She tells the new issue of Modern Bride magazine, "When Mike and Josh booked the place, it was before daylight saving time, and the sun was pretty high up in the sky. Now it was at eye level, and it was blinding! Burn-your-retina bright!

"We sent my cousin's boyfriend down to Canal Street with $250 to buy as many sunglasses as he could, and we put them on every other seat. Everybody just put on their sunglasses, and we have some great pictures of that!"

And there was another magical moment: "At one point... my mom got up to sing. She was just beaming straight love into them, and everyone felt it, and it was just this really beautiful moment."