coraa | Wedding, With Photos

So about three weeks now (whoops),

jmpava and I got married. :) Although the wedding planning made me a bit anxious, the wedding itself was really delightful, and in the end I'm glad we did it. (Had a wedding, I mean; I was always glad we were going to get married!)

The ceremony and reception were at the Woodland Park Zoo, which I love. We were fortunate enough to have an officiant (David Serkin-Poole, cantor at Temple B'nai Torah) who actually had a personal connection: he's known

jmpava since he (Pav, I mean, not David) was about eight. He did a service for us that was part of Pava's cultural traditions, included some of my own, and was actually personal to us.

And we were at the zoo! With a jaguar and an owl!

Anyway, I had a wonderful time, and I was so glad to see everyone who was able to make it.

Pictures under the cut—warning, there are a lot of them.

My mom decorated the cakes:

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

From Pava & Cora's Wedding - Lucas - Full Size

maggiedacatt made my bouquet, and

morganlf made the bouquets on the tables. (We got the flowers for all of the above from the Wallingford Farmer's Market that morning.) This is my bouquet:

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

And this is one of the table bouquets:

From Pava & Cora's Wedding - Lucas - Full Size

The boy and I signed the ketuvah:

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

I couldn't help but think of this as the 'props table.' (The ceremony involves two glasses of wine, and of course the breaking of the wineglass, which is what's in the napkin.)

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Our huppa was held by four of our friends: Shamik,

bellwethr,

archonsengine and

maggiedacatt.

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

I was so happy to see everyone:

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

And then we got married!

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(I smile a lot, apparently.)

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My dad did a reading. Yay!

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See? Married!

From P & C Wedding - Medium Res, All Shots - Gina

We had a wine-and-appetizers reception Jaguar Cove, the area outside the jaguar enclosure. It was lit with fairy lights and candles on the tables, so the pictures didn't come out so well, but it was lovely. And I'm told people did get to see the jaguar!

From P & C Wedding - Medium Res, All Shots - Gina

From Pava & Cora's Wedding - Lucas - Full Size

Then we went inside the Rainforest Pavilion (aka the food court, but it looked really good for a food court!) and there was an OWL. (We arranged an owl encounter because, dude, if you get married at the zoo, why not?)

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

(If someone could iconize the above picture for me—just a simple crop and resize—I would love you forever. I keep trying and LJ keeps spitting it back up.)

It was a spectacled owl, and it was there for quite some time with its handler, who talked all about it and answered questions. People seemed to like the owl!

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

This is probably my favorite photo of all:

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

Then there was a buffet!

I just really like this picture of the fruit platter:

From Pava & Cora's Wedding - Lucas - Full Size

jmpava and me at our little table:

From Pava & Cora's Wedding - Lucas - Full Size

And the whole (immediate) family:

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

This is the Harvey Mudd College (And Adjuncts) picture:

From P & C Wedding - Full Resolution Selected Shots - Gina

And all the past and current Laserfiche employees:

From Pava & Cora's Wedding - Lucas - Full Size

...And this picture is here because it shows my dress well. I got this dress on Etsy! Partly because I hate wedding boutique stores and partly becuase I could get an awesome dress for a reasonable price there. (The wrap on my arm was crocheted by my great grandmother, and I was glad it went so well, because that meant I could use it.)