What a fabulous week I had in Sydney... leading up to Lucy's wedding
Hannah organised the most amazing Kitchen Tea..
Quick photos with the boys before they head out to Buck's do...
Then the "spontaneous" gift giving begins..
Hannah handmade a gorgeous 'Bride' sash for Lucy...and a little veil too.
Tea cups were the gifts we brought...
An what an amazing spread..
Fun with little blackboards...
And the little man ..Jacob
My lovely girls (and grandson)
So wonderful to see Libby and Chris
The evening festivities in town are about to begin...Hannah has organised a night on the town with Lucy's friends and rels..
I stay in town to babysit Ben and Jacob so Jess and Aaron can join the Hens and Bucks festivities.
It is a lovely evening for me...especially giving Jacob his 'dream feed' at 10.30pm..
Sunday morning I join the Crandons adventure to the Aquarium..
We breakfast at Darling Harbour and Ben is captivated by the boats etc..
Ben is at the delightful stage of making fish faces...and keeps it up for ages..he'll have sore cheeks..
He is so fascinated..it is such a joy to watch his reaction..
Such smiley boys...
Jess , Aaron and the boys head back to Kenthurst and I take a walk to the Quay via Barangaroo..
An incredible transformation of a fairly ordinary part of town...loved it.
Back at the 'ranch' and there is wedding cake to ice.. a wedding dress to finish final touches...and we have time to visit Kenthurst to see the Crandons..
Then we all pitched in to prepare the decorations for the big day..
The teacups
The cake
The decs
The cake again
Wednesday evening we had a lovely dinner at Stanhope Gardens...gearing up for the departure to Palm Beach on Thursday.
Thursday morning Lucy and I meet with Jacqui and Salim at th Flower markets to buy bouquet flowers..It is freezing...but we find what we need.
Back at home, Hannah has breakie ready for us...then it's time for more deco work and Jacqui (and all her assistants ) gets to work on the flowers.. Beautiful job Jacqui and Salim.
The house rented for the bridal party is a fabulous location...the weather comes and goes..
More grey than sunny unfortunately.
Chilling out
Little visitors
Finishing touches
At the Dunes (Reception venue) and it is all hands to put the table arrangements together as the rain pelts down.
John and Tom arrive in the pouring rain about 10.30pm...We are staying down the hill at Palm Beach (Pittwater side)
WEDDING DAY
We go up to the hose to have breakie..made by Narns and Jark...yummo
Lovely atmosphere as hair and make-up prep begins...after breakie
The boys hang out downstairs by the pool..
We all delight in taking turns with the gorgeous Crandon boys...
Breakfast over ...and more table decor is assembled
What a woman...
Tom is determined to have a dip in the pool even though it is 'numbingly cold'
The gorgeous girls... What a beautiful group of women
The boys all spruced up
My boy....
The groom and his men await the bridal party..
I have the infinitely memorable delight in accompanying the bride in the car to the wedding..
I will always treasure that experience.
My beautiful Lucy Josephine...
Narns make a stunning entrance...
Can't stop smiling...what an honour ...to be asked to walk my girl to her Husband to be
Mr and Mrs Goode
My wonderful sibs..
The lovely Jane and Ali...don't they look fabulous
Happy MoB
My lovely bridal party gang
The Dunes
The decor all comes together...
Mr and Mrs arrive...
Speech time
Would love to be able to insert a video of the fantastic Flash Mob who joined in singing
'You'll never walk alone' to the happy couple..
Hannah's speech was absolutely amazing...such a pity it was not recorded...
Cake time
Bridal waltz
Tom looks wrapt to be dancing with Kym...not
It was a truly wonderful evening..a fantastic wedding.
Congrats to Paul and Lucy...so much work went into making it such a special day
I'll just finish off with some Jacob and Ben delights!!
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