Wedding Saturday...

Saturday marked a big day for Amy and Mitch and also for Alfie. Beth actually remarked that she was more nervous about this wedding than our own and I could see where she was coming from - lets just say that the rehearsal proved that things would either go very well or very badly!

For most of the girls there was a 6am departure for the hairdressers, the wedding wasn't until 3pm but when you saw them it was certainly worth it! The boys had a leisurely start to the day with an 8:30am departure for the golf course. In matching shirts (... as given the night before!) we looked good, things went down hill from there. I'm not the greatest golfer in the world ... no wait I'm not a Golfer at all! Our threesome consisting of me, and the Grooms brother and dad managed to take out the inaugural Mitchell Reece invitational by one shot, although not without the odd broken tee and two lost balls... I did however find three others! With some rain starting to fall we quickly packed up and sought shelter in a local pub, where a suitable Golfing trophy was found and presented.

After a couple of quick drinks I turned chauffeur and drove the some of groomsmen to the Grooms parents. Amazingly I actually managed to find my way back to a very quiet house to pick up Beth and the Page Boy! Alfie and Beth had enjoyed a quiet morning and Alfie took the opportunity to catch up on some missed sleep! He was still a little grumpy as we dressed him up but he did look cute despite the face!!!

We arrived at the church and Alfie was cheered up as always by cousins Liam and Joel. The groomsmen arrived and Alfie managed to pose and smile for some pictures, the button hole didn't however last that long! I was foolishly left in charge of the music for the service which involved running at specific parts of the service to start and stop the right tracks! This left Beth, Matt and Sharron in charge of the Page! Amy was fashionably late as the bride and was led down the aisle by the son of two very proud parents. Alfie managed to safely deliver the cushion complete with rings and was eventually rounded up by Beth! Amy looked every part the beautiful blushing bride and Mitchell certainly had a tear when he saw her walk down the aisle.

Beth and I read our readings without too much of a hitch and I managed to get most of the music in the right places! Alfie seemed to enjoy his walk down the aisle that he decided to walk back down on his way out with the bridal party. He mingled outside and raised a smile for a picture or two. Alfie was more pleased than anyone to find out that the official photographs would be taken down on a local beach, the fact that he was wearing a waist coat, and bow tie did little to change his normal beach behaviour!

At the reception Alfie managed to tuck into what everyone else was eating and enjoyed having a walk around while everyone was seated. Mum or Dad were always in tow any on high alert when he decided that he would start running round and around cake table! Most people found Alfie quite entertaining and he was certainly useful at distracting attention away from me during my speech. Alfie sat through all the formalities and well beyond 10pm. You would think that would be it for a very tired boy but there was plenty of life left in him yet and he didn't actually fall asleep until after 12am in the taxi home. Mitchell had arranged a mini bus with a baby seat so that really worked out well... a great day and it was a privilege for us and Alfie to be involved!

Many congratulations to Mitchell and Amy... they are great people individually but even better as a couple! :0)