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Love In The First Degree

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A few weekends ago, my mom, hubby and I all made the trek to Laguna Beach to witness the nuptials of my cousin Paul to his beautiful bride, Carol.  Other than my own wedding, this was one of the most beautiful and fun weddings I have ever been to.  It started off quite simple with drinks in the lobby of Seven-Degrees (an “idea lab”) leading to a beautiful ceremony.  Once we finished hors d’oeuvre during the cocktail hour, we began dinner with a viewing of their rock-star-like wedding video (edited that day) and ended the night with a sparkler send off and the happy couple racing away in one of their two Lotuses.  It was quite the magical evening, by any degree.  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well!

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Our lovely place cards.

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Carol with her father, in a gorgeous gown.

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My mom, me and Deon with newlyweds.

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Carol and Paul with his parents, grandmother and brother, Patrick.

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Us girls and our boys.

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Aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, and grandparents.

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I loved the lighting, flowers and table settings.

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In addition to the TVs throughout the reception, there were these little ornaments with tiny cameras in them,  showcasing a slide show of the couple’s engagement photos.

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With my hubby.

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Fun photos with my cousins.

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The couple was given cakes modeled after their cars by their friends, but they also had their traditional wedding cake.

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A sparkler send-off, as they drive away in Carol’s white Lotus (the last three photos were taken by my cousin Imelda and her husband Robert). 

I Want Somebody to Share, Share the Rest of My Life

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A couple of weekends ago, my family travelled up to Palmdale to share a special day with my younger cousin, CJ.  He married the love of his life, Jaime and they had a beautiful travel themed wedding.  I’ll just let the photos speak for themselves.  Hope you all had a great Father’s Day weekend!

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(The title of this post are lyrics from the song Somebody by Depeche Mode.)

Great Reception

As mentioned previously, we went to a wedding in Las Vegas a couple of weekends ago for our friend Celeste and her new husband Donya.  I only really got one decent picture of my outfit, but we got some other great pictures elsewhere because the rest of the night was spent hamming it up in the photo booth.  I love a good reception, but this one was a great one because of the relaxed atmosphere.  Celeste made sure that everyone knew they could have fun, and we certainly did.  I think these pictures speak for themselves, don’t you think?

The happy couple and part of their entourage

Outfit – Kirna Zabete for Target dress; Sam Edelman shoes; vintage Judit Leiber purse; Michael Kors watch; unknown brand bracelet; iSee glasses (GlassesUSA)

(Photo booth pictures include my husband, Deon, and our friends Anthony and his wife Jen)