Sewn Together: First Dance

After a short, five mile drive to the Japanese Cultural Center, Sak and I stood in the parking lot as he bustled my dress.

I talked about bustles before, but on the final dress Sak decided to get creative, and he engineered his own bustle system. Instead of ties or hooks, my dress was on a pulley system. Yep. My dress bustled like a curtain that's pulled up at theater stage.

(Personal photo)

(Personal photo)

Two strings in the front, and two in the back, I pulled them out from the waistband of my dress and Sak tugged on them to make the hem rise. Then he tied the strings together and I tucked them back into the waistband. It was so fast, no one took any pictures, and Sak's mom was confused as to how my train suddenly disappeared.

Anyway, after waiting a while for everyone to get situated, we entered. To the Pokemon theme from Super Smash Bros.

I love how both Sak's dad and my dad are both doing the same politician wave.

(Photo by family)

As soon as we entered, our first dance began. We used Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Calliet, which is what we say is our-song-if-we-want-people-to-think-that-we-are-normal. Our "real" song is a lot less danceable.

I had asked Sak's uncle, our emcee, that if it starts to look awkward, to call our parents up to join us. Luckily, he did.

(Photo by family)

And even luckier, other people decided they wanted to come up too. My brother even made Penga-Sis dance with Sak's brother. Both were a little reluctant and grumpy about that situation.

I'm glad we both made it through the dance in one piece. We are horrible, awkward dancers - but the step and sway worked okay for us. I asked Sak if I could twirl him, to which he responded "Can I dip you?" Alas, we'll just never be twirlers or dippers.

The song ended, and guests clapped. Obviously they were glad it was over and dinner could start!

(Photo by family)

(Unless otherwise noted, all images by Terra Photography)

Our wedding week in review:

• We took care of some last minute DIY details, and officialized everything.
• We vacationed with our out-of-towners, and threw a yummy welcome beach brunch.
• Sak saluted an angry dragon during our wedding rehearsal, and we sniffed at our dinner.
• Wal-Mart crashed my bachelorette.
• The women magically transformed, and Sak tied me into our dress.
• There was a windy photoshoot on the beach, and then we hung out at the chapel in flat shoes.
• We marched to the altar and got married.
• Everyone was camera-happy.