We did it!!!

Got married that is... Finally after more than 10 years together we tied the knot. The day started off with a fair bit of rain and compared to the day and night before it was about 10 or 15 degrees cooler too. This was good for us though as the day before the flies had been horrible and it would have made for a very sweaty day in our suits if the temperature was up in the mid 30's!

With the crowd assembled and the groomsmen and the groom (me!) waiting up the front of the church, Melinda managed to be some 20 mins late! I wasn't worried though and sure enough she arrived. She looked absolutely stunning (no bias at all!!) in her dress as she came in the church. From there the day went on smoothly with photos around the church and then on a bridge in the city and then we made our way down to the reception place in Beaumaris. It all went off smoothly and from all reports everyone had a good time. Some had an kept on partying in one of the groomsmen's rooms at the motel till 3 or 4am!

All too soon it was over and everyone has gone home again and now its only a matter of days till we are off on our next adventure - our honeymoon!!!

Only 5 more sleeps...

...Till our wedding!! Well I (Adam) finished work and managed to refrain from heading out with my rugby team on a 'pub golf' night the night before I flew out. This was especially a good idea as I hadn't packed and we wont be back in England for a couple of months now. I saw Melinda again for the first time in a month and she instantly started laughing at me when she saw my 'Movember' moustache. I grew a 'mo' for charity in 'Movember' and I had chosen Merv Hughes, Australian legend cricketer as my inspiration! I had even managed to raise 60 pounds for charity by not shaving it off for the month!

It has been a fairly hectic time so far with people to see, suits to organise, a million other things to arrange. On top of this we had to pause to have our hen's and buck's (stag for Brits) parties. Who would have thought there was this much effort needed to hang out in a church for half an hour and then have a party?

I probably wont get to update this until after the wedding. But afterwards we have 10 days free time before we jet off on honeymoon on Boxing Day. From Melbourne we go to LA, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and New York and then back to the flat in London. I think we might have a couple of stories to tell after that trip!!!