Wet Weekend Wedding

Phew, what a busy weekend. Alison and I had to attend quite a few functions including a funeral, an engagement party and a wedding so we're pretty knackered now. Any time we had to spare on the weekend we used to recuperate by playing lots of Mario Kart against each other on our DS (fantastic stuff by the way) and watching old West Wing episodes in our pajamas.

The wedding was certainly a memorable experience. Kieran and Michelle, who are old friends of ours from uni, had been going out for ages so we were really hoping they would have a nice day to tie the knot. As we were getting ready to head up to the botanical gardens to meet everyone Alison spotted a few storm clouds rolling in which didn't seem like a very good sign. I had planned on bringing my camera to take a few pictures for them but boy am I glad I didn't.

When we arrived at the wedding lawn the sky looked pretty grey but most of us were optimistic. The best man even informed all the guests that he had just looked up the satellite images before coming and that this was a thin band of storm clouds that would blow over shortly. Well the rain started falling heavily so everyone without an umbrella huddled under the gazebo while the bride remained waiting in the car for the weather to pass.



I of course had an umbrella so I gallantly gave my spot under cover so that others could remain dry. Shame the useless $10 hunk of junk I had over my head reached saturation point in 5 minutes and started dripping on me anyway. You know you've been had when you have to water proof your umbrella.

The raindrops stopped falling on my head after about 15 minutes so we proceeded with the wedding. During that brief respite it really was a wonderful day for the two of them and we could see that everyone involved put a lot of effort into it. There were two musicians in period dress playing Bach, the boys and girls looked great and Michelle's entrance was framed by an arch of soap bubbles blown from the crowd. I think that was just about all the luck they could afford as the minute they finished their vows we all felt the now familiar pelt of precipitation.

Once again we huddled under the gazebo for what cover it provided, which wasn't much as this was a torrential downpour. The rain was actually hitting us sideways and was punctuated by flashes of lightning and thunder right overhead. Then it started to hail...



We got another 15 odd minutes of that before it all stopped and we rushed to the car to head home for a hot shower and coco. Congratulations to Kieran and Michelle, it can only go up from here for the two of you. :)