Hello again,

After all the anticipation, planning and excitement the day arrived, Ivan and Jolene’s Wedding Day! Seeing as three of us were in the bridal party, there was lots to plan and prepare for with the outfits, and the reception etc…. But what a wonderful day they were blessed with. It was such an honour to be apart of their special day and to be one of the bridal party too! We all had a blast together, and I think going by all the smiles on their faces, they had a wonderful day themselves.

I took 489 photos on the day….yup that is a lot to edit etc….. I found it really hard to cull them, and what to share and not to share. So in the end,I decided that I will share the ones I love with you all, and just give you a small run down on what is happening etc…. That way you get to see the visuals of the day rather than me waffling on and on about it.

So as you know Janaya was the flower girl. From the start she has always been very concerned whether she was going to get to wear fairy wings with her dress. We assured her that she will still be a princess even though she doesn’t have fairy wings! LOL! Seriously this little gal of mine lapped up every ounce of attention that was heading her way…..made me rather embarrassed at times, but hey God created her as a complete and utter social butterfly, and she was so in her element every minute of it!

First thing in the morning on the day we headed over to Jolene’s place to meet the hairdressers….Tiarne was having her hair done too, which she just LOVED as well.

I started off by making a lovely fresh breakfast for everyone, with muffins, yoghurt and lots of fresh fruit….

YUMMO…. all the summer berries are in season, so it was such a treat for us Aussies!

I still needed to work out what I wanted to have done to my hair, so spent time scrounging the internet for ideas. Jaye was waiting patiently with me to have her hair done too….

As you can see, she is LOVING having her hair done….

And some more pampering……

And here is the little poser, showing off her finished hair do….I so have no idea where she gets all this posing from! LOL! Love the hand on the hips….what a dag she is!

Once we were all beautiful it was time to get the gorgeous bride into her Bridal car….this is what she arrived to the ceremony in….. gorgeous hey?

I unfortunately didn’t get any photos from the service because I was too busy in the service! It was just beautiful though. They had a pianist, and a violinist play a beautiful piece from Fargo as we all walked down the aisle. I thought I would be really nervous, but I made it down okay. It was a beautiful garden ceremony with clear blue skies…..actually the bridesmaids all ended up getting sunburnt the sun was shining so much during the service. After the ceremony there was an opportunity to congratulate the couple on the open lawn and drinks and refreshments were served.

I took lots of photos, but strangely enough I didn’t really get many posed photos of the bride and groom. This is one of them…

Here is a shot of me (a bridesmaid) and my hot best man together…. As you can see we look very happy together!

The ring bearer Thomas and Janaya the flower girl….these two stuck like glue during the day which was so very cute

Here she is blowing bubbles to Thomas….

my little princess…..

Here are my two beautiful daughters having fun together…

Rod captured this photo of me with Tiarne. She is certainly growing up to be a young lady!

Then my two handsome sons, Malakai and Elijah. They enjoyed the day, but didn’t really like having to wear a flower on their shirts, or that Mum bought them PURPLE shirts…..cuz that is a girls colour! LOL! I think they looked smart!

Here is our family shot. It is always hard to co-ordinate everybody, but it turned out okay…

Tiarne all dressed up….

Anthony and Jeannette, both looking fabulous!

here is a photo of the bride and groom with family that made it from Australia…

The flower girl and ring bearer with Ivan and Jo. The rings were carried in a pouch on that Koala….such a cute idea!

Rod with his mum and dad….

Ivan and Jo with their Byl nieces and nephews…

Lawrence and Marilyn, the gorgeous couple who were so very hospitable and let us camp out in their driveway! Will really miss this family and hope they do come and visit Australia!

After all the family photos at the house, the bridal party headed out for group photos…..We had a blast all together. Would you believe the first place we went was to Starbucks? We all walked in and surprised the staff there. Jo really wanted an ice cold Frappacino, so bought us all one…took some great photos here too!

We then headed down town for some photos…. here are a couple of them.

My spunky man Rod….

Then us together…..

All together….

The Bride and Bridesmaids….all glammed up!

Jo and I together…..I love this photo of us!

The evening reception was again back at the beautiful garden property in a marquee! It was beautifully decorated and the food was totally scrumptious as well! I took a couple of pics from at night as well, and thought that sharing them might give you an idea of what the evening was like…

Everyone enjoyed pre-dinner drinks as they mingled on the lawn, awaiting the Bridal couple and party to arrive…..

The bridal couple having a cuddle

Ivan and Rod…..close brothers even though they are 10 years apart.

Ivan doing his speech with Jo, just before they left for the night….

The whole day proved to be too tiring for poor little Jaye. She climbed into Daddy’s lap and silently went off to sleep! Such hard work being glamorous all day isn’t it!

Getting carried off to bed……

So there you have some snippets of the wonderful day we all shared celebrating Ivan and Jolene’s wedding day. May God grant them a joyous and blessed married life together

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