JOE & HANNAH'S WEDDING

Huge Photoshare of my niece's wedding last weekend....
It was great to catch up with family....
We had a great time and it was a beautiful wedding..
Joe and Hannah were so relaxed and obviously enjoying every moment of their day....
It was great to catch up with cousins we haven't seen for a while either....
Just wish my Mum had been here to share the day with us....
It is occasions like this that I really miss her....
She would have been so happy to see Hannah married to such a lovely guy like Joe...
She would have been so happy to be surrounded by her family and those she loves....
I wish Pete had been here also...
He has always grown up pretty close to my sister's kids, and if there were a couple of weddings he probably would not have wanted to miss, this would be one of them....
Now for that huge photoshare....

The boys - all related, brothers and brother in law.....

The wedding was held about 20 minutes out of Toowoomba at a place called "The Barn".  Such beautiful old world country charm and suited Hannah's theme very well.
The girls arrivd in an old VW Comby.. So Hannah and Tamika..It looked awesome....

The bridesmaids arrived in style....

 By contrast, the Bride arrived in a Mercedes Benz....

Hannah looked stunning and she was so happy

 You couldn't wipe the smile off Hannah's face.  She was so excited.....

The Bridesmaids - Natalie walking down the aisle. 

The Bridesmaids - Tamika walking down the aisle. 

 Their flowers were absolutely stunning,  Some of the nicest bouquets I have ever seen.

The wedding flowers....

 The Bride's father John did the Bible reading... Hannah and her Dad have a very close relationship....

John doing the Bible Reading...

 Time to say their vows...
You could not wipe the smiles of both Joe's and Hannah's faces...

Saying their vows...

Just so very very happy

 Time to kiss the bride...

Time to kiss the bride.....

 Now for all the official paperwork....

Time to sign all the paperwork....

Formalities all over... Time to introduce Mr. & Mrs. Joe Golding....

 One ecstatic Hannah,  she had been counting down the days to this wonderful day and couldn't wait to marry Joe.....

Introducing the happy couple...

 Meeting and greeting the families...

The McCacken Family photos...

Immediate McCracken families. 

 Photos with cousins and grandparents...

Photos with cousins and the Stewart Families. 

 It was a great chance to get some great family photos with most of the family home for the wedding...

Stewart family photos...

Cousins and family...

 Photos with the Golding Families..

Family photos....

 Photos with Joe's parents...

Joe's immediate family.

 Meeting and greeting all the guests and trying to squeeze insome photos,,,,

Mingling...

 After the family photos they headed back to the grand old fig tree to cut the cake...
Their cake was stunning decorated with all fresh flowers..

Beautiful wedding cake decorated with fresh flowers...

Gorgeous wedding cake...

Hannah had the knife..... watch out Joe...

Cake cutting...

 Just a few family shots...

Friends and family...

Dear friends and family...

 Of course I had to add a few of my favourite Willow shots too.  She was totally oblivious to all the hype of the wedding,,,, she was too busy exploring the many wonderful things around her,,,,

Some of my favourite shots of Willow

just love this dear dear child so much....

Some more of the photos I love

 The ceremony was held under a big of fig tree on the banks of the creek.....

Joe and Hannah's wedding...

 There wasn't a reception as such....
Toowoomba was in it's prime with all the parks a mass of colour for their annual "Carnival of Flowers"

Toowoomba the home of "The Carnival of Flowers"

Joe and Hannah decided that it might be nice for us all to celebrate their wedding by heading off to the Toowoomba Wine and Food Festival at Queen's Park.   They joined with us until around 7.30pm when they headed to Brisbane to book into  one of the classy hotels there.  They were flying out early the next day heading to Thailand for their honeymoon.
We all headed here to the Wine and Food Festival....

Heading to the Food and Wine Festival...

 Whilst it seemed that everyone was having a great time at the festival, it was much harder for us with a toddler who just wanted to get down and wander in the crowds,  Our little munchkin was not well.  She had a runny nose and a sore throat and we had to try and amuse her on our lap for most of the evening...

Pouring out lots and lots of her love on those of us whom she loves...

It was a great day.  Joe and Hannah make a beautiful couple.  We are looking forward to catching up with them when they get back from their honeymoon......