October 21, 2011

The whole reason I started this blog was so I could share wedding pictures!
(Photos by Laurie Rhodes)
Here we go...

Getting ready

The Foundry Terrace

The Forrests

 The Tomasinis

Guests arriving

The Ceremony

 

The Foundry - a dream come true!

Readings

 

Us! 

Cocktail on the terrace 

 Setting up for the reception

Our song, "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" was a surprise for our guests. If you want to hear the original song, here is a version of it from 1935.

I cringed then and I still do now about singing in front of everyone at my wedding.

I put a video up in this post since a lot of people have requested it!

Father/Daughter Dance - a medley of "Sunrise, Sunset" "Isn't She Lovely" and "Brown-Eyed Girl"


 

Sébastien and his mother, Annie, started the next dance, "Valse à mille temps," by Jacques Brel.  J'adore cette chanson (Video of Jacques Brel singing it and dancing in 1961 here)!

By the middle of the song, everyone had joined in!

After the first dances, food...

And drinks...

Reception!

 

Dancing...

 
 

One of my favorite things about our wedding was that the French/American crowd danced, ate, partied and managed to communicate with each other, despite language barriers!

 

 

Toasts...

  

 

After the toasts, it was time for the "Croquembouche" cake - although they are typical in French weddings, it was the first time I had ever seen one!  It was deliiiicious!!

Then Sébastien and Jean-Philippe entertained us with some blues and salsa tunes.

 A few more...

You would think this would be the end...

But no!  After the photographer left, Julie snapped these pictures at the very end from her phone...

Conga line!

 

Last but not least...