Jessica & Adam's Wedding 9/24/05

Cynthia's Wedding Journal	The Europeans visit Mexico!	Emma, Jess, Harry, and Friederike	A relaxing cup of coffee
Georgia gets started on the cakes	Emma helps!	Even Jess gets into the action	Scrabble and burritos
Rike with her famous mixing tool	Nitzan and Hannah enjoying baby photos	The girls hang out	Georgia pours over her recipes
Hannah and Jess giggling	Stopping work for a moment	With coronas!!	The wedding programs
Opening Georgia's wedding gift	It's a bowl filled with ...	...1000 origami paper cranes!!	The girls relax while Harry acts as bodyguard
Hannah helps out in the kitchen	Jim arrives!!	Geo and Jess making candy "sea glass"	Hannah and Nitzan in quiet moment
Tani and Jessica arrive for girls night out	While Rike still labors with the mixer!	Jess making NEW flights to Belize	Nails getting done
Thank you notes already being written by the bride	Georgia	Jessica's sister Annie	The carrot cakes look good
Diana arrives to do more shopping	More time spent finding flights to Belize	Cakes are getting assembled	Getting ready for the tea party
Choosing designs for henna decorations	How about something like this?	Friederike wants one too!	The bride
Our henna painting expert	Jess and Annie	Nitzan - a happy girl!	Nitzan and tea
Kristina and Donna, sister and mother of the groom	Adrienne, other sister of the groom	Hannah waiting her turn	Friederike getting henna'd
Passing around the beautiful necklaces Jess made for everyone!	The bride's FEET!	Geo actually putting the ICING on - wow	Jessica and darling brother Markie
Mark helping set up at the reception house	More cake work	The bride even helps setting up!	The cocktail room is ready
With lots of booze in the bathroom!	The happy couple	Soft drinks are being set up outside	and the wine, beer, and champagne are in the bathtub (with an amazing view over the ocean)
Table decorations that Jessica lovingly made	The signing book in the entrance hall	Jessica's friends brought appetizers (and oj with champange to help get them ready)	Geo making a grass skirt for one of the cakes
Jessica was quite busy	Making her own bouquet!!	Mom is already crying	Jessica's other "mother" Ellen
aka Cynthia's best friend!	Ellen loaned two sets of diamond earrings to the bride	Trying on the earrings (then taking them off, for a quick surf in the afternoon)	Father of the groom, Kevin
Jim's sisters Cathy and Judy	Decorations for the wedding eve party	Mark with Grandpa Sal	Sal chatting with the groom
Mark with his stepmom Mary	Annie again	Cousins of Adam's	Jay, another cousin
Adam's sister Kristina	Adam's uncle Gerry	Jessica's friend Vanessa	Hannah with necklace made by Jess
Jim's sister Susie's husband, Rennie	Jessica's friend Anna	A great party!	Friederike's henna tatoo
JIMMIE!!	The happy couple	Cousin Erin	Mark with his brother Sam
Cousin again	More cousins (how many ARE there?)	Jess's friends surround her	Uncle Mark and Jay
Hilarity all around	Jess friend from Scripps	Overview of the party	Watching the DVD of baby photos
Grandmother of the bride with her two dates	Cyn's ex-husband Jerry with his new wife Michelle	More Jess friends	Cousin Kevin
Diana and Tom, wedding helpers extraordinaire	Scripps friend	Scripps friends too	Everyone wants to hug The Bride
Sunset	Oh, and the groom gets hugged too	Diana	A snack for neice Jessica Adam (what a name!!)
Emma and Georgia	Harry and Emma, the Irish contingent	Bride and groom on a skateboard	Granpa Sal with Jess
Another cousin with baby	Harry and Emma	Is that Hannah?	Jess gives a hug to Jerry
GIrl gossip	Uncle Mark	Giggles all around	Sheila, a Scripps collaborator
Jessica and Jessica	And a third Jessica!	With mommie	A cake is finalized! (raspberry lemon)
The carrot cake with "bride and groom" on top	Opening our wedding gift	Jess cries over getting her truck paid in full	Hugs amidst happy tears
Reading the card from mommie	Emma and Friederike, ready for a surf	Quiet moment before the wedding	"I used to comb her hair every morning!"
Whilst Harry busily irons	Nitzan dries Jess's hair	Cyn is ready for the wedding	Wild woman
More straightening	And blow-drying	Busy Bride	The hair turned out great!
And now, for the eyes	And the bride's eyes too	Help from Georgia	What the heck are these?
A beer will help smooth the way	Vanessa arrives to cheer them on	Isn't the hair done YET?	Now we're all looking great
Breath mint?	Leaving for the wedding ...	Who's taking us?	Diana's car to the rescue
The Surf Divas, ready to work	Putting on the most gorgeous wedding dress	Getting it all buttoned up	Fixing the earrings
Final touches	Wow ...	An angel ...	Ready with the bouquet
Cakes being kept cold	Father of the bride arrives!!	Meanwhile, down on the beach	Cousins build the huppah
A job well done!	Jessica and Nicole	The GROOM	Adam with supportive friend
Cyn hugs brother Mark	Jessica plays and sings	The aisles are in place	Getting ready to go
Quiet moment with dad	Walking to the beach	Beautiful bride	Looking down towards the beach
Here we go!	Walking down the steps	Father and daughter	Adam sees his bride ... and begins to cry
Here comes the bride!	Kristina gives Adam a hug	The bride looks like an angel to me	Annie, flower girl
Couldn't be happier!	Smiling at friends and family	"goodbye" to dad	And hello to Adam
A moment to honor parents	Jess hands out roses to each of us	Do you THINK Cyn is crying by now?	What a sweet touch
Loving the ceremony	Adrienne reads a poem written by Kristina	Friederike	Kristina hugs Jess
And Adam!	Jess thanking Mark for his reading	The vows	See the love in her eyes
Proud mom	Happy mom	Such a sweet couple	And so happy!
Adam looks sweet too	And happy too!	"I do"	Patrick gives a lei to Adam
Adam gives Jess his lei, in honor of their vows	Sam gives a lei to Jess	And Jess gives her lei to Adam	The happy couple!!!
Time for ...	... THE KISS	Yeah!!! Music in celebration	Hugs begin in earnest ... Jess's dad
Jess's stepmom	Vanessa	Georgia	Adrienne
Kristina	Husband and Wife	Jess and her sister Annie	Cyn's friends Kathryn and Jeff
Jay and Christina, cousins	Trudy and Jeff with Jessica and Nicole	Jessica on top	Getting ready for photos
Wedding shoes	Jim and Cyn!	Jim and Cyn again	Adam's grandpa
Grandpa Sal	Grandmothers Rita and Libby	Mary and Brian	Donna and Kevin
Michelle and Jerry	Collecting Adam's family together	A wonderful family to join	Adrienne and Kristina
Patrick, Annie, Sam, and Mark	Mr and Mrs Young
			Flower girl in the surf
Sunset from the reception house	Moment with mommie	Let's go to the party together	Walking back to the reception
Cyn's mom libby with Jeannette and Janet	Kathryn, Cyn, and Ellen	"Three's Company" roommates, Ellen and Jeff!	The food staging area
Grandpa signs the book	Reception underway	Chinese lanterns	The groom is at least blonde
Hans Solo and the Borg are the wedding couple of choice	The book is getting filled	Georgia has a sweet poem for her toast	Thanks for the poem!
Cheers!	Listening to toasts	Father of the Groom toasting	The smiling couple
More lovely words from Kevin	Here's to Mr and Mrs!	Mark gives a toast	"You guys are an inspiration to me"
Cyn gives a toast	To my daughter, my cherished friend, and her new husband	Bride's father gives a moving toast	A hug for the bride
Even a joke about Jim's skirt	M.O.B. hugs F.O.B.	Libby gives a toast	Vanessa toasts with a two-pack of beer
Time to eat!	Annie wants the cakes	Carrot cake	Tiramisu cake
All three cakes ready to go	Georgia with her creations	Jess with thesis advisor, Dick Norris	The party in full swing
Cyn with Jim's sisters	Renney and Susie	The happy couple!	Cyn with Mark and Nickie
Kathryn and Jeff	In the "cocktail room"	Is is time YET?	Adam with Vanessa and Anna
Vanessa and Anna	Susie, Cathy, Renney	Surely it's time NOW?	The bride
The groom	Ron and Ellen	Laughing bride	Getting ready for the cakes
Cutting the cake	This is complicated!	yum!	Careful ...
Yes! no smashing!	NOW Annie gets some	Now the couple gets a full piece of cake	It's good! Yeah for Georgia!
In fact, The Bride really likes it	cake all around	Emma	Hannah
Nickie and Mark	Quiet moments	Ron and Ellen	More book signings
What beautiful hair!	The ladies	Another set of ladies!	Jeff and Kathryn
The bride gets ready for ...	Tossing the bouquet!	It's up!	A friend from Scripps catches it
Congratulations!	Time for the First Dance	wow	A perfect couple
Think they love each other!	We did it!	romantic ...	Kevin and Donna step out
Nickie and Jess	Photo time for "the cousins"	Jess and Adam with her new family	The girls start dancing
Cowboy line dancing in a wedding dress!	Whooweee!	Cyn and Jess dance to "Material Girl"	Party girl
All the girls party	Dancing to "Love Shack"	romantic lighting