Finally!! The wedding photos!

It was with great enthusiasm that I sat down and published Part 1 of my daughter's wedding!  It was November on island and I planned to complete the story within a few days but my maintenance work took over!!  Endless painting, repairing and gardening dragged on.  I left the Caribbean 1st December and am with my parents in Munich where Christmas is upon us, but without a flake of snow!!  In 40 years of coming to Europe I have never seen a Christmas without it!  At around 12-16 degrees, the days are "warm", the lawns are still green and I walked in the forest this morning needing to remove my jacket!!  Difficult to comprehend!!

I am leaving Europe tomorrow night and heading back to my beloved Australia and home!!  So before I depart, I am committed to FINALLY publishing a wedding post from Becky and AJ's wedding.  These are not the professional photographers photos but those taken by myself and friends!  Rather than ramble on.......I have decided to allow the photos to speak for themselves! They tell a magic story!

And so it was!!  After a week of "pre" wedding events in Milan including the exclusive "Armani" night club, a cocktail party on the Friday night and an amazing Saturday lunch at a famous island restaurant on Lake Como, Becky Jade and Andrew Michael were finally married at 4pm on Sunday 15th September at Relais Villa Vittoria, Laglio, Lake Como, Italy!! 

Of course, I could delay the whole photo wedding treat and make you wait even longer by posting the menu tasting pictures, the wine tasting, the meeting with the celebrant, the make-up trials, the hair trials, then on the day, the endless process of hair dressing, make-up artists, photographers and the fittings and dressing of four bridesmaids, the mother of the bride, the mother of the groom, and finally the bride.........Phew!!!.....but I won't do that to you!!  You can always email me if you want to see more.......there are 100's of pics for me to choose from..........here are my choices to share with you! X

                   The Venue!  Relais Villa Vittoria, Laglio, Lake Como, Italy.  A very short stroll from George's house!!                  Unfortunately George couldn't make it as he had filming in Venice that day!! 

 

 

The lake view!

The patiently waiting celebrant!

The beautiful bride!  Her father and I walked her down the aisle together!

The Ceremony!

The veil!

The vows!

The champagne fountain.....at last the top glass!

Part of the bridal group!

The bride, now Mrs Jackson and the mother of the bride!

Happy bride and proud mother of the bride, with mother of the groom on the left!

My buddy Michelle and I after the ceremony!

 Mother of the bride and Bec's best friend, Bianca Matron of Honor!                                                                                                                                                                                           

Inside the wedding villa!

Beautifully set for the bridal dinner!  Six large tables seating 44 guests comfortably!

The table settings!

Unfortunately we had to remove George's setting as he couldn't make it!!

The menu!  A stunning Italian menu of five courses with a dessert bar!!

Becky "Jackson" and her four gorgeous bridesmaids!

My wonderful friends Chris and Angie came down from Germany!

Life long friend Amanda with partner Timothy flew in from Australia! X

My dear friend Michelle and I, thank you for your support Mish.  I couldn't have done it without you!

Then there were the stunning bridesmaids and the matron of honor!!

This wedding post would not be complete without a pic of "those" Manolos!

Introducing!!  Mr & Mrs Jackson!

The speeches..........Mother of the Bride speech!

Matron of Honor speech!

The "chocolate brownie" cake!! 

The cutting of the cake!

Yet another KISS!

Disco down in the ancient cellar.......The first dance as Mr & Mrs Jackson!

Removal of the garter!

Determined to remove that garter!

As the music played on..............

We all danced the night away.......

In the morning the villa was back to normal and the quiet of the lake presided!

                  On the Monday the sun shone and we all relaxed for the day! View of the villa from the water!                           

                                  Newly weds Mr & Mrs Jackson before their honeymoon to Africa for a safari in the                                           Masai Mara in Kenya followed by a week of chilling out in Zanzibar!