Bryan and Elizabeth's Wedding Day

Well, the big day finally arrived and all the sewing was done. It was such a relief to sew the buttons on Nat's doublet on Friday morning and put away all the sewing paraphernalia. The weather on Saturday turned out to be fine and sunny but slightly windy. In a Canberra winter, we were very fortunate.

After arriving at All Saints' Church in Ainslie, everyone stood outside in the sunshine until it was nearly time for the bride to arrive.

The best man Nat (left) and the groom Bryan (right)

Nat, Elaine (mother of the groom - myself) and Bryan

Father of the Groom - Greg (centre) with both his sons

Me and my sister Carol, her husband was unable to come to Canberra
 

Greg's brother Geoff and his wife Cheryl

Greg's sister Bronwyn and her husband Graeme
 

Then the time arrived for us to wait inside for the bridal party to arrive, and time to take a few more photos.

Bryan waiting for his bride to arrive

 I managed to take a few shots during the wedding service.

Bryan and Elizabeth with the Rev'd Dr Sarah Macneil at the beginning of the ceremony



The Rev'd Dr Sarah Macneil pronouncing Bryan and Elizabeth as man and wife 



The first kiss



Signing the register

Elizabeth (in close-up) with the bouquet that I made

 

Leaving the church

We then spent a lovely hour or so having photos taken outside the church and spending time chatting both outside in the sun and in the church hall with a cuppa.

The reception was at Gold Creek Tourist Resort in their function room and started with drinks and canapés and then onto the dinner with all the traditional speeches and bridal waltz. The meal consisted of an entrée of either smoked salmon or chicken and pasta, followed the main of steak or mango chicken, and macadamia cheesecake, lemon meringue tart or fruit salad for dessert.

Rev'd Sarah and my sister Carol at dinner

 

Bryan and Elizabeth at the start of the main course

  

The wedding cake with cake topper of fresh flowers

 

Cutting the cake with a sword

 

After the cake was cut

 

The Bridal Waltz

Greg (my husband) was the Master of Ceremonies



The day was a wonderful celebration of Bryan and Elizabeth's love for each other and was celebrated  in the style of SCA where the happy couple met.

 

Today has been spent in a relaxed mode, my sister Carol is still in town and has spent the day with us. Bryan and Elizabeth came for lunch and spent a happy hour sitting on the lounge room floor unwrapping their presents and other gifts from yesterday before we drove them to the airport as they head off on their honeymoon.

 

Tomorrow life will get back to normal and I will start on my patchwork again - for 3 days, as the Canberra Quilt Show starts on Thursday and I will be there all 4 days helping the treasurer with the financial side of things. And then Greg and I are off on holiday for a couple of weeks.