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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Friday Evening - The Rehearsal


 John Harrison - officiating minister




 Samuel Baron holding the laptop playing the music for the rehearsal


 Walking down the aisle




 Samuel Blight - MC, Ira - page boy, Talitha, Rissie, Kadesh - flower girls



 Discussion, discussion, discussion







 Matt Smith - best man, Marijke - bride, Rodney Bagrie - photographer



Sargia - Jake's sister

Friday's Preparations




 The woolshed - the reception hall









 Jum - Jake's father

 Magdala - bridesmaid, Marijke - bride, Sarah - decorations supervisor



 The bridal procession comes from this door


 Tipapa



 The bridal table at the reception




 Dinner together before the rehearsal





Thursday, January 12, 2012

Flower Decorations

We went to Jake's house today to drop off some gifts and pick some flowers for the wedding.
This is an earthquake traumatised house, but here it is:



 The sand in the bottom right hand corner is liquefaction.


 The flowers we picked



 Tante Gerry looking at the liquefaction.



 Liquefaction - it came up through the broken concrete floor of the garage.



 Jake's (and Marijke's) kitchen



 The lounge



 On the back door step



 Having lunch after the flower picking - a girls' outing.



 Making up the decorations





The Bridal Shower

Magdala kindly organised Marijke a bridal shower (party).  It was a pizza party, and everyone brought ingredients for a pizza, and we made them up together.



 
Lila and Harmony Love, Tante Gerry and Lienny, and Mum


 Lennie Harrison (Jake's Mum) chats to Marijke while Helen Blight industriously cuts ingredients.



 Bride to be!



 Great aunty of bride to be



 Helen and Marijke take turns at whipping cream for 'sweet pizza' for dessert.



 B'Ethel - Magdala's cousin and the maker of the bridesmaids' dresses



Sitting in a circle, chatting, sharing advice, giving gifts, and praying.




 Salad and pizza



Advice from the aunties!

Greta Valley!

We are in Greta Valley for Marijke's wedding.  With us are Tante Gerry and her friend.  As soon as we arrived, Tante Gerry unpacked her suitcase!