Exactly four weeks on from the day itself I present to you the official wedding portraits, brought to you courtesy of the fabulous Jeff Ascough who in my opinon did THE most AMAZING job of photographing the big day….but then I would say that wouldn’t I?!

It’s all too often that brides can be heard describing their wedding day as the best day of their life so far, but up until my own big day, I never really fully understood what they meant. On many occasions throughout the planning process, I would always ask married friends “in what way was it the best?“, but I could never really get a satisfactory answer. All to frequently the reply would be something along the lines of “well, I dunno, it just was“. And now when it comes to trying to explain the feeling of my very own wedding, I find myself up against the same verbal brick wall. It really was a very best day of my life so far, but as to explaining why, well it just was. There is no single thing about the day that stood out above all others as being a hilight, as every single moment from the second I got up in the morning to the time that I went to bed was just so smashingly perfect. So much so that I’m still on a high from it.

I spent the entire day completely swollen with pride. I was proud of our beautiful, BEAUTIFUL bridal party, who all looked more stunning that words can ever describe, I was proud for Mutti looking amazing to be walking down the aisle on the arm of my cousin, I was proud for a dapper looking Young Father to be giving me away, and I was of course completely proud to be joined in marriage with my new husband in front of friends and family who had between them travelled hundreds of thousands of miles to share the moment. And all throughout the same time I was bursting with pleasure at the sight of seeing all our hard work over the past eleven months come together to an absolutely flawless finish. Even the one tiny glitch that did happen (MrNin’s buttonhole and Mutti’s corsage had been confused) was all sorted very efficiently and in good time. The ceremony was wonderful, the ride in the vintage cars to the reception was delightful, and everything about the reception was magnificent- drinks were flowing, the food was amongst the most excellent I have ever had, the band sounded amazing, and I very much got the impression that everyone had a good time. if any of the guests had any complaints, it was probably that we almost killed them by presenting them with enormous quantities of too many good things. But in a way, I consider that a compliment- best to have too much than too little in my book! Even the weather came through for us- according to the staff at the restaurant, we were only the second wedding that year so far who had had sunshine.

I really cannot summon the words to express how pleased, grateful and honoured I still feel about the whole event, it was just the most perfect day ever. The vocabulary just doesn’t exist, nor are there superlatives great enough, but the pictures that were taken speak all the words that I stuggle to find. Here are some of my personal favourites that i wanted to share (but you can view a slideshow of the full set by clicking here). I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

^^^By the way, that man with that there camera is none other than FilmChris! He and his wife Sandra (a.k.a. ‘Vanderkitten’) were in our bridal party.

Thanks everyone, you were all amazing