Seline and Dylan's wedding, highlights

I've been wanting to post about the goodness of Celine and Dylan's wedding for a while, but every time I sit down to do it, I think of too many good moments to write about, decide it will take me hours to do it, and then give up. So, instead, I'm going to post a few of my favorite photos with little captions.

We were immersed in the Arizona heat from Thurs night 'til Monday morning, and when it was all over, and we were saying goodbye to Seline and Dylan on Sunday night (late), we couldn't believe it had gone by so quickly.

Here we are at Elizabeth and Matt's house, around the corner from Seline's house. We were putting flowers in Celine's hair, doing up her bouquet, and feeding her hors d'ouevres and margaritas. That's me, Shelley, Celine, Kelly, Vera, and Elizabeth.



Celine was a beautiful glowing bride:



But she wasn't used to dealing with the paparazzi:



They said their vows in their backyard, lit by fairy lights in the trees:



After the ceremony, the guests gathered at tables under a big white tent in their backyard, to feast on a pig that Dylan's cousin roasted in the ground (there were lots of yummy vegetarian options, too, but the pig is the best food story - o, except for the cakes, but I'll get to those):



Celine and Dylan were both beaming with happiness:



Celine's brother Rene and his wife Nicole started the tradition of asking guests to sing a song about love to make the bride and groom kiss. Celine and Dylan asked guests to do this, too, and it resulted in a great mad rush of guests standing up to sing song after song. Here are Celine's mom, Huguette, and her mom's sister and cousin singing a French love song:



One of the three (!) wedding cakes was the French traditional croquembouche, which basically means mouth crunch cake. It was a spectacularly tall golden confection, a giant cone of cream puffs stuck together with spun sugar. Wow. It tasted at least as good as it looked, which is saying a lot.



The happy couple fed each other cake, of course. These are some of my favorite pictures from the whole wedding:







There was lots of wine,



and live music (provided by the groom, no less!),



and at the end of it we were totally worn out,



and also full of the feeling that the world is a wonderful place. We had such a good time catching up with old friends, meeting new friends, and most of all, seeing two people we love looking gloriously happy. Life is good.