Ajia's Wedding Pics

Hey ladies! I've missed you all. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes. By the grace of God, we made it back safely from our honeymoon. Now we can tell our future children about our trip being interrupted by Hurricane Dean.

The day itself was absolutely beautiful, I couldn't have asked for better weather. Here are some teaser pics until I get the professional ones.

Getting ready in my mom's room at home.

Waiting in the limo...Can you believe that I was there a full 35 minutes early? I told y'all that we were starting on time!

Keith and his groomsmen. Don't they look great?

Standing at the altar, saying our vows before God, our family and friends.

Our first toast in front of the limo. Keith's brother was the best man and my sister was one of my maids of honor.

Walking through the park with our ridiculously big bridal party. (10 BM: 2 MOH, 4 BM, 4 JBM, 10 GM: 1 BM, 6GM, 3 JGM, and 1 FG and 1 RB) More pics of the whole group to come later.

My friends love to ham it up for the camera.

One of the Jr. Groomsmen and our ring bearer.

The New Mr. and Mrs!

First Dance...All those lessons paid off!

Our Cake. (The K slanted to the side. I hope I will have some pics with it standing straight.)

I love my Husband.

My Mom, Dad, Sister, Hubby and Me!

More details and Pics to come!

I'm adding this from my later post just so it won't get missed: Our photographer JUST emailed me to tell me that he updated his blog. If you click here you can see some more pics and a slide show that he put together of the day.

Thank you all very much! Our photographer JUST emailed me to tell me that he updated his blog. If you click here you can see some more pics and a slide show that he put together of the day.

Thank you all very much! I still can't believe that after all of the planning, the wedding has come and gone already. My only wish is that we could have a little more time together at the reception. You wind up spending the entire time getting around to all the guests that time escapes you. But I really enjoyed it!

[quote="FutureMrsKeepUp"]
Nice tuxes, who did yall use?
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The tuxes were from After Hours. Convenient since the GM ranged from NY to MD.

[quote="housewife147"]Is that Verona Park?
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Good eye House! Yup! Verona Park is right across the street from the Richfield Regency. I love that park!

[quote="ElegantBride08"]Congrats Ajia, your pictures are wonderful and your wedding looked fabulous. How does it feel to me a married woman? :) Any wedding day suggestions? I love the blog made by your photographer, he did a wonderful job!

How was the honeymoon despite the weather?
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Being a married woman feels wonderful. we never lived together before the wedding so it's great being able to wake up with the man of my dreams.
Suggestion wise, don't stress every little detail. If you planned it well enough, it will happen. Worrying on the day won't make things happen any quicker.
Our photographer is wonderful! He has a great eye and I love the slide shows that he makes.
The honeymoon was wonderful when we made it back to the resort. I managed to get a few days of sun and swim a little. The food was incredible! We are already talking about going back to get an uninterrupted trip.

[quote="bamabride"]Not sure if it's just me, but I can't see the photos. :-( Do you have them posted on a website or anything somewhere else? I really want to see!!
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bamabride, I'm sorry that you can't see the pics. Does my photographer's blog link work for you? Here it is again in case you missed it. Click Here

Let me know if that helps!

I just realized that I never told you all how the music worked out.
Bridal Party Entrance: John P. Kee - Wedding Song (Sung by male quintet)
Praise Dance: Yolanda Adams - Better than Gold (She pulled down the runner at the end)
Bride's Entrance: The Temptations - I Believe in You and Me (Sung by the male quintet)
First Dance: Luther Vandross - So Amazing
Father/Daughter Dance: The Four Tops - My Girl
Mother/Son Dance: Boyz II Men - Song for Mama

It all worked out really well! I can't wait to see the video!

Yes Bumble, I really wanted everyone to be comfortable. Shoes were any style but silver for adults and white for kids (since it's hard to find silver in kids sizes. Plus when would they wear them again?) Hair had to be nice and a normal color. A friend from college was shocked when her MOH showed up at her wedding with BLUE hair. She just woke up that morning and felt like getting it dyed blue. To make matters worse the colors were Orange and Brown so she really stood out.

[quote="mrsmoose091308"]Congrats!!!!! You guys look so happy!! Just curious....How many in your party and does it really cost more to have a larger bridal party or will be the same if you have less?
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Thank you so much! We had 20 in the bridal party (2 MOH, 4 BM, 4 JBM, 1 BM, 6 GM, 3 JGM) Plus 1 FG and 1 RB. It didn't really cost more with a larger bridal party for us. Since there were so many bridesmaids, the shop gave a discount for all the dresses. Since we had so many groomsmen, hubby's tux was free. We did buy gifts for all of them but for the girls, I made their jewelry and bought them jewelry pouches and flip flops to dance in. Everyone in the bridal party would have been invited to the wedding anyway, so it wasn't adding any more mouths to feed at the wedding.