Lathams News: Long overdue for a blog post

I'm long over due for a blog post. It has been a crazy week since we finished school. I flew out of Rocky on the Friday evening after I finished work so that I could go to Josh and Lauren's wedding on the Saturday. Unfortunately Steve was unable to make it as he had work deadlines, and we were heading off to Sydney early in the week to attend my cousin's 50th party this past weekend.(That will be a separate post.

The wedding was gogeous. Lots of fun... they are a fun couple and have been together for years. Josh is one of our Pete's house mates, they have been good mates all of their lives, in fact Josh parents have been family friends since we first arrived in Rocky, so we really all had a great time. This post will mainly be a photo post...
The boys all waiting for the arrival of the bride.... no nerves, such a relaxed wedding. They just chatted to the guests and to each other.
The bride arrives and is looking stunning.... the bridesmaids all helping to get her dress just right to walk down the aisle.
The walk down the aisle and the service.
Their attendants during the service. Thought they all looked terrific, especially the boys ( but then I am probably pretty biased as my son was one of the groomsmen.

Good friends as well as family. My two and Sarah's brother and sister in laws.... Love seeing how close they all are.
My gorgeous kids.... Am I not a biased Mum. It is not often I get opportunities to take photos of these pair. Pete usually hates getting his photo taken but I was given permission today to take as many as I liked as it was Lauren and Josh's day, so as you can imagine I made the most of every opportunity I got.
Josh and Lauren hired this Limmo to take the whole bridal party around for the afternoon for photos etc. Pete said it was great fun as they were all in the vehicle together, they were spoilt with drinks and chocolates, even got the red carpet treatment. It looked pretty awesome inside too.
The reception centre looked lovely too - all set up in black and white. and we each received one of the little boxes above filled with conversation lollies. Thought they were pretty cute. Have never seen these before.
More of my awesome kids and son in law. I am indeed blessed.
Time to cut the cake... and a few speeches.
The Bridal Walz.
The bridal party joins in.
Sarah and Colin take to the dance floor....
The boys from Bakewell Street, and now Myrtle Street. They have shared a few houses together now, and still remain good friends. (Think having a cleaning lady now has helped an awlful lot in them remaining friends...)
Time to throw the garter and bouquet...
Time for the bride and groom to leave. Everyone formed a big arch, and they went through saying goodbye to everyone....
The party continued though after they had left. Just had to snap these photos of my pair on the dancefloor together..
I also made sure that I at least got a couple of photos taken with the kids, you are never quite sure when the opportunity might arise again.
It really was a great night... I had loads of fun, but definately paid for it the next day, as I am not sure what I did, my I could barely stand up on the Sunday...

Pete took Monday off, and managed to take me to see a Chiropractor who was fantasic.... I had heard about her when I was down in June, so rang my friend Bek who had told me about her, and she was able to see me. I can highly recommend her if you are looking for a good chiropractor in Brissie. Quite often I have been to chiropractors when I have been away, without a lot of success in adjusting my back. She wouldn't let me out until she knew it was right. I must have spent a good 40 minutes with her and her fees were very reasonable. Not more expensive than I have paid elsewhere.

Steve left Rocky on Monday afternoon, stayed in Bundy over night and then arrived in Brissie on the Tuesday. I managed to catch up with my good friend Kathy that morning,
and we spent a few hours with her before we had to leave to head to Ballina ( our first stop heading south). Kathy took us to do a little shopping ( as our car was hitched to the van and we didn't really want to unhitch it) and we found ourselves stranded and had to call the RACQ. The upside of this though was that we got to go back to Kathy's ( and got to catch up with Ian who had to come home and rescue us) and I also got to spot these.

Her son Ben had bought them for her, and they had opened that morning. The colours were superb, and honestly the photos do not do them justice. I really do marvel at God's creation and I am so thankful for the gift of sight. I just had to snap some photos of them.

Steve also managed to snap this photo of us both together. Love these guys, really appreaciate the lessons we have learnt from them over the 30 years of our friendship. They really have been a huge inspiration to us and faithful and loyal friends. We have been incredibly blessed by them and feel very honoured to be considered their friends. Love you guys....

Well this post is long, so will update in the next few days with photos of our trip to Sydney, and then photos of the big weekend party.