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Michael & Jing
(Wang) Edwards
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ceremony was on June 10, 1995. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon
in Moscow, Idaho. We were fortunate because it had rained the day
before and the sky clouded up again that Sunday (rain had been forecast
for Saturday). To the right is Grace Baptist Church in Moscow, where
we were married. It's a cute little white church downtown a block
off Main Street. It was an idyllic setting for a wedding other than
the traffic whizzing by on Sixth Street and the telephone wires. |
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| It was wonderful ceremony,
the best we've ever had (and the only one). Our wedding colors were
teal and white, and the ceremony featured a nice mixture of Chinese
and American traditions. The service was conducted in English with
Chinese translation. Mike even mustered enough courage to serenade
the bride. Unfortunately, she didn't even hear it because she was
hiding from the audience until her big entrance (oh such silly traditions!).
Following the ceremony we had a Chinese wedding banquet-style reception
with delicious Chinese cuisine and an American wedding cake. It was
a beautiful wedding uniting the best of China and the U.S. I just
wished we could have duplicated the ceremony in China. |
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Jing in beautiful white
with her bridemaids in qi pao, traditional Chinese gowns.
(left to right) Pit-ling
Thien, Trudy Huie, and Joyce Lee. |
Mike stands with his
groomsmen in front of the Grace Baptist Church, waiting for the
ceremony to begin.
(left to right) Chris
Pedersen (Mike's brother), Justin Aylsworth, and Rocky Owens. |
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Mike and Jing with
their parents at the alter.
(left to right) Wang
Xiao Dong, Tong Kai Qin, and Ava and Sam Pedersen standing with
the bride and groom. |
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Mike pops the Big Question
to Jing on the steps of the church. He asks, "So, are we going
to go in and get hitched or what?" To which Jing replies, "Not
on your life, buster!" |
| Jing looks beautiful in
her long, flowing gown at the altar. |
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Jing teaches Mike how
to cut an American wedding cake after Mike tried to use chopsticks--the
first time Jing demonstrates who's in charge. |
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