Little Ronnie was running riot; I've never seen him with such a lot of energy so everyone took turns to keep an eye on him during the time we had to kill before the ceremony. Matt and Suzie had a bite to eat in the bar and the rest of us had refreshments. Poor Gary was wandering around looking very nervous and all you could hear was 'You alright Gary?'. And so with ten minutes to the off, everyone had to take their seats.
The room was very small but the ceremony was lovely - Sarah looked like a princess and her dress was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, Ronnie decided this was his time to get irritable and Tina had to take him outside. She therefore missed the entire thing which was a shame. Sarah had a few giggles midway through the vows but she managed to keep control. My Mum was filling up sitting next to me and I also had tears in my eyes - it doesn't matter who's getting married, I always find it very emotional.
After the photo session with the signing of the register, everyone
mingled for a while. We caught up with Uncle Tony and Auntie Betty (Sarah's parents) who now live in Cyprus, so we hadn't seen them for years. Bet looked fabulous in her outfit, definitely the mother of the bride and I told her so.
Shortly after, we had to make our way outside into the small garden area where the photographer got to work. The weather hadn't exactly been kind - although it wasn't raining, it was very gloomy and chilly. The previous day had been glorious and quite hot - that's England for you! I was snap happy with my camera as usual - the official photographer had a similar model to mine and kept remarking that I was standing in the right place for the next shot. Maybe that should have been my career?
It was about 4pm when we all finally sat down for the food. By this time, my back was killing me - probably the worst day for pain I've ever had. The starter was tomato and basil soup which was very nice. My veggie main was a stack of courgettes and aubergines with a mozerella topping. Not my taste but I got the servers to provide potatoes, other veg and a yorkshire pud to go on to the side! Dessert was chocolate mousse/cake which was very rich and I couldn't eat it all. I gave half to Ronnie who proceeded to get himself in a right mess with it but it was so comical.
Other than Uncle Tony (Sarah's Dad) reading out Uncle Roger's letter from Australia, the best man making a pig's ear out of his speech and Gary being pretty funny, I can honestly say I can't remember an awful lot of what was said as Ronnie stole the show. As if on cue, he would come out with a giant raspberry and had the whole room laughing. He was shouting quite loudly nearly all the way through and also he has this weird little giggle which was hilarious but you got the feeling that some people were resenting it. But what you can you do? You can't gag a child.
Once the tables were cleared, the evening got under way with the first dance. Sarah had chosen Daniel Bedingfield's 'If you're not the one' years before and despite Gary's efforts to change it, he had not succeeded. Hehe! Well done Sarah. Of course, I wasn't complaining, it's my fave song ever. Despite being in pain, I managed a few dances holding Ronnie, who I must say is a little groover! He loved it.
Shortly before 10pm we all said our goodbyes and left in the pouring rain (lucky it held off). It only took around an hour getting back which was very good going. Once back at my Mum and Dad's, I collected my car and took Matt and Suzie back to mine. Upon arrival, I fumbled with my bunch of keys and then realised with horror that I had given Matt my door key a few days earlier, and so it was inside the house! Maria (my neighbour) was away and so I phoned Dad on my mobile to check he still had a spare. Thankfully he did and so we all got back into the car and went back round there to collect it. That's all I needed with my back the way it was but it was a relief to finally get home.
Nb. Writing in lilac as this was the theme colour of the wedding!
(Posted 27 May 2007)
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