November 22, 2008

Emily and Tim's Wedding

I've known Emily since her freshman year of high school (I was a "way older" senior). We've kept in touch over all the years and nothing made me happier than attending her and Tim's wedding in Redondo Beach. Congrats you guys!

Saturday, November 22nd

Saturday afternoon we came down to the lobby and found the bridal party getting ready to depart for the church!

All dressed up and ready to watch a hitchin'.

Arriving in style.

Simon, Adrian, Bev and Mer outside the church.

Bridal procession!

Rachael coming down the aisle...

...looking lovely.

Emily's sister Jen with her cutie daughter.

More nephews and nieces!

Here comes the bride!

The church was gorgeous and the setting sun was streaming in the windows.

Emily and her dad. I love this pic.

Catholic stuff.

From our vantage point, Jen's backless dress made it appear that she had decided to attend the wedding in the buff.

Presenting Mr. & Mrs. Tim Smith!

Congrats, you two!

You are so married now.

The drive from the church to the reception was gorgeous. We got to watch the sunset from the top of cliffs overlooking the Pacific.

The reception was held at some kind of marine research auditorium right on the water.

rachael, simon — Right after parking, we found Ray and Simon outside doing a lil' pre-gaming before...

...the wedding party photos.

Emily and Rach!

Me and the future missus.

Rachael and Simon.

The MC started announcing the wedding party and they stormed the ballroom like it was a party invasion.

Full speed.

Low-walking!

Jen!

Emily and Tim!

First dance.

Congrats, Em! So happy for you two.

Em and Bev.

Cake cutting time!

Haha. It looked like Tim was gonna keep it clean, but at the very last minute, he bumped his hand up...

...and got just the right amount of icing on Em's nose.

Revenge is dish best served with CAKE!

Adorable.

Me and Bev!

Emily's parents got up and announced that it was either 1) their anniversary or 2) Carol's (her mom's) birthday. I forget which!

Snuggling up for a quick nap with grandpa.

Close up. Awwww.

Bev and Adrian.

Check out Emily's & Jen's Grandma: "Hey, think the bartender will make us shots?"

Hahaha. Twelve shots please!

Put 'em up...

...put 'em down! To a long and happy life together, Emily and Tim!

Then we all hit the dance floor! Ray, Simon and Mer cutting it up.

Yay!

Rachael quickly realized her dress wasn't designed to support dancing to up-tempo jams.

Em and Rachael.

Bridal party!

After working up a sweat, we went outside to cool down in the wonderful ocean air.

Snail friend.

When we came back it was snack time!

Then more dancing.

LOTS more dancing. (Thriller? Or the Electric Slide?)

Haha.

Lots of pointing...

...coupled with close-eyed screaming at a wedding is usually a pretty good indicator that a classic Bon Jovi jam is being dropped.

Somewhere in the midst of the of the camaraderie...

...Jen accidentally pulled Rachael's entire top down.

Get back in there!

It was only a matter of time.

So much fun.

Dancing it out.

Stylized female icon?

Or handicapped bathroom for one-legged women?

Cake break!

I'm pretty sure this was a gang-singalong to Meatloaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Lights.

Haha.

Timmy and Jen!

12:30am. We danced until they shut the music off.

So much fun.

Congrats, Tim and Emily!

All danced out.

Pretty much the entire wedding party stayed and danced until the very end! Here's everyone packing up and heading back to the hotel.

Prom photo (leave room for Jesus!).

It was an awesome place to have a wedding reception.

meredith — A bug pointing out a bug.

Tim boarding the party bus back to the hotel.

Timmy got on the bus and announced that they'd loaded up a whole ton of beers and booze to bring back to the hotel for an after party!

After party!

High fives all around.

Just taking a quick lil' "party time out" on the ride home.

The bus driver cranked the tunes.

Singalong.

Schweaty.

Party soldiers.

Meredith was tired from all the dancing and decided to call it a night. I tucked her in, then headed downstairs to the after party - making sure to stop and take a moment to document my drunk and disheveled self in the elevator mirror.

This is a pretty accurate representation of how the hallway looked to my drunk brain.

Emily gave me a disco-dancing welcome.

Timmy, Jen and Tim!

Bathtub full of beers...

...makes photos like this.

Ray (snacking and smoking!) and me.

Simon took a lil' party nap on the couch.

Rachael, me (looking like a choir boy) and Jen.

Foggy night view from the balcony.

Walt and me.

One more thing...

...let's order PIZZAS!

Hahaha. Sooooo good.

Sunday, November 23rd

When we checked out of the hotel on Sunday, Tim & Emily had post-Wedding hangover kit gift bags waiting for us! Chocolate snacks, champagne, ibuprofen and water.

We took a cab back to reception hall to pick up our rental car...

...then made our way through Redondo Beach...

...and took the weird back roads to LAX.

Back to cold weather. Boo! Congrats, Emily & Tim. Thanks so much for having us, we had an amazing time!