4 sweeeet years!
earlier this month iman (luv you honay) & i celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary! thinking about our wedding, it's the little things that make me happy... and laugh... and cry....
*the fact that everyone forgot to give iman directions to the church still amazes me. he had the pastor, a groomsman and himself and somehow managed to get himself there - even on time for the pictures. (and if you know how directionally challenged he is, then you really understand what a miracle this is!)
*that moment of first seeing each other dressed in our wedding finery was everything i had hoped it would be.
*having loved ones come from near and far (alaska, new jersey, canada, oklahoma, alabama, pennsylvania & maryland) just to hang out and help us on our special day.
*having our own multi-cultural event was too fun (- even if mary jo wasn't able to come.) from the filipinos, to the brazilians, the koreans, african - americans, the mennonites, and yes, the country caucasians all mixed together for one fabulous wedding! and i'm entitled to be a little biased since i was the bride. (shouldn't every bride think that her wedding was the best - just as a mother believes that her kids are the best looking and the "most advanced?")
*the girls from nj singing before the ceremony set the tone we wanted: total worship.
*my father, who usually has the emotionalism of a rock, got a little emotional giving away his girl.
*the traditional things:
-vows - we wavered with whether to write our own or use the traditional vows and i'm still glad that we used the traditional vows. i love the fact that we used something that generations before us have used.
-my mother's wedding Bible - my mother carried a Bible under her flowers for her wedding; we were able to use that same Bible instead of a pillow for our rings.
-material from my mother's wedding dress - extra material was used to drape a table where the unity candle was.
-filipino traditions of the cord and veil - these were new to me, but important since i was marrying into this culture.
-the same uncle that married my parents prayed for us and the food at the reception.
*kissing too long during the ceremony and not realizing it until people started "cheering"... oops. 
*and the best thing of all was making it all official. already in our hearts we were committed to each other, but showing God and the whole world our commitment to each other was nothing less than amazing. a friend explained to me that her wedding was like being water baptized to her.... she had already made the commitment to be a follower of Christ, but being water baptized was openly showing everyone who wanted to watch that she was committed. and i have to agree with her, that's exactly how it felt to me... | 
