wedding #1 of 2008: ivo and emily (brazilian & canadian)

ivo is one of luccas' cousins and last weekend he married emily, a canadian. this was my first brazilian wedding and first time to meet heaps of luccas' relatives. his grandpa had 14 brothers and sisters, so he has 100 first cousins - so there are a lot of rellies to meet! and it was lovely to start the process =) in the photos you can see my hair-do, me with luccas' immediate family, luccas and i and luccas' mum and his grandma. the church was really sweet, and was different to see that all of the "god parents" had to stand up on the altar for the whole ceremony - dont get any ideas for your bridesmaids, kyles! was great that around 20 of emily's friends and family came from canada to brazil for the wedding. at first i think her parents were a bit shocked by all the hugs and kisses they were receiving from complete strangers, but it seemed that they soon warmed to the brazilian warmth and did a great dance routine that wowed the crowd. luccas and i even managed to practice a few dance moves from our first dance class ;)