March 20th, 2010

How do you document the best day of your life?? With photos I suppose, because words can't really describe how wonderful the day was for us. First and foremost, we are so grateful for the support of our families, especially for our parents. We are so thankful for their love and generosity for making our wedding day so wonderful!

Tony and I were blessed to be married in the Portland Oregon LDS temple. Being married in the temple was very important to us.

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hwang!!

Outside the Portland temple

Tony's groomsmen and best man:
Mark Lee, Phong Tran (the best man) and Thinh Tran

Adrianna's bridesmaids and matron of honor:
Anna Packard, Megan Eyden (matron of honor), and Hailey Nielson

Because our marriage ceremony was in the LDS temple, only members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints were able to attend the ceremony. We had so many friends and family that we love that could not attend so we were thrilled to exchange our wedding rings in front of everyone at the Governor Hotel, before our dinner reception. Adrianna's grandfather spoke about the significance of wedding rings, and Adrianna's bishop, Bishop Duncombe, talked about the importance of the temple and officiated the exchange of the rings.

Tony and I were so excited to participate in a traditional Korean ceremony. The best way I know how to describe the ceremony is like a blessing on the marriage by our families. Tony and I wore traditional Korean clothing and bowed to our elders to show them respect. In turn, they gave us blessings or wishes for our marriage and then threw dates and chestnuts for me to catch in my skirt. Tony's aunties helped me with getting up and down for all of the bowing, and for catching our wishes in my skirt. Tony and I loved participating in this ceremony with our families and enjoyed sharing the Korean culture with my family.

After the ceremonies, we had a lovely reception! I couldn't post ALL of the pictures I have.. literally I have over one thousand... but we had a lot of fun!

Cutting the cake :)

Goodbye everybody! Off to the honeymoon in Kauai!

Stay tuned for the next post...


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