Ian & Juliette's Wedding

Saturday 3 May at 15hoo. The day was overcast and getting cooler. The cold front that had been promised by the weather bureau had arrived - and brought rain with it as well. We measured 34mm for Saturday. But that did not detract from the happiness of our celebration - rather we saw it as a blessing for the couple who were beginning a new adventure in marriage together. Here are a few photos - note the smiles on everyone's faces!

A radiant Juliette arrives at the chapel

Juliette and Emile before entering the chapel

Meet Dr Ian and Mrs Juliette Donkin

Emile & Jane - happy parents of the bride

Proud parents of the groom - Beryl & Ned

Beautiful bridesmaids - Claire & Heidi

Surgical skills being applied to a most delicious traditional wedding cake.Rev. Dave and Mrs Les Morgan. We have been family friends since Ian was 1 year old. It was a great blessing to have Dave conduct the marriage ceremony.Marc - brother of the bride. Happy to hand her over, or to gain a lot of male support?The Best Men now have a sister.

Richard, Paul, Allan behind the bridal couple.
Cousins: Lara Fath (Andrew's wife), Paul Donkin, Derek Donkin, Richard Donkin, Liesel(Richard's girlfriend), Allan Donkin, Stuart Fath, Andrew Fath - behind Ian and Juliette Table centre flower arrangement

The Night Before The Wedding

I don't know what I imagined we would be doing the evening before Ian's wedding. In fact, I don't think I imagined anything - not having done this sort of thing before. The eldest child is always the one one learns from!

In the afternoon we had the rehearsal at the venue. Our friend Gwen had already been there for quite a long time, with her helpers (husband Jan, and friend Claudette), arranging the flowers and table centres. What a blessing that it was a public holiday - takes the stress and rush away from the wedding day. It was all looking beautiful already. Then the sound equipment for the worship team was checked in the chapel, and the procedure practised and final adjustments to the programme made. I took some photos with my cell-phone, but the trick is how to get them from my phone into a computer - any computer!

Ned rushed off to his brothers and nephew to practise the songs they'll be singing at the reception, and took the borrowed keyboard to set it up and see how it worked - unsuccessfully!
While he was off there, the rest of us had supper - the young men were rather hungry! Allan opened a bottle of wine that was left from his friend's wedding a few weeks ago - and a chatty time was held around the table. Ned came home, ate, and then Alec - the owner of the keyboard - came to show us all how to set it up.

Ian, Allan, Ned, and Paul spent a fair amount of time working on their speeches for The Day, and Ian was also busy with emails. Richard seemed to be busy with varsity work. Cameras were all put on charge. I glanced through the mind-map that I had drawn up for Sunday night's sermon - but was not in a frame of mind to concentrate on it! Some of us sat and watched a mindless comedy on TV, and then started drifting off to bed.