The wedding that was…
Well I am finally, finally, finally doing a proper wedding post! I managed to upload some photos to flickr (not as many as I would of liked but I am sure that there is only so many wedding photos people want to look at) and to facebook. So thought it time I post some pictures here as well…
First though, I want to say thank you to all of those that commented on my last post and offered up congratulations and their opinions on goma-chan`s sex. Also sorry to Heather, Nay & Gaijinwife`s whose comments somehow ended up in my spam folder but I have now rescued them!!
It has been more than three weeks since Shun & I married- hard to believe since the time has flown by! We had such a magical day and we really couldn`t of asked for a nicer wedding day. I think everyone had a great time and I think the best thing was that the Aussie guests and international guests all got on so well despite the language barriers that many of them faced. Everybody was snapping away, taking photos (and yes, both Shun & I admitted our faces got sore from all that smiling) and enjoying themselves.
I started the day at my mother`s- we got up early to a bit of a breakfast buffet (as in my, Cat, Erika & my Thai friend Panni as we all stayed at mum`s the night before- Mandy, another bridesmaid arrived around that time also) before heading to get our hair and make-up done (and mum took Panni & Erika to the wedding place).
The day went by quite fast, as most say it does, but I got to enjoy most of it (and goma-chan gave me a break and I did not throw up on my wedding day- WOOT!) and managed to get around to speak to most people who had come to share our special day!
The photographer met the boys at the hotel (also where the ceremony and reception were been held) to take some photos there first before coming to mum`s place.
Then onto mum`s place to take photos of me and the girls and also a couple with my parents.
Arriving at the venue… (in Rolls Royces!)
Saying our vows and signing the certificate
Everyone who made it
Shun & I with his family
Shun & I with my family
With friends
Wedding party shots down by the beach…
Now the important part- THE CAKE!
Those edible people on top- those are Shun & I!
There are quite a few more shots over at flickr- and when I get more time I will probably add more but due to the size of the professional photos it does take time.
The reception went well until about 11pm, by which time I was exhausted! Some of the guests, who were staying at the hotel, partied on until morning. Many of the boys from Japan flew out on the Sunday morning (their taxi came at 4:45am), two of whom had only been in the country for 24 hours. We were so lucky that a lot of our friends from overseas and interstate could make it over for the wedding!
My bridesmaids, (and Shun`s groomsmens of course) did a wonderful, wonderful job. Shun & I are so lucky to have such wonderful friends, we really are. Catherine & James both made speeches- James, being the best man, put in a lot of jokes but he pulled it off okay (and I take my hat off to him because he translated the whole thing as he went and most of the jokes came across loud and clear to the Japanese that were there!). Cat, also gave a lovely speech, which nearly made me cry (in fact I may have dropped a tear or two-nothing compared to her though!)- she spoke about her own parents who are also in a mixed marriage and how they had made their life work so well.
My father gave the first speech, and while he was incredibly nervous he did very well. He thanked Shun & I for putting up with him for this last year (and how me moving to Japan at 19 caused an international disaster when I met Shun!). Shun`s father, also gave a wonderful speech, in both English in Japanese, that he had been practicing for several months I think.
Shun also spoke- thanking the bridesmaids, and all our friends and family who came for the special occasion, many of whom had to travel. He also talked about how lucky he was to have met me (Awwwwww!).
There was a lot of dancing- and Shun & I danced to “Song bird” by Eva Cassidy (but the band sang it) for our first song. If you don`t know it- here is a youtube version.
I have to say, that for a wedding day, I think one of the most important things is for the bride and groom to have a good time and Shun & I can both say we had a faboulous day- we really really could not have asked for a more perfect day to celebrate our love and marriage.
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Oh darling, how lovely to hear your wedding story at last, and to see the gorgeous pictures. You look simply radiant – and what a handsome husband you have (I’ll bet you love calling him your husband
) I’m so glad you had a happy day. It’s so important to enjoy yourselves, after all the planning and effort that goes into it!
The cake is AWESOME.
Hope all is going well with Goma-chan and the move back to Japan! xxx
Such gorgeous photos!! Everything looks so wonderful, and everyone looks so happy. So happy you both had such a great day.
Wow, every picture turned out and you all look fabulous and fabulously happy! Picture two could be the next Johnny’s Junior…. ;P And double points for getting smiles out of the Japanese side of the family. BOTH our weddings K’s parents look like they are majorly unapproving of the whole thing just because they have their serious formal occasion faces on. oh well!
And you know I think even weeks old fetuses understand that weddings are a big deal. Meg had me unable to eat the day before the wedding and unable to move sick on the day after our wedding but nothing whatsoever on the actual day.
I love the cake toppers but edible? Who eats who???? :O ;P
Your photos are gorgeous Lulu!! You must be so happy with them! As I said on facebook my favourite is the one of you and Shun at the waterfront! It is such a beautiful photo!
You were right about the guests mingling despite communication barriers! Everyone seemed to have a ball
It was such a great night!
I didn’t realise that the cake toppers were edible! That is REALLY cool!
you both look just gorgeous! so happy to hear that you enjoyed your wedding, and especially that you got to share the day with your family and friends. looks like it was a perfect day – congratulations!!
What stunning photos! You all look amazing and I’m so happy to hear that you two – the most important people in the whole event – had a great time!
I love your wedding photos it looks like its out of a fairy tale book.. absolutely beautiful. The black and white one of you is just stunning and shun looked so “HOT” lol (according to someone who will not be named)
I am so glad that your wedding went beautifully and hope it is a day you cherish for the rest of your lives!!
Oh bless. That sounds like the most perfect wedding day! You have even made a jaded old hag like me feel all excited at the romance of it all!
Seriously though Lulu, your pictures are fabulous and you are shining with happiness and excitement and I am so excited to see where your life takes you next!! Looking forward to hearing about your next journey as well, the one through pregnancy and motherhood! You will have lots of sempai-mamas here on your blog telling you what to do! LOL!
Big hugs from London
MIdori x
Here’s to the bride – may she share everything with her husband…and that includes the housework. Here’s to the new husband, and here’s to the new wife, may they remain lovers, for all of life.
May you life be long and happy,
Cares and sorrows few;
And the many friends around thee
Prove faithful, fond and true.
May your voyage through life be as happy and as free
As the dancing waves on the deep blue sea.
May your love be added, may it never be subtracted, may your household multiply( I think you got that covered already), and may your hearts never be divided!!
May a flock of blessings light upon thy back. (Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet)
Here’s to the groom with bride so fair,
And here’s to the bride with groom so rare!
Here’s to the prettiest, here’s to the wittiest, here’s to the truest of all who are true, here’s to the neatest one, here’s to the sweetest one, here’s to them in one – here’s to you!
Oh bless, I love wedding stories! the photos are beautiful and I adore the bouquets you chose.
It sounds like it was the most beautiful day, Lulu
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You make a stunning couple and as Midori said,it will be a pleasure to join you on the next leg of your journey as a couple into parenthood and beyond.And I like the sound of Goma-chan for letting you have a day off the morning sickness;)So def.a girl then…!
Wow, the photos are so beautiful! You all look so relaxed and happy.
That cake is awesome! Very good likeness.
All the photos are amazing, the colors just pop out on the screen. Your cake is just awesome and the edible toppers is so cool. I’ve never see anything like it.
it looks as though you had a beautiful wedding day. congratulations once again! LOVE the pictures
fabulous pictures…. that one of the two of you on the pier is amazing!!!
it all sounds so wonderful……
Hi everyone, thank you so much for all of your lovely lovely comments. We did indeed have a magical day and we hope we will have many more magical days to come.
I am really really bad at replying to comments on my blog and I apoligise for that but rest assured I do read and love every comment I receive! I do try to get back to anyone that asks a question but if for some reason you ask a question and I do not respond either here or on your own comments on your blog then please let me know!
I am working on another post, updating everyone on the last week! Hopefully it will be up soon!
Those photos are fabulous! I especially like the “friends” group-shots, with the camera angles – really fun and colourful. It looks like it was a great day – it’s always nice when things go to plan, especially on the “big day”! And that cake is fabulous! Such a nice choice!
Great pics – esp the one of you and the bridesmaids and you and Shun on the pier. And that cake… how adorable is that. What a shame to have to cut it up.
I hope things are getting easier with the pregnancy. It is ALL worth it in the end ; )
Happy apartment and job hunting.
wow what a beautiful wedding!!!!
So happy you had the perfect day you planned.
(and if MIJ really does have a DH photo contest you should enter Shun!! He is one handsome groom!!) and you…. welll you just glowed