Rachel & Joe's Wedding

Hey blog, can you believe my sister Rachel got married?! I guess I can, I mean, she's been with Joe for, like, ten years now, or something crazy. But, still! The wedding day was perfect, of course! Let me tell you all about it...

It all started on the 28th of August. Dad & I went to Joe's Parents' house in the morning to put on our suits. I couldn't believe how calm and easy Joe was. I was way more nervous than he and I wasn't even getting married! We drove to the manor for the ceremony and the guests started arriving. Eventually, the ceremony starts and dad walks Rachel down the isle. I say walk, he was practically running and Rachel had to hold him back! He was really nervous, you see. Really, really nervous because he knew he had to give his speech at dinner later on.

The ceremony went smoothly and we all relaxed and chatted and watched the (amazing) magician and had our photos taken before dinner. By the time we started dinner, dad was looking like a ghost from the nerves. But when he finally got up to do his speech, he was completely fine! Told me afterwards that the nerves just went away as soon as he joked to the audience about how he was "bricking it". The food was great, too! Although, I couldn't eat it because I was too worked-up. Here's me with Lucy just after food:

After the food, we were free to roam the grounds and find our hotel rooms. But I didn't have much time for that because I had to carry on with my usher duties! I was on the door for several hours at the evening do; welcoming guests to the masquerade ball. Once the party really got going, Joe/dad/Victoria's band kicked-off. They were brilliant!! And I danced for most of it (especially as the singer kept singling me out and telling me to come back and dance!!).

Me & Lucy snuck out (when a power cut put the gig on hold) to get our pictures drawn by the caricature! But the artist was really eggy and he didn't draw us very nicely (he was meant to finish his shift 30 minutes earlier!):

Anyway, after that we pretty much just danced the night away and rocked back to our hotel rooms in the wee hours. It's great that Joe is officially part of the family, now. He's been like a big brother to me for as long as I can remember. And I'm so happy for Rachel! In conclusion, it was an extra-special day, and I give it 10 out of 10.

Huzzah!