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The wedded unveiling of Team Awesome in San Diego

At a Glance

Sometimes you have to break the silence and declare that you are, indeed, a superhero. Jennifer and Bryan’s wedding was just the place. Especially alongside their Halloween-themed reception complete with a spooky candy buffet, gruesome poison cocktails, and photobooth hijinks.

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David at Ohana Photographers clued us in to this stellar superhero-meets-Halloween-meets solemn ceremony wedding in San Diego. It began at the San Rafael Catholic Church where Jennifer and Bryan met in their ceremony duds — but from there it all went nuts.

Check out the transition from church ceremony to “TEAM AWESOME” at the Museum of Man in Balboa Park on September 13, 2011.

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Here’s a preview of the alter-ego madness that happened at the reception. But in the meantime, let’s admire their lovely ceremony.

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Epic church shot! They always look so grand from this angle.

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“We deeeed iiiit!” So far the normal citizens get married and no one is the wiser to their crime-fighting powers.

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This is getting kind of spooky. Check out the creepy font and scroll-y skull.

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Aw shit! Giant skull on the wall time! Now we’re talking some serious Halloween business up in here. The couple projected horror movie clips on the wall too.

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Team Awesome arrives to work it big time in their shiny, sexy, bad-guy-smackin’ outfits.

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All the guests were asked to come in costume. But if they didn’t and the mood started to take hold, Jennifer and Bryan offered a costume table with masks! Everyone wins.

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Signature toxic cocktails with eyeball garnish. I’ll take two, please. Easy on the eyeballs.

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Are those churros? Mmm churros, accompanied by what can only be pink glasses of mojo?

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The adorable (and kick-ass) couple get a few laughs in, which really can’t be hard at this party.

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Their zombie cake gets what’s coming to it machete-style.

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The table numbers were names of fictional pubs from movies and television. Moe’s Tavern! Woo hoo!

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And here is where I go googly-eyed. Spooky-themed candy buffet!

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The wedding party wasn’t the only group to represent the superhero genre. Here are Batman and Robin getting their groove thang on.

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More costumes plus a sock monkey! The day is made after that.

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Jennifer and Bryan included cardboard cutouts of themselves in purposely cheesy poses for their photobooth. Bonus: here’s a slideshow of all the photobooth shots for your perusal!

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Luke, I have your rings. And I’m keeping them.

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For more of this formal-meets-costume bash, head on over to Ohana Photographer’s blog.

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