The Princess (deep) in Africa: The Wedding!!!!

WOW WOW WOW. What an AMAZING day....and an AMAZING weekend. I know I told my sis not to overuse that word in her speech...but it is so appropriate that its hard not to.

The day before the wedding SO many friends and family members were at the venue to help out. Boz and Collin did the wedding on a VERY small budget so a lot of it was DIY. But that just added to the vibe and got everyone involved. Benedikt and I arrived in style in our fancy hired car, along with the photographer (a friend of theirs) and the flowers. It was a fun afternoon. Just SUPER cold. It was a real shock to our systems after coming from this lovely warm country.

That evening Ally, Boz and I stayed together in the honeymoon suite. We stayed up until 1am talking and discussing important issues. We also had a fair amount of champagne :-)
We snuggled and spooned each other in bed that night as it was so cold! It was very special!

Most things went smoothly on the actual day. The things that didnt just ended up being a joke :-) The whole day was filled with SO much emotion, every guest was just SO happy for Mandy and Collin and they couldn't get enough of the celebrations. Mandy and Collin were cheered into the tent with such a noise (and the to the sound of Spirit of a Great heart)... people even stood on their seats. And every speech (including mine) was SO interactive... the audience was just so hungry for entertainment!! Mandy and Collin both said such beautiful speeches too... man it was an AWESOME day.

My sister looked EXQUISITE. And Colon looked SOooooo handsome in his beautiful suit. And get this, EVERYONE dressed up. Her theme was Out of Africa - hats and furs etc and it just created such a vibe right from the beginning.

The two of them are both SUCH good dancers they had every guest enthralled when they took to the floor. The next morning we all had breakfast together at the lodge we stayed at. We had fun decorating their car :-)
Collin and Mandy then went back to venue where everyone helped out with taking the marquee down and tidying up etc. They had a champagne brunch and then they left for honeymoon: 2 weeks away at Mana Pools (Zim/Zambia), just the 2 of them, in the REAL bush and far away from ANY civilisation!