Wie geht's?
The next couple of posts will be about weddings. You have been warned!
Poppy Mae is 7 months old and has attended three weddings thus far. This prompted a good question from Adam - did he attend any weddings before Michelle and Gavin's? That one was 20 years ago.
Sidebar - memorable wedding that one - in that I remember it well. It ended up being very romantic: Gavin's singing at the lovely little Taranaki church, the reception during the storm that created a power outage, and the subsequent use of candlelight are all distinctive memories from February 14, 2004.
So, that got me thinking about our family and friends' weddings between 1986 (when Adam was born) and 2004.
Four years after mum passed away, dad remarried, to Nita, on Oct 3, 1987, and we used our neighbours (Rodney and Di) to babysit Keegan age 3, and Adam roughly Poppy's age. I doubt Keegan remembers much about life at Dornwell Rd., Three Kings and you were a baby.
It was a nice wedding. As best man, I gave a speech at the reception. Nita had been mum's bridesmaid and was Ross' Godmother, so she already had strong links to the family.
A second family wedding was when Ross married Lynda, April 9, 1988, and we attended, but again - Keegan age 4 and Adam age 2 - were home, still Dornwell Road, with the same friends babysitting.
That's it for family weddings during that time.
As for friends, they were either married already and having babies, like us, or else overseas.
There you go Adam. Hope that answers your question.
Love and peace - dad
1 comment:
It was a lovely day as was yours and Jackys near on 40years ago. St Joseph Church, indoor photos as it was coldish and meet your extended family for the first time. However you vow renewal was super special and beautiful!🤩
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