN8/s320/IMG_4284.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242201302146706930" /><div style="text-align: center;">I know I didn't pick the nicest photo of my dad and I, but I chose that one to make a point. While walking down the aisle, I noticed that you couldn't even see people's faces... just cameras. It was really strange to not even be able to identify who was there, because every single one of the guests were taking pictures. Digital cameras are great, everyone wants a picture, but I would have loved seeing people, not only flashes. </div></div>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01048905309476445372noreply@blogger.com0