Aussie wedding

Last weekend Hayden and I celebrated our Aussie wedding at Wanda Surf Club in Cronulla. We couldn’t call it a wedding in the legal sense of the word (technically it was a renewal of vows) but we had pretty much everything you would expect to see: a celebrant, exchanging of rings, and dinner and cake afterwards. Of course, it didn’t happen without a few mishaps. When I checked out the venue last month, I noticed a gigantic cockroach - dead fortunately - in the corner of the women’s bathroom, and when I went to set up on Friday night I was greeted by the same little fella. This led to the not-so-glamorous task of cleaning the toilets the night before my wedding, but by the next day they were sparkling and ready to go. Unfortunately, I had left Hayden’s tie at work after having it dry cleaned, so he had to make a last minute stop an hour before the ceremony to pick up a replacement.

Once we got there, things started to come together nicely. It was an unusually warm day for May, and looking out over the ocean you could see whales following a yacht, spouting water into the air. There were just over 50 people in attendance, and once the ceremony was over we had a nice feed and some drinks overlooking the water. I’m glad we got to have a ceremony in America and Australia, and it seemed like the right thing to do to have everyone share in us getting married, but it’s been really hard not to second guess everything the whole way. Maybe we should have just flown Hayden’s family over, or vice versa? I suppose there isn't much to be gained from worrying about it now.

A friend of the family agreed to take a few photos for us - not bad!

I ordered this little hair pin for the December wedding but it didn't arrive in time. At least I got a second chance to wear it.

With Hayden's parents

The nieces and nephew

Cutting the cake (adorned with miniature Australian flag)