Another Birthday Trip, Oct 2019 - Day 13, The Wedding Day

[Lisa29]

The previous day is HERE.

I'll get the disclaimers out of the way now:

1. This is a family wedding so I am rather biased!
2. There are SOO many photos!
3. The photos are pretty much all Phil's unless he is in the picture WINK, though some of them are Dan's. I don't actually have many of Randy's photos, but I will give him credit for the ones I do have.
4. This is long so I have broken it into a few posts in case you can't read it all in one go.


Tuesday 15 October 2019

The Wedding Day was finally here. This was the original reason for our trip, and why we were all here again.

The morning of the Wedding and getting ready was different this time around. Under the original plans before we changed dates, we were all staying in different resorts, except Mum and Dad and Dan, Dave and Cole who were at the Poly, so getting ready on the morning was never going to be the same as last time, where we were all at OKW and had rooms next to each other.

We had considered having Michelle, Sydney and Kori come to the house to us to get ready but that would have been 16 of us there and it would have been difficult to keep Michelle hidden without taking over one of the bedrooms and en suite.

They decided that Mum and Dad would use their DVC points to rent a studio at SSR for the night before. Mum and Dad stayed there overnight, then Dad came back to the house in the morning. Michelle, Sydney and Kori went over to SSR first thing and got ready and left from there.

Anyway, I was woken by the alarm at 7.30pm. I got up and put some washing on (as you do on a Wedding day! ) and had a shower, before waking up Phil and the girls.

Everyone else was also up. Dave and Ryan went to IHOP to pick up breakfast again, and while they were out, my Dad came back.

Madison took a picture of us at the dining table whilst we were eating

Then took a selfie of the kids at the kitchen table

When we had IHOP before, I hadn't noted what we had, just the price. The price today was the same so I imagine today's order was the same as Saturday's. Phil had the Sampler Breakfast

And the girls and I shared two short stack pancakes

This was all really good. Our food cost $24.26 again.

The washing had finished so I sorted out what could go in the dryer and put on another load. The kids were all watching the TV

I haven't made a note of the times for most of the morning so I'm not sure what time it was when Bethany and I started doing Piper and Madison's hair

Adding the finishing touches

Madison's finished hair

Phil was doing his usual arty photos too

I had practised both Madison and Kaley's hair at home a few times so it didn't take too long to do.

Cole wanted the water bottles

While I was doing Madison's hair, Bethany was doing Piper's

Piper's finished hair

Bethany had also practised Piper's hair beforehand and it didn't take her long either.

I had gotten started on Kaley's hair as soon as I had finished Madison's

Finishing touches

And Kaley's finished hair

And her arty photo

Posing for photos while she was waiting

I loved the three girls' hair. They hadn't been difficult for us to do but they looked so pretty and it kept their hair out of the way and off their necks on what was a very, very hot day.


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The second load of washing had now finished. I folded it all and left it as there wasn't time for the first load to finish drying and get this on and dried too.

Once I had done this, I went upstairs to do my hair. I had wanted to curl it but I couldn't get it to look right at all. I was running out of time so started to straighten it instead.

Phil was already ready. He helped Madison and Kaley with their suncream and they then got into their dresses,

It was now 11am, I was still doing my hair and the mini coach Michelle and Jamie had booked to take us arrived! It was early as we weren't due to be picked up until 11.30am, but it did make me stress a bit as I don't like to be late or keep people waiting. I quickly carried on with my hair, trying to get it finished ASAP.

The kids were all dressed and ready so Phil took some photos of them outside, starting with Madison, Kaley and Piper

They look so gorgeous. Madison's dress was from Lipsy, Kaley's playsuit was from Abercrombie and Fitch and Piper's dress was from Ted Baker. We had been able to get all of them in the sale during the summer.

While they were having photos taken outside, Cody was happily watching something on Bethany's phone while she finished getting ready

I had managed to finish doing my hair and quickly took out the drying and folded it all, before getting dressed.

At some point around 11am, Dan, Dave, Cole and my Dad left. My Dad was going in the car with Mum, Michelle, Sydney and Kori so they were taking him to SSR. With having Cole in a baby car seat, they were driving themselves to the Wedding and were going there after dropping my Dad off.

I was finally all ready by 11.20am and went down to have some photos with Madison and Kaley

My dress was also from Lipsy, and was also in the sale in the summer.

I love this photo

Cody had come outside and was happy to have some photos taken now

And then on his own

He looked so gorgeous too, so smart in his little shorts set.

Cole fell asleep on their way there

We were all about ready now so locked up the house and got on the mini-coach.

It was lovely inside, the seats were really comfy and there was plenty of room for us.

All ready to go

We left at 11.30am as planned and started the drive to Art of Animation, which was our first stop. We were picking up Jamie's sister and her family here first. We got there at 11.50am and they were waiting outside for us, along with his other sister and niece. They quickly got in and we drove to All Star Music to pick up Jamie's BiL.

We were driving out of here and on our way at 12pm.

Jamie, Saxon, and his Mum and Dad had been picked up from Beach Club in an SUV and were also on their way there.

I don't know all the details of Michelle's morning at SSR, nor do I have any photos. I do know that they had their hair and make up done fine by Beaute Speciale, my Dad was dropped off by Dan and Dave at their building and they were then waiting for their SUV to pick them up.

This is where they had a problem. For some reason, their driver didn't arrive at their building. Michelle was calling to find out where he was, they were also calling the front desk to ask and it turned out that the car wasn't able to come to their building. I'm not sure if he didn't want to drive to their building or he wasn't allowed to.

The CM at the front desk said they would need to make their own way to the main building. Michelle explained that she was wearing a wedding dress and heels and was there no way the car could come to them. In the end, they sent one of the golf cart buggy things they use to transport you and your luggage to collect them to bring them to the main building to then get in the car. Bit of a faff for them and not what they needed at all.

Anyway, soon enough, all of us were on our way to Cypress Grove.

We had to quickly take a picture of these signs, it's not often we see Kaley's name anywhere

At some point on the way, Dan and Dave had taken a wrong turn

And they had to drive quite far to be able to turn around and go the right way. They ended up arriving at Cypress Grove after Michelle arrived.

It was 12.30pm when we pulled up outside the entrance to the venue, but the driver had just gone past the turning into it so we had to go and turn around. It was 12.36pm when we pulled up outside the house.

We all got off the coach and went inside. It was lovely in here and the aircon was very welcome. We stood in here for a few minutes and then went out to the ceremony area.

Where the ceremony took place

Looking back at the house

Looking out at the water

Some of the houses over the other side looked beautiful. Some of them even had boats and boat docks

A little pathway the kids loved

Over to the right, as you looked back at the house

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Since we had come outside, Jamie had been having photos taken with Saxon and his family, as Randy had arrived. While he was doing this, Phil was taking more photos.

Standing in the shade as it was SO HOT!

Posed photos

Look how smart Saxon looks, in a suit like his Dad's and matching shoes.

Happily exploring

Phil took this as Randy was taking it

Kaley looks so hot here, you can see her face is red

Still just happily exploring and walking round

Sitting waiting

Exploring together, look at them holding hands

Phil got the kids to pose for some photos

(You can see he is saying cheese here. )

I don't know why I am sitting in the sun, I was holding my hair away from my neck because it was so hot.

Michelle, Sydney, Kori, Mum and Dad had arrived by now and had some photos taken inside. Soon after, Dan, Dave and Cole arrived too.

He looked so cute, he had a little shorts and polo set that had braces on

Just before 1.30pm, we were all asked to take our seats. My Mum was outside, Michelle, my Dad and the girls were in one room inside and Jamie, Saxon and Jamie's Dad were in another room to then be able to walk out

(Their officiant was the same gent who officiated Dan and Dave's Wedding.)

Dan had taken this picture before she came outside, as she had been inside helping with last minute dress faffing, etc.

Don't they look gorgeous. They had had their hair done this morning and they had chosen their dresses with Michelle. Sydney can be very shy and doesn't usually wear dresses so they wanted something that wasn't too 'bridesmaid-y' and these were perfect. They had chosen their own shoes too. They were both very happy and excited.

She also got a photo of Michelle and my Dad

Doesn't she look stunning! She loved the pockets on the dress. My Dad looks so happy too.

Bit of back story on the dress buying - We had gone to the same bridal shop that Dan had bought her dress from as the owner and her staff were so lovely. Michelle didn't really have an idea of what sort of dress she wanted, she just knew she wanted Jimmy Choo shoes!

We all had a look at the different dresses and between us, picked some out for her to try. There were a couple she put on and was she just like, nope, not for me, I'm not even showing you, and the ones we did see looked lovely but not amazing. Kelly, the owner, could see that Michelle wasn't liking any so said to give her a minute.

She went away and came back with a dress and said something along the lines of "don't look at me like I'm crazy, I know you all looked at this dress and just passed by it, I know it doesn't look anything special but I know what I'm doing". Well, she absolutely knew what she was doing. The dress itself was the plain gown but with adding the belt and with Michelle's colouring and dark hair, it looked beautiful on her. We all knew that was THE dress and they ordered it there and then.

Anyway, back to the ceremony. Jamie watching Sydney and Kori walking down the aisle

And Sydney and Kori when they got to the front

The instrumental version of At Last I See The Light from Tangled started playing and Michelle and my Dad were walking down the aisle

I love her hair, it looked so pretty.

Kisses and handshakes

This one is lovely, the way they are smiling at each other

Photos during the ceremony

And then they were husband and wife

I don't remember much of the ceremony, I know it didn't take long though.


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I was rather rubbish with my notes today. I didn't write down what music was used, though I do remember what Michelle walked down to. I'm sure Jamie and Saxon walked down to something like the Foo Fighters but I have no idea what they walked back down the aisle together too.

Quick photos before they walked down

And walking down the aisle

Cole looking very serious

Sydney looking very happy

After Michelle and Jamie had walked down the aisle, Sydney, Kori and Saxon followed them. They stopped for a hug when they got to the steps.

I love these photos, I think they're so lovely.

They then walked back down the aisle together

Quickly grabbing a pic of Michelle and Jamie, I love the plait in her hair you can see from this side

The Officiant, I think his name is Glenn or Glynn, had seen Dan and Dave and remembered doing their Wedding so asked for a photo of both families

They were now posing for photos for Randy

Love this one

I think this next one is brilliant

Saxon had done so well, he had been in lots of photos before the ceremony and then obviously needed to be in more after and I think he was a bit fed up of having his photo taken by now.

Cody and my Dad

Another lovely photo of the new Mr and Mrs

I love Kori's face here, she looks so happy

Making use of the refillable mugs

Michelle and Jamie had some photos with his parents, then had some with Mum and Dad

Best friends

Michelle and my Dad

They got the kids back for some more photos

Distracted by this on the water

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I think here is a good time to share some of Randy's photos. They're all from after the ceremony but I don't actually have many of his, so this is just a selection of the ones I have.

I love this one, the way they are looking at each other

Something/someone was making them laugh

We all had a photo together

Then one of the four of us

And the six of us

I love these next photos; they are finding something so funny! We were talking about this the other day, none of us can remember who or what was making them laugh so much.

Look how cool Cody looks

We asked Randy to take a photo of the four of us

And he took one of Dan, Dave and Cole too

Like I say, I don't have many of his photos, and none he took of just Michelle and Jamie, but these ones I do have are so good.

There were also lots of pictures taken with Jamie's family in too, but I haven't asked if I can share them so I have just shared our family pictures.


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So back to where I left off and we were all having photos. Phil was taking some of Dan, Dave and Cole by the water

Proof Phil was actually there!

Beautiful

Cody loved walking round the whole area here. He has his dummy here, he was starting to getting tired

Pictures of Dad and Mum, I love how Mum's hair had been done

Another lovely, happy one, Jamie, Sydney and Kori

Saxon having a hug from his Mum

Phil was taking some of the same photos Randy was taking, but from a different angle

Sydney was holding Michelle's flowers for her

Another angle of the six of us

I have to be honest and say I only had these shoes on for photos, I had taken them off and swapped for my sandals long before the ceremony started!

Another close up of Cody

And one last photo outside of Sydney, Kori and Saxon

We had been outside for quite a while now and it was so hot. It was just after 2.30pm when we all went inside so that everyone could grab some water (Ryan was the waterboy for us again, he had a huge backpack filled with bottles of ice water) and for Michelle and Jamie to cut the cake.

Their cake

Cutting the cake

And feeding it to each other!

Kori now had Michelle's flowers and Phil got this lovely photo of her and Kaley

And then Piper joined them, I love this one

Cole was happily playing with water bottles again

Having a rest

Another of Dan, Dave and Cole

Michelle and Jamie had gone back outside to have some photos taken of the two of them while we all had some of the cake

There had also been champagne and orange juice, along with the cake, and Michelle had made a brief toast thanking us all for being there.

Cypress Grove was a lovely ceremony location. The setting outside was gorgeous and the whole area was so picturesque. It was lovely having the use of the house too, which was very pretty inside. It was another gloriously beautiful day, but it was very hot sitting in the sun while the ceremony was happening.

We were all stood around chatting while they were having their photos and at 3pm, it was time for us to leave. My Dad's back still wasn't right so he went in the car with Dan, Dave and Cole. The rest of us all made our way out to the coach

Still non-stop chatting to each other

Cody had gone very tired

Michelle and Jamie getting on the coach and this time it was Jamie holding Michelle's flowers

It was about 3.05pm when we left and were on our way and it wasn't long before Cody had fallen asleep

We seemed to go a different way to start with, and came across an accident so we had to turn around

The driver made a couple of wrong turns on the way but it wasn't long before we were driving back onto property

We do love the purple signs!

He drove past the Poly by mistake so had to drive to Shades of Green and do a U-turn in there, before taking us back to the Poly and dropping us at the entrance at 3.50pm.


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[princess allie]

What a fabulous day, everyone looked so smart and happy. The wedding dress was amazing, simple, elegant and totally beautiful xx

[DiddyDan]

What a lovely day we had! ☺️ Everyone looked amazing and Michelle had the perfect day! I’m craving that dinner now 😂
The kids all looked gorgeous and they were all so well behaved. Cole looks so poorly in the pictures, bless him, I can’t believe he came down with something that day.
I can’t believe you took the clothes out the dryer and folded them while the driver was outside waiting 😂 x