Our good friends Marie and Hung have been engaged for a long time and we were all looking forward to their big day. They have been good friends of ours for quite some time and who ever becomes friends with them is lucky because they are so caring and thoughtful. I met Marie when I started dating Oliver so it has been 10 years already since we've been good friends. I believe it was 2009 when she started seeing Hung and I accidentally called him Andrew ( a friend of Marie's and JUST a friend) when I first talked to him.(Sorry Hung!) Haha but he was a good sport! I had a feeling he would be around for a long time and I was right! He was the one. Now they are Mr & Mrs and I couldn't be happier!
One thing that will stick with me is when I was having family issues years ago and Thanksgiving came. Marie called me and asked if I wanted to join her and her family for Thanksgiving because she knew my situation. That meant so much to me and it also shows how caring she is. I didn't join since I was joining Oliver's family but it was the thought that count and I was touched. Thank you Marie!
OK back to the wedding!!
The day was definitely busy especially when you have Chinese and Vietnamese traditions to do. Talk about a packed itinerary! Want to join me on this day again? Ok here we go!
First all the bridesmaids went to the bride's parents house to get our makeup done and do our hair and wait for the groom, groomsmen and his family to arrive. Marie's family is from Malaysia and Hung is Vietnamese. Chinese and Vietnamese have similar traditions when it comes to weddings. This being one of them; The bride hides and the groom comes to the brides house with the family and groomsmen with gift trays wrapped in red and usually a whole roast pig. When the bride family accepts, they bring the bride down to the groom. The grooms were holding the red gift trays and us bridesmaids accepted it so I don't have a picture of that LOL. The difference between Chinese and Vietnamese for this is that when the groom arrives, him and his groomsmen have to play games in order to get to the bride. Kind of like saying it's not so easy to get the bride. Here is 1 picture:
The groom and groomsmen had to walk in a circle with a balloon between them and not drop it. They couldn't use their hands either.
There were a few other games like how well the groom knows the bride, etc. but don't have pictures of those! There are also punishments if they get something wrong or mess up. In this case it was to take a sip of vinegar. Finally after the groom and groomsmen succeeded, Marie came down with her mother and aunts. We all ate and left for the venue and changed into our dresses, freshen up and took bridal party pictures.
The bride with her girls and mother. PSST! By the way I did most of the bridesmaids hair! I could probably put that on my resume hehe.
I thought the bridesmaid dresses being white was interesting but now that I see it I loved it. So different!
Afterwards it was showtime. Time to turn Miss Liew into Mrs. Nguyen.
The wedding was at a beautiful venue in Fallbrook called The Grand Traditions
Did I mention both Oliver and I were in the bridal party? Here we are! And he's walking me down the aisle again :)
The bride's grand entrance! Hence the name Grand Traditions!
Yay!
I have to say I was very worried about Violet before and a little during the wedding. Especially having to do all the traditions before. She also got her shots the day before for her 2 month check up and that didn't help my worries considering she could've gotten a fever or sick. (Thank God she didn't get a fever. She was in a little pain though.) But my parents took good care of Violet and they said they had fun watching her at the wedding. What can I say, I'm a new parent and having both Oliver and I in the bridal party was a little challenge but it worked out. I was relieved at the end of the night knowing that we made it home safely.
Party time!
Another tradition is a tea ceremony. This was supposed to be done before the wedding ceremony but during the reception was the only time they got.
Us and the newly weds! I'm going to lose that baby weight.
Weddings can be stressful especially if you have customs before hand.
But the wedding turned out to be very beautiful and I wish nothing but the best for these 2 great people
Congrats Hung & Marie! We wish you the best and all the blessings you deserve! Love you!
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