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  • In this American English Pronunciation video, youre going to look at photos from our wedding!

  • A few months ago, David and I made a video where we announced our engagement to you guys.

  • And you guys were so wonderful! I think at least a thousand people said congratulations

  • to us, it was really neat. Thank you guys for that. I also had fun making a couple of

  • videos leading up to the wedding from our wedding venue, where we studied real life

  • American English. So it was fun to have you guys be a part of the process.

  • And, I want to share my wedding photos with you in this video, and just, sort of, talk

  • through the day, and talk about what happened.

  • >> Um, David, what would you say, what stands out to you the most? About the day? A favorite

  • memory, maybe? >> I think what stands out the most is just

  • being there with so many people that are important to us.

  • >> Mm-hmm. >> And being able to look out and see everybody’s

  • faces as we were standing up front. >> One thing that we did that was a little

  • bit different is, we did something called self-uniting, which means that there wasn’t

  • someone there to perform the ceremony. It was just us. And one of the things that was

  • really cool about that is that we, we got to stand up and look out at everybody. Usually

  • in weddings, the couple stands in front and they face forward, and the person who is performing

  • the wedding is looking out at everybody. And, I didn’t even think about that, but it was

  • so moving and so powerful… >> Mm-hmm.

  • >> …to be up there and just look at this sea of people that love you and support you.

  • It was awesome.

  • >> A couple of you reached out and asked me if we were registered anywhere because you

  • wanted to send us a gift. And that was so sweet! We were really touched that anyone

  • would think to do that. Actually, one person took the initiative to send us a kitchen canister,

  • which we do use. This was, um, someone in Brazil. Thank you so much for that. But the

  • answer is yes! If you want to send us a gift, well take it! We, um, we have a ‘honeyfund

  • set up, so that friends and family could help us go on our honeymoon. So the link is in

  • the description below. Actually, you can click on the link and learn more about our honeymoon

  • and what were planning on doing. Were going to Mexico, and I’ve never been there

  • before. David’s been, but it’s a first for me. Um, will give us the opportunity to

  • realize how bad our Spanish skills have gotten. >> Yeah.

  • >> But, it’s going to be a blast. Were really looking forward to it. Nine days on

  • the beach, good food, no computers. It’s going to be great.

  • >> It’s going to be great. >> So that’s what were going to go do

  • in a couple of weeks. But, let’s get to the most exciting part of this video, which

  • is the wedding photos which our wonderful photographer took, so here it is: our wedding.

  • When it came time for our pictures, it was raining. That didn’t stop us from having

  • a good time, though. We went to a coffee shop where we got a few shots indoors. Then there

  • was a little break in the rain, so we went outside and got some photos in an interesting

  • alley next to the coffee shop. Then we went over to the Delaware River, where there’s

  • a pier under the Ben Franklin bridge, that’s been turned into a park. And we took some

  • photos out there. This was about an hour or so before sunset. Then we headed to the wedding

  • venue.

  • The wedding venue was in an old chocolate factory that’s been converted into a photography

  • studio, so it was just a big space. And we hung a lot of lanterns. David’s sister and

  • I and some friends made the flower arrangements. The tables were set up so there were five

  • really long tables, each that sat 24 people. These are Wilburbuds, the chocolate that used

  • to be made in this chocolate factory.

  • So we took some family photos. This is my family, and this is David’s family. Very

  • different in size. We had a cocktail hour before the ceremony so we had a chance to

  • catch up with old friends. Of course Tom and his wife Julie were there.

  • Then it was time to start gathering people in for the ceremony, so all of our friends

  • and family packed in. It was short, so we didn’t have chairs, we wanted everybody

  • to be very close and tight. So we exchanged our vows and rings. As is tradition in the

  • US, we had our first kiss after officially becoming married. And then we decided to celebrate

  • by singing some hymns. So we passed out hymn sheets, and I led the group in singing. My

  • brother actually got some video of that, so here it is.

  • [singing]

  • Then the ceremony was over and there were lots of hugs. And we signed the marriage license

  • with our mothers as witnesses. And it was time for dinner and toasts. All four of our

  • parents gave toasts before dinner. It was really sweet to hear what they had to say.

  • So we all raised a glass and started in on dinner.

  • After dinner, two more people gave speeches, David’s friend Mike, and my friend Sara,

  • who has been in several Rachel’s English videos. They were wonderful speeches that

  • made us laugh.

  • Then we pointed out our friend Laura who had been the first person to set us up. And everybody

  • toasted her.

  • Then it was time for the first dance. And we quickly called our friends out to the dance

  • floor to join us. And then the party really began. Everybody came out to dance. Our aunts,

  • our uncles, our parents. David’s family even did a flash mob, where they did a dance

  • that they had been working on for months. At first we were a little confused about what

  • was going on. But once we understood, we thought it was pretty great!

  • We danced with our parents, and then it was time to cut the cake. Typically at an American wedding,

  • the bride and groom each feed each other a little bit of cake. Every once in a while,

  • it gets a little out of hand. Don’t worry, I forgave him. The rest of the night was really

  • just about being with friends and family. And of course, lots more dancing. And we got

  • to see our parents party as we’d never seen them before. We had so much fun.

  • What are weddings like in your country? What did you learn about American culture from

  • looking at these wedding photos? Let me know in the comments below.

  • That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

In this American English Pronunciation video, youre going to look at photos from our wedding!

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