Monday, January 21, 2013

Wedding in a barn

We go to lots of weddings, comes with the job. Some I am looking forward to others I wish I was elsewhere. But that's life isn't it? This weekend we went to a wedding where all the kids were invited which hardly ever happens, so yay no painful trying to find a babysitter. The boys got dressed up yep. All in matching shirts - cute for a wedding - easier to keep track of in a crowd too.



-aren't they handsome.
But the wedding itself I was dreading it was out near Ipswich which was going to be 39 degrees
The wedding was to be in a barn which clearly had no capacity for air conditioning! Ugh, why do people choose to get married on hot days? She says remembering 15 years ago the 38 degree day in feb she got married on. How inconvenient for me!



The marriage took place here under this gnarled old tree with bunting and paper flowers strewn in the branches. the bride and groom sat on hay stacks and guests on old cinema chairs. the tree provided lots of shade and there was a breeze and very little humidity until Brisbane that we had come from. I was slowly eating some humble pie.


Heres the happy couple. her grandfather planted 100s of sunflowers for decorating and her bouquet.
There was plenty of Icy cold water and the reception was in the barn











More bunting sunflowers and fairy lights - simple, pretty fun.
the food was a woodfired pizza oven all cooked on site. tasty and delicious. the groom had home brewed beer and cider. and wedding cake was dessert. it was the most delicious chocolate and cherry cake with some sweet alcohol syrup.



The boys had a ball running and runiing and running some more. making new friends and playing with playdoh colouring in and glow sticks when it got dark. It was such a relaxed mood no one cared if the boys were noisy or running. How nice. There was even a box of chips for them all to share. We didn't stay for speeches and dancing as at 1030 this is where I found sebastian






Sound asleep on a rug on the concrete floor.
I was dreading this wedding, but it turned out to be one of the nicest so far. The couple made it so relaxed and friendly. Even Tristan had a smile on his hot sweaty little face for most of the afternoon.
There was promise of an afternoon storm but it didn't come. Probably just as well.

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