Showing posts with label engagement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label engagement. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

More on Rebecca and Huan's Engagement



Look at all that food!


Rebecca and Huan cutting their cake


Cheers!


The Groom's family



All the sisters! And Mom!



Tiramusu cake... sooo good!



Goodness! There was so much good food!


Yes, that is a real pig. Roasted. Almost the whole thing.
I found out it is a Vietnameese traditon for the groom's family to bring the pig as a gift to the bride's family. The bride's family in return gives the head and the left hind shank (I think) back to the groom's family to show that they appreciate their gift, but they want to share since they will all soon be one giant family!

Homemade eggrolls!






The "guys" table in the game room. They were getting a little rowdy!


And that's not even the WHOLE family!






Some of my favorites photographs from Rebecca and Huan's engagement party... (you can tell I had trouble selecting my favorites) What am I saying? I loved all of them!

I must say, this had to be the most fun that Chad and I have had shooting! It started out crazy. The ceremony was held at Rebecca's parent's home and even though they have a big home, it wasn't meant to hold 70+ people!

There was so much food and so much of it was made from scratch! I must admit, I was a little timid to try some of it, but what I did try tasted fabulous. (I can highly recommend the bar-b-que quail and curry chicken with french bread at the Chateau de' Nguyen.)

I took a lot of photographs of so many people and their kids, their families, and their extended families. How often do you really get that big of an family together? Not until this December when Rebecca and Huan tie the knot! Congratulations guys!!!

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Rebecca and Huan's Engagement Party






I must mark this down as a first. I had the opportunity to photograph a Vietnamese engagement ceremony today and it was a whole lot of fun! So much food, so much family, it was great!

Everyone was so generous and caring! Rebecca's mother even sent us home with a weeks worth of homemade egg rolls and a Chuyen Lam, a classic Vietnamese dessert served only for special occasions, like engagements!

I've got soooo many great pictures of the event, but with my limited time tonight, I wanted to post a few photos. I chose photographs to show the reason for the occasion, the gorgeous couple!
Trust me, I have MANY more to come.

Thanks!