Jo and Ian 5th September 2009

I met Jo and Ian at a friends wedding in Lapland a few years ago where Jo was bridesmaid and wearing a lovely dress complimented with a great big pair of ski boots! That was definately a wedding out of the ordinary for me, however when they booked their own wedding they decided to stay closer to home.

Doing any wedding is nervewracking as you want to be sure the bride and groom love the results, but I think when it a friends wedding the nerves are doubled and you pray that everything is perfect for them, especially the weather! The forecast was for showers with it clearing later in the afternoon so keeping fingers crossed that it would stop raining at some point, I set off to meet Jo and the bridesmaids at Hair Revival. Despite the rain everyone was in a happy and excited mood whilst they had their hair and make up applied before heading back to the house to get ready.

I met up with Ian, his best men and the ushers at St Pauls church where we managed to dodge the raindrops to get some pictures outside. Jo and Ians' little girl, Lily, arrived and obviously became the centre of attention for all the arriving guests - she was having a great time trying to pull the hats from her nans head!

A beautiful wedding car, from St Leonards, dropped the bridesmaids off before doing the return journey to bring Jo and her dad to church. Luck must have been on our side as by the time Jo arrived the rain had stopped. She looked stunning as she stepped out of the car and made her way into church - not a ski boot in sight!

After the service finished and the confetti was thrown we made the short journey up the road to Dunscar Golf Club where the reception was to be held. The weather was improving all the time and by the time we were organising the groups the sun was finally beginning to put in an appearance. With the hills in the background and the sun shining we got some gorgeous pictures of Jo, Ian and little Lily.

I stayed to cover the speeches which they had decided to do before the meal started so as to allow Ian and his best man to enjoy the food without the nerves. After many laughs and a few tears the speeches ended with a toast to the bride and groom made by the best man, at which point I left to let them enjoy the rest of their wedding day.

Hope you guys had a fantastic day and enjoyed every minute of it!