the wedding

Santuario is a gorgeous Catholic church with Spanish influence. The wedding party was immense compared to most American standards. Justin and I couldn't get over the "little bride and groom". Too funny. Another interesting tradition here is that all the guest wait in the church during the pictures. No one leaves until the pictures are done. We sat in the church for two hours. Addie went a little stir crazy. Here you can see a picture of our driver's family, he has three boys who are adorable and loved Addie. She cozzied right up with the little boys at the kids table during the reception. She was at her happiest playing with a glass of water and a straw. The food was amazing, it was mostly Western influenced food; fettuccine Alfredo, beef with mushroom sauce, pork stuffed with pears, Teriyaki chicken, and of course white rice. A huge dessert station was stacked with all sorts of desserts and in a typical Filipino fashion their sweet tooth got the best of them and devoured it before or during the rest of the meal. There's no holding them back when in comes to sweets. We were completely impressed with the reception. It was really beautiful. An MC ran the "program" complete with garter belt tossing games, and interviewing the bride and groom. It was fun to be apart of the event and in the end there wasn't a whole lot that was so different from American weddings. We were kind of hoping to experience some major differences. Goes to show you how similar different cultures really can be.