A Million More Wedding Photos
Hey, have you been looking for paradise? Because I've got great news for you! I think I've found it! It's right here in Vanuatu, so you can call the search off immediately. This morning, for instance, I had homemade crumpets for breakfast, spread generously with honey butter, and then papaya, melon, and orange with house-made coconut sorbet. And then, as if that weren't enough, I followed it up with poached eggs, bacon, toast, and roasted tomato. And then I spent the day on a sun lounger in front of my beachfront villa, rising from said sun lounger only to kayak, snorkel, and then almost die in an unfortunate body-boarding incident around mid-afternoon. (It was all great apart from the body-boarding incident. Who knew the tides in Vanuatu were so rough? Not us! Whoops! Nothing like drowning on your honeymoon to put a damper on things!)
Anyway, I'm interrupting my days of slothfulness and sun-baking to point you in the direction of a few more wedding pictures, should you be at all interested. Ironically, the first time we've had reliable Internet---or at least reliable Internet that didn't cost 55 cents a minute, ARE YOU KIDDING ME SYDNEY MARRIOTT?---is here in the middle of the South Pacific, where we arrived yesterday and will now happily stay for the remainder of our lives. Oh, did you need me, office? Did you need me, family? You'll find me right here in villa number three, sipping a banana milkshake in my bikini and reading a novel a day. Hope that's alright!
So we won't have the professional pictures back from our marvelous photographers for another few weeks, but luckily we have some friends who not only own cameras, but who also brought them to our wedding and took hundreds of brilliant pictures, and they've all kindly pooled them together for us to look at. I owe these friends something wonderful, like my firstborn child or a banana milkshake to be sipped on a sun lounger while reading a novel a day, but instead they will just have to make do with my undying gratitude. And also the advice that you shouldn't try boogie-boarding in Vanuatu around mid-afternoon. You're welcome, friends!
I remember most of the day looking like this, which is to say dreamy and magical and also kind of blurry and surreal:
And yet there were also moments of startling lucidity, like the walk down the aisle with my dad, when I made myself look around at every single person who was in the chapel, remembering each and every face. (This was all very well, of course, but it wasn't until I was halfway up the aisle that I remembered to look to the front and find Sean. Oh, right, Sean! That guy I'm marrying! Guess I should check and make sure he's there as well!)
(Photo taken by Leah)
So then we had drinks:
(Photo taken by May)
And then we had dinner:
(Photo taken by Kristin)
And it was wonderful.
Anyway, I've got a whole lot more to say about the day, obviously, but for now, if you're interested, there are a whole bunch of photographs from my lovely friends right here. As for me, I've got a three-course meal to eat on the beach at sunset. Internet, my life has totally turned into The Bachelor.
Sep 14, 2009
Lovely photos! It was such a nice way to spend my lunch break, looking at pictures of your beautiful day. Enjoy paradise!
Sep 14, 2009
Such an inspiration! I want to renew my vows right now so I can have something bigger!
Sep 14, 2009
Oh my goodness, your dress is GORGEOUS.
Sep 14, 2009
yum, i want that breakfast too! (especially the coconut sorbet.)
your wedding photos are marvelous. you look absolutely stunning. and may i just say your dress? gorgeous. gorgeous. (i want your waistline.)
Sep 14, 2009
um. oh, this is embarrassing but i'm going to go ahead and ask, because i'm always looking for something new to read.
what novels did you read (and like?)
suddenly i feel like the old spinster grandmother who reads this nice website.
Sep 14, 2009
Perfection. All of it.
Sep 14, 2009
Can I just say that I love the one you labeled "Married!". It reminds me of the excitement I felt on my own wedding day after the ceremony - because I knew that at least we got married, so even if everything else fell apart, we had accomplished what we set out to do that day!
Sep 14, 2009
Gorgeous photos of a gorgeous day! Congratulations to you both!
Sep 14, 2009
Wow, I love that dance floor and the lanterns. Classy.
Sep 14, 2009
oh you were so right about the checked dance floor. everything looked perfect and now i'm craving a banana milkshake.
Sep 14, 2009
i haven't been reading your blog long but your dress is beautiful and you looked amazing. i really can't get over the dress.
Sep 14, 2009
I'd settle for the firstborn, but the one I have is enough. Enough I say!
I'm jealous, by the way. The rest of us had to go directly back to our dreary lives, whilst you are luxuriating in paradis.
Sep 14, 2009
Lovely photos! I cannot tell you how much I love all the little touches and creative ideas. And the dress is gorgeous!
Sep 14, 2009
Just the way weddings should be: dreamy, magical, surreal.
And...I'm ready to pack for Vanuatu. Hope there's a lucky number 7 villa with my name on it!
Sep 14, 2009
So beautiful! We just celebrated our eighth anniversary, and I still get all fluttery-feeling when I look at our wedding pictures or anyone else's, because they remind me of how amazing that day was. Congratulations to you and Sean!
Sep 14, 2009
Seriously. Beautiful. I want to do mine over.
Sep 14, 2009
Beautiful! All the little details are amazing. Your dress is stunning!
Sep 14, 2009
Amazing.
Beautiful.
Stunning.
That is all :)
Sep 14, 2009
Hats! Morning coats! Heaps of white flowers! Charming vintage details! Black and white dance floor! A stunningly gorgeous bride and groom! And expressions of bliss everywhere ... really, could it be better? I think not.
(Note - someone PLEASE remind me to get invited to a Brit wedding soon. I really, really, really need a good excuse to wear a magnificent hat.)
Sep 14, 2009
Fab, Holly, just fab.
Sep 14, 2009
Wow. This was obviously the perfect wedding. Any thoughts about going into the wedding planning business?
Sep 14, 2009
Holly, your dress is by far the most beautiful I have ever seen, including the one worn by my own daughter-in-law. You and Sean both look absolutely radiant in every single one of these pictures. Clearly all your planning and hard work paid off in a wedding that was just what you wanted. A labor of love. Keep these photos coming, Kiddo -- they are a veritable visual FEAST!
Sep 14, 2009
Your hair on the wedding day! Oh my, I simply love it.
Sep 14, 2009
That's a lovely set of photographs.
Sep 15, 2009
your blog is quite nice and it really remember me the marriage ceremony of my brother!
good work over all!
Sep 15, 2009
You look stunning! I love the "something blue" in your earrings. How clever!
Sep 15, 2009
lovely Holly! I have a good frined from 4-H camp who is in Vanautu with the Peace Corps. He has been sending us updates,and having a ball! so if ya'll see Chris Flyr, tell him the Marin County 4-H Camp Big Kids say hey! I'm sure he would love to buy you and Sean a Banana milkshake!
Sep 16, 2009
My jealousy over your honeymoon knows no bounds.
Your wedding looks like it was an amazing, beautiful day. That dress is perfect and I can't get over how over the moon happy you all seem.
Sep 17, 2009
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Oct 04, 2009
Beautiful photo. I especially liked the chessboard
Feb 10, 2010
Those pictures are amazingly amazing.
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Feb 10, 2010
Not us! Whoops! Nothing like drowning on your honeymoon to put a damper on things!)
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Apr 22, 2010
This are so cool. I remember at my weding. It is nice.
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