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| The very new Mr and Mrs Lumley |
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| Lovely girls! |
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| We scrub up OK! |
Our eldest niece got married last weekend in Dartmouth, so a major expedition was necessary. We all needed to pile into the car having arranged dog care, kitten feeding, milk cancellation, annual leave and leave of absence from school for Maisie, presents organised, outfits chosen and fitted, hair cuts and birthday preparations in hand. Yes, to complicate things, Maisie turned into a teenager the day after the wedding.
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| All ready with bubbles for the breakfast |
It was a lovely day for a drive, and we drove, and drove, after numerous toilet stops we reached the ferry to take us into the heart of Dartmouth. Dartmouth is so pretty, real chocolate box material. It was lovely to arrive, and see Hollie the bride to be, hanging out the hotel window waving excitedly.
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| Returning to the hotel after photos |
After unloading the car, off to our room, we chose to stay in the same hotel as the wedding venue, I think we were in the old servant quarters as we were situated under the eves right at the top, and no lift as the building was too old and listed for a lift to be fitted. Fortunately some unsuspecting hotel person lugged our luggage up the stairs.
We delivered Alex to her sisters room - much more salubrious as was fitting for the bride to be. Alex only had eyes for the Jacuzzi and I believe was in and out around five times in one evening, at least she was clean for her staring role as bridesmaid.
We had a leisurely breakfast, the bridal party had eaten their breakfast and were well into preparations by the time we had finished. We popped our heads in to check and get jobs if necessary. We could vaguely see through the clouds of hairspray. There was a team of two hairdressers and a makeup person working steadily through the four bridesmaids, the bride and the mothers.
Time to go pull on my shirt and gel my hair. Maisie had her GHDs and was in charge of her and Leanne’s hair. Makeup was applied, and off we went for a good cry, a laugh, some reminiscing, and were part of some very happy memories for years to come.
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| The first dance to the the tune of "I've got you under my skin" |
Thank you for coming, Aunty Rachel! It was awesome to see you! I really love the pictures you took and the story along with them! It was a good read and got me tearing a little! I hope you had a good time and a HUGE thank you for the lovely gifts you made us! We've already decided they're going in our future bedroom, and Aaron is still very much impressed with his "Willy" in the picture... Though, I'm sure you over estimated it! Hehehe! He loves your art and just to warn you, you'll be getting alot more orders from us in the future! Our house is going to be covered in your handywork! Thank you for including us in your blog! We feel a little bit famous now!
ReplyDeleteLove you, guys!! Mwaaah!! :) xxx