2015 in review

What a year! It was rung in on the banks of the Thames in London, gazing up at the incredible firework display and wondering what adventures 2015 would bring. It brought quite a lot...

New Year's Eve in London 2014

Exploring the Jurassic Coast, England

Wedding prep galore! Hair trial

Engagement photoshoot at Netley Abbey

Hen Do! Spa day and afternoon tea at a hotel

With my maid of honour and sis-in-law (headpiece + sash compulsory)

Wedding Day! 

My love

Quick business trip to the Channel Islands 

Honeymooning at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai

Atlantis The Palm, Dubai at night (view from the private beach *eeek!*

We also went to lots of friends' weddings

Day dating at The Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth

Taking photos for a website we developed together 

My niece's first trip to the beach, first paddle in the sea and telling the sea to "sushhhh!"

Sailing, lots of sailing and power boating

May your 2016 be filled with love, hope and joy. I'm so excited to see what it brings for my family and friends! 

Our reception pt.1 (the feasting part!)

The country club we held our reception at was so beautiful and the staff were brilliant. The maitre d' organised his staff and our guests in such a low-key professional way that we didn't really notice anything going wrong. We kept the first part of the reception for just family and friends joined for the second part. The dining room was gorgeous and the food was so great I think I ate a little too much for a corseted bride!

Our ceremony

It went by in a flash. Seriously. One second I was arriving outside the Church and the next it was time to walk down the aisle and everything kept rolling along and I felt swept along on the tide. It was a great feeling though. After all of the months of planning and stressing over details, the day itself seemed to be taking care of itself (obviously with a lot help from family and friends!). It was such an intimate ceremony which was conducted by my parent's friend (who is a minister and has known me since I was a baby). I walked down the aisle on my daddy's arm to Yiruma 'River Flows in You' and we signed the register to Einaudi 'I Giorni' - perfection. 

My beautiful flowers

How cute are my flower girls?!

My handsome pageboy doing an awesome job

That joy mixed with my dad's 'trying not to look sad about giving his daughter away' face

You may kiss your bride!

My brother doing a reading

My mum witnessing our register signing (in a kick-ass hat might I add)

Signed, sealed, delivered

Leaving the Church an hour later as man and wife!

Our wedding : before we said "I do"

Our ceremony was at 1pm on the big day giving us plenty of time to prepare and beautify ourselves! I woke up around 7.30am (after an almost sleepless night) and had a leisurely breakfast with my niece and dad. My hairdresser arrived at 9am and my hair and nails were started...

I sort of imagined lots of people around on the morning of the wedding. What I failed to realise was that they all had to get ready too! So I did my own make-up on the floor of my parents' spare room and listened to some worship music. Final bridesmaid arrived and they got me into my dress - then the nerves really started to flood in! We had some first look photos with my dad and were on our way to the church. The morning had flown by and I felt like I was being carried on a stream of people moving me from one place to the next! 

Now for some before the ceremony photos...

The walk down the aisle felt so short, it wasn't long before I had to let go of my dad's arm and stand at the altar with the entire room looking at us *nerves*