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The Wedding Ceremony!

7/26/2015

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China Barbie's Wedding
Last week I shared with you pictures of everyone getting ready the day of the wedding.
Today I am going to share with you pictures from me and Nick's wedding ceremony!

China Barbie's Wedding
We were married at the historic Lion's Lincoln Theatre, on Lincolnway in Massillon, Ohio.
The Lincoln Theatre opened its doors in 1915; we were married in a 100 year old piece of history!
This place is so breathtakingly beautiful, we didn't even have to decorate it! 
We walked down the theatre's aisle, and were married on the stage! 
The outdoor marquee boasted our names and wedding date, saying "Now starring Mr and Mrs LaPinta! Release Date: June 6, 2015". It was super neat to see our names in lights!

China Barbie's Theatre Wedding Pictures
China Barbie's Theatre Wedding
Before the ceremony, a slideshow of pictures of us played on the giant movie screen!
It was very cool!
China Barbie's Theatre Wedding
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Nick and my Momma
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Nick and his Momma
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The men
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My sister in law Lauren
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My friend Debie
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My firend/next door neighbor Shauna
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My little sister/best friend/Maid of Honor Magdalena
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My sister in law/flower girl Holly
China Barbie's Retro Theatre Wedding
Here comes the bride!
I walked down the aisle to Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender". We were standing on the staircase waiting, and when I heard that song start, I knew it was time. It was such an exciting and emotional feeling!

My Daddy walked me down the aisle. This was one of the most special moments of the day for me. And I know for him too.

China Barbie's Retro Theatre Wedding
China Barbie's Wedding
Nick's face when I was walking down the aisle. 
One of my aunts told my mom that she's been to a lot of weddings, and she has never seen a groom looking any happier than Nick did! She said he had a look of such love, and joy, she's never seen anything like it!

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China Barbie's Wedding
As my Dad was giving me away, he said to Nick, "Take good care of her." 
You can actually see him saying this to Nick in this picture!
It was absolutely wonderful. 

During the ceremony, instead of doing the usual unity candle, or unity sand ceremony, we did a peanut butter and jelly unity sandwich ceremony!
 We decided that we wanted to do something different, something that we had never seen at a wedding, to represent the uniting of our lives. So Nick came up with the idea of a unity sandwich!
During the ceremony, I spread peanut butter on a piece of bread while he put jelly on his slice. These represented our individual lives, and when we put the pieces together, represented the joining and uniting of our families, lives, and hearts. It was a very special ceremony, and everyone absolutely loved it!
Here are some pictures of the unity ceremony.
China Barbie's Unity Sandwich Ceremony
China Barbie's Unity Sandwich Ceremony
China Barbie's Unity Sandwich Ceremony
China Barbie's Unity Sandwich Ceremony
China Barbie's Unity Sandwich Ceremony
China Barbie's Unity Sandwich Ceremony
China Barbie's Unity Sandwich
I had someone tell me that I looked like Christmas morning during the wedding ceremony, that I had such a huge smile on my face the entire time! 
And I guess the following pictures of the rest of the ceremony prove that true!
I also kept giggling, I was just so happy and excited!

China Barbie's Wedding
China Barbie's Wedding
China Barbie's Wedding
China Barbie's Wedding
China Barbie's Wedding
China Barbie's Wedding
China Barbie's Wedding Pictures
Makin' it official!

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China Barbie's Wedding
China Barbie's Wedding
*SIGH* It was just so gosh darn magical!

China Barbie's Gorgeous Theatre Wedding
Well that's it for today's post! Thank you so much for taking time to look at it, and I hope you enjoyed it, and felt like you were enjoying our ceremony with us!
All our wedding photos were taken by Graham River Productions, and our videography was done by Captured Occasions.


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Peace Love and My Wedding Ceremony
Jess <3

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4 Comments
Lori link
7/30/2015 04:08:32 am

Brilliant! Such love shines through the pics and I absolutely love the Unity Sandwich Ceremony. May you always have a peaceful love life together!

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China Barbie link
8/3/2015 05:43:06 am

Thank you Lori!
I am thrilled that these pictures conveyed that, and that you enjoyed them!
Thank you very much dear! <3

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Chris link
7/21/2016 08:25:16 am

Such a cool venue for a wedding. Love it. Love any venues that aren't normal (hotels etc)

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China Barbie link
7/26/2016 04:38:46 pm

Thanks Chris, and I totally agree! It's so fun seeing different venues that people use for their weddings! Have you ever photographed a wedding in a hotel before? That would definitely be cool to see!

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