Our wedding!
Jul 28th, 2009 by Sam
Well, it’s now been about 6 weeks since our wedding.
I’ve been meaning to write for ages, and think I may have been putting it off as it is another chapter closed.
No wedding wellies
What can I say? It was fantastic! We were charmed by the weather and I think it would have been a very different wedding if it had been raining as much as it has been recently. As it was, the wedding wellies were not needed. The campfires were lit every night, and when the caterer got stuck in an awful traffic jam and was 4 hours late, nobody cared and just went swimming or hung out instead.
Morning madness
The morning we left for Devon was quite stressful, as although we had packed most stuff the night before while the kids were asleep, I had to cut the flowers from my garden, then prepare them and fit them in the car… In fact the wellies were used, to keep the alliums upright on the journey!
The traffic was heavy on the way down, and we managed to arrive at the venue about 40 minutes before the first guests – could have done with a little bit longer to settle in.
It continued to be hectic after that for a straight 48 hours! The first thing we saw on our arrival was our wedding tipi surrounded by buttercups – fabulous. We tried to unpack as the kids raced around the camping field, but kept having to stop to welcome more people arriving.
Here come the guests
Most of our guests arrived on the Friday night and all immediately fell in love with the place. There were walks in the woods, kids on the swings, a barbecue and fire. And a very loud horse which neighed all through the night.
Our friend started doing the flowers, and some more fiddled with the speakers and lights and so on, but mainly people hung out and caught up with people they’d not seen for ages.
Luckily for us, our kids were sleeping a little way away with their cousins, which meant we got an extra hour or so in bed – that was a real life saver, as the whole day was extremely busy.
After a cup of coffee (made on our tipi fire!) I suddenly looked at my watch and leapt up. I was quite stressed for an hour or so, as it seemed that there was so much to do, but once all our friends roused themselves and got to work it was brilliant. Everyone was buzzing like bees!
The kids were kept entertained by the play area and general freedom to run around, but they all really enjoyed the craft session to make some wands for the procession up to the woods.
Flower power
You may remember from my earlier posts, that the flowers have played quite a big part in my preparations – well they were absolutely fabulous! My friend, Caroline was amazing and we had flowers everywhere, some brought by family, others by post, and some greenery from the woods. They truly did look spectacular. She loved doing them, and several friends helped out too.
And the wedding?
So, the wedding itself. I didn’t cry (at least not till right at the end when giving my speech) but instead smiled and smiled and smiled. It’s hard to capture it in words, so I thought I’d just put in a few photos…
Katie:
Congratulations Sam! It sounds like a fantastic day was had by all.
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