Rubi and Allan's Wedding

Rubi and Allan have been planning on getting married for some time. With the difficulty in understanding of some family members, its been a hardship for Rubi and Allan. With the blessing of Rubi's immediate family and all of her friends, they decided to get married and just make it a small ceremony. But like any girl that gets married, its supposed to be the day that you feel the most beautiful for your new husband. Its a day like you never want to forget. For Rubi and Allan, they believed that "fairy tale" was an impossibility for their financial situation. As soon as Rubi told me the news after Ladies Tea on Tuesday, I looked her in the eyes and told her that I wanted her to feel like a beautiful bride, like I did and like many girls do on their wedding day. Cody and I discussed it and wanted to give them a wedding gift; and what more than to "make up" the bride as a gift! I knew she didn't have the money to get a dress/saree and I couldn't imagine her not wearing something beautiful and white on her day. I took her shopping the next day; we had two days to get everything before wedding day. We found a beautiful saree (wedding dress) for her, and all the jewelry and decorations that matched. She took some gold earrings to the bank to get some money to buy Allan a wedding ring. I helped her pick out his ring as we bartered with every jewelry shop in Pottuvil, our nearest town. After lots of bartering, we were able to get that ring for the price of $50. She was so excited to get it and I was so proud of her for being responsible by purchasing it herself. She had just enough money left to buy Allan a white collared shirt and a tie. The next day was Thanksgiving and I had planned to cook the whole meal, so Rubi and I both went shopping at the markets for all the food that I needed. She knew I wouldn't be able to help her the next day, as it was a family day for us and I would be very busy. 

So when wedding day came on Friday, Sharmely, Inoka, Saje and I went flower picking at 6:30 am. We got arms full of beautiful flowers and were able to decorate the local church just enough to have a special touch. Thanks to my cousins that do it all the time, I had some good ideas to go off of. We had the church decorated by 8:00 am and I was off to Rubi's house to get her all ready. Sharmely did her make-up while I did her hair and jewelry. She looked and felt beautiful. 

I ran home to shower and grab my camera and was back at the church by 9:30 am, where I captured their special day on my camera. I put some of those shots below.