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Eric & Jen’s Wedding

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Celebrating Eric and Jen tying the knot on July 11, 2015! Congratulations to these two beautiful lovebirds!

Sign at Eric & Jen's wedding

 

Eric & Jen's wedding ceremony

 

Eric & Jen's wedding ceremony
A beautiful ceremony

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
Mr. & Mrs. Chen!

 

Eric & Jen's wedding

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
Selfie during the reception

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
Hanna and Tom were at our table!

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
First dance 🙂

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
So happy to see Xiaoyi at the wedding!

 

Pat looked radiant!
Pat looked radiant as always!

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
Hubster and I

 

Hanna and I with the happy couple!
Hanna and I with the happy couple!

Xiaoyi & Bochen’s Wedding

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Last Saturday, we attended Xiaoyi and Bochen’s beautiful wedding at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland! We’d never been to the gardens before, but it was a beautiful location full of flowers, perfect for the couple’s very colorful and lovely celebration! Xiaoyi is a dear friend from college, fellow graphic design major and we even worked together at the same media lab. I have so many wonderful memories with her, and was so happy to be able to attend and witness this happy occasion!

Congratulations Xiaoyi & Bochen!
First kiss as husband and wife. Beautiful ceremony!

 

The program for Xiaoyi & Bochen's Wedding
The program for Xiaoyi & Bochen’s wedding

 

The happy couple!
The happy couple!

 

Gorgeous dress!
I loved her dress!

 

With the hubby among the flowers.
With the hubster. ♥

 

The girls at Xiaoyi & Bochen's Wedding
I loved seeing some of my favorite girlfriends again… 🙂 We’d just seen each other the previous weekend at Yoon’s wedding!

 

A silly picture of us.
Love these girls!

 

Reunited and it feels so good!
Reunited and it feels so good!

 

With Hannie!
With Hanna in fron tof the beautiful paper flowers that Xiaoyi constructed.

 

Lovely ladies!
Some more of my lovely girlfriends from college!

 

Wonderwomen!
Wonderwomen…?!

 

Graphic design ladies!
Graphic design ladies from Virginia Tech!

 

Everyone looked great!
Everyone looked great!

 

Some of the gentlemen at Xiaoyi & Bochen's Wedding
Some of the gentlemen chatting.

 

The lion dance during cocktail hour.
There was so much entertainment throughout the wedding! A lion dance during the cocktail hour and a peacock dance, belly dance, and Chinese yoyo during the reception.

 

The lion shaking its tail at us.
The lion shaking its tail at us.

 

Beautiful wedding cake!
Possibly the most beautiful wedding cake I’ve ever seen!

 

Such intricate details!
Such intricate details!

 

I can't believe they made so many of these!
Beautiful handmade flower favors, with my favorite chocolate embedded in the center!

 

The bride, groom, and bridal party entering the reception.
The bride, groom, and bridal party entering the reception.

 

Busting out in dance!
Busting out in dance! The whole wedding was like watching one of Xiaoyi’s elaborate Chinabration culture shows again. 🙂

 

Chinese tea ceremony
Chinese tea ceremony with the parents.

 

Calligraphy by Bochen's brother.
The groom’s brother is an award-winning calligrapher in China who has his own calligraphy school! He created this beautiful calligraphy on the spot at the reception, to wish the couple a lifetime of happiness.

 

The groom trying to guess whose hand is his bride's.
A reception game in which the groom trying to guess whose hand is his bride’s.

 

Changing into a sexy dress for dancing!
Changing into a sexy dress for dancing!

 

The guys getting down at Xiaoyi & Bochen's Wedding
The guys getting down on the dancefloor!

 

Cake cutting
Cake cutting!

 

Congratulations Xiaoyi & Bochen!
Congratulations Xiaoyi & Bochen!

 

It was a beautiful day and we were so happy we could be a part of it! (Special thanks to my parents, who watched Mio for us while we were at the wedding.) We wish the couple a lifetime of happiness together! ♥

Xiaoyi’s Bridal Shower

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Saturday was a busy day, with back-to-back showers! After the surprise baby shower for Pat earlier in the day, we went to Xiaoyi’s bridal shower to celebrate before she ties the knot with her fiancé Bochen in April! Her bridesmaids Patty and Jennie did a wonderful job at organizing and planning the shower, as you’ll see from the pictures below…

The spread for Xiaoyi's bridal shower!
The spread for Xiaoyi’s bridal shower! So much good food to eat that day…

 

With Liz and Celia at Xiaoyi's bridal shower
With lovely ladies Liz and Celia!

 

Hanna and I at Xiaoyi's bridal shower
Sweet Hanna and I!

 

Delicious mocktails
Delicious mocktails!

 

With the bride-to-be!
With the bride-to-be! Special thanks to Patty for the picture. (I don’t have any others with Xiaoyi.)

 

Munching on the snacks
Digging in!

 

Gathering for games
Gathering for games… my favorite part!

 

Xiaoyi's Bridal Shower
Luice, Liz, and Hanna!

 

Modelling TP dresses
Modelling toilet paper ballgowns (instead of toilet paper wedding dresses, as Xiaoyi loves dramatic ballgowns)

 

Our team's toilet paper dress.
Our team’s toilet paper dress.

 

Ashly's scandalous couture dress!
Ashly’s scandalous couture dress! lol

 

Celia explaining the vision behind the dress.
Celia explaining the vision behind our team’s dress.

 

Beautiful favors at Xiaoyi's bridal shower
Beautiful favors at Xiaoyi’s bridal shower, created by Jennie.

 

Xiaoyi reading cards
Time to open presents! A lot of the presents were rated R, so no more pictures of gift-opening. 😉

 

The girls at Xiaoyi's shower
All of the ladies together at the shower.

 

I couldn’t stick around for the dinner and bachelorette party portion of the night, but I’m glad that I could catch up with everyone and help shower Xiaoyi with love before she bids goodbye to singlehood! ♥ I’m so happy for all the happy occasions among my friends this spring! So much to celebrate! 🙂