Maru looking so happy on her wedding day!!!!
Riding in on her carriage just like a princess.
Padrinos: Hope and Cheque giving them their Bible
Padrinos: Antonio and Priscilla putting the lasso on them.
Mariachi Band. So fun
Emmanuel singing to his bride.
Rodo and i showing off our fun little gifts from the band at the wedding.
Friends at the Rodeo.
Last weekend me and some of our staff took a little trip to San Luis Potosi. This wedding was 8 hours away and we all packed out our suburbans and vans and caravaned to this little town. The wedding was like nothing i have ever seen before. The Bride was led in by carriage that her father was leading. then her bridesmaids were all on horses riding in. Emmanuel was leading all the men on horses as well. They call this a CHARRO wedding. Big Dresses and traditional dressing for the men. SO FUN and different.
The ceremony was beautiful. In Mexican weddings they have Padrinos. Basically the bride and groom ask people who are important to them to be padrinos in the wedding. The padrinos give either a Bible, a lasso (which represents binding the 2 together), coins, or the wedding rings. They go up to the front and present the item to the couple and do a blessing on the bride and groom. My roomate, Hope, was a padrino for the Bible. (Picture above)
The reception was AWESOME. well the wedding started at 1:00pm and we left around 12:30a.m. and the reception was still going strong. There was a really fun band that kept passing all these little things out with every song. Rodo and i had a great time salsa dancing all night. oh how i love the Mexican culture.
On the way home we stopped and got some ice cream with exotic fruits. It was so YUMMY!!!
it was really a fun experience being with people from Back2Back but being out of Monterrey. Lots of bonding with eachother, eating very different food, and supporting our good friend Maru in her marriage. The rodeo the next day was incredible. Got to break in my cowboy boots and watch some really cool tricks with horses and cows. We had to leave early though to get home in time for monday morning work. Overall, the weekend was great and Maru got to have the wedding of her dreams. She was beaming with joy and love on her special day. or should i say her special weekend.
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