It rained, but we had umbrellas: The formal pictures

all pictures by Jorge Garcia 

Post ceremony, we took a few formals in the church.  You know the kind: us with parents, us with siblings, us with bridesmaids, us with our fourth last cousins once removed.  Me, being A) a complete control freak, and B) a hungry bride, handed out a typed list of formal pictures to be had to all involved to minimize time and be more efficient.  We took 12 formal pictures in 30 minutes.  The Guinness Book of World Records just called and are adding us in their 2010 edition under FASTEST FAMILY FORMAL PICTURES OF ALL TIME.  Thank you very much.  


After that craziness was over, we drove around, through the pouring rain, in search of an outside location under cover for some fun pictures.  We came up under a bridge, and besides the one crazy guy walking around with no shirt and one shoe, it was scenic and only slightly wet.

Who said that outdoor pictures won't be possible if it's raining??  oh yea, I REMEMBER, my husband.  This is why I sent him out two days pre-wedding to purchase $100 worth of umbrellas:

and this...

I took off my shoes and jumped around in the puddles with my best girls.

The guys pretended like they actually smoke cigars.  Funny, because they all thought it was gross.  Funny, because it made for really great shots.

Hey!  I want to be in more pictures!  Ok, let me just run over here and kiss my hubs!

OK,  my turn to pretend that I smoke cigars.  Oh man....this is bringing me back to my college days when I thought I was cool and TOTALLY PRETENDED to smoke clove cigarettes to get this loser guy to like me.  He ended up not paying any attention to me and I ended up with smelly hands. 

Boys are cute.  But more importantly, check out the amazing texture on that wall!  Love!

Again, the wall is great!  Under bridges are the best locations.

Then we found a nice bridge to stand on.  My only one regret from the wedding day was not posing for more pictures on this bridge.  At the moment, not standing in the rain was more important so we kept these quick.