Well after months of organising and going mad trying to get everything in order from the other side of the world the big day finally arrived.
Needless to say there were a few hiccups upon our arrival to Australia for the final preparations. My mum was given a couple of tasks to control while we were not in the country and as some of you reading this will know those things did not run too smoothly. First was the cake, as at 6 weeks to the big day we were on our 4th cake maker (who was actually the first…) the other 2 in the meantime that fell through was by no means anyone’s fault just time was ticking away. However it didn’t help the stress levels when mum informed me that at 3 weeks prior to the wedding she didn’t have the cake maker’s phone number!! On one of our many drives up to Brisbane from the gold coast we stopped by her house and had to leave a note in the her post box to call us. As you will see in our photos the cake was made in time and was absolutely beautiful! Phew!
The next drama, another one of mum’s jobs, was the ring. Mum had to collect Tony’s wedding band and keep it safe until we arrived.
A couple of days before Tony arrived I asked mum to see the ring so I could keep it with my one. This started a hunt through her entire unit as it seemed to have been misplaced!!! By the time Tony arrived at the Gold Coast the ring was still missing, so we had to head back up to Brisbane and order a replica to be made in 2 weeks. Tension was still rife as when we went back to Brisbane to collect the ring a few days before the 11th and it still wasn’t ready. We managed to convince my brother to pick it up and bring it to the rehearsal at the Gold coast.
During the couple of weeks before the wedding the weather at the Gold Coast was not as to be expected! In between high winds and overcast days there were many large thunderstorms! The biggest storm took place on the day that I had my final dress fitting and the boys had their suit fittings. Luckily when the lightning struck and caused the power to fail in the shopping centre, I had just seen the dress on and approved the last minute changes that were made. The boys however were not as lucky as due to the power failure the alterations on my brother’s suit could not be made and an electronic payment transaction could not be processed for my dads. They then had to travel back the day before the wedding to collect them.
The weather played up again for us, the wedding rehearsal took place 2 days before the wedding at the venue.
The rain had set in for the morning and was still pouring when we arrived at the venue – keeping in mind the ceremony is an outdoors venue we then were being told the arrangements that could be made if necessary for a dry place on the day. By some miracle the rain stopped long enough for the major part of the ceremony rehearsal but as we were standing on the man made beach towards the end a storm had been brewing and we witnessed a huge sheet of rain coming towards us – running for shelter we didn’t really go through properly what was to happen at the end of the ceremony. So we just had to wait and find out.
The morning of the 11th arrived and I actually woke up quite calm and waited for the bridesmaids to arrive. They were absolute stars helping getting Kayla & Georgie ready, and running around after me. Time started to run out as the limo was due to arrive, the flowers and photographer had turned up and I wasn’t finished getting dressed! I only managed to have half a glass of champagne before it was time to leave – but that was probably a good thing!
All the girls looked absolutely stunning and lots of pictures were taken before we headed into the white stretch limo to take us to Club Banora.
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