Last weekend Christina and Adam were married in a beautiful ceremony on a beautiful day at Little Manly Reserve. Christina's mum officiated so she was able to speak sincerely and from the heart. It was one of the most personal and moving ceremonies that I've attended.

It was also a very relaxed wedding. Adam and Chris only set the date for the wedding a month or so ago. (I imagine the lead-up to the event wasn't so relaxed though. Poor Chris.) It's the first wedding I've been to where Thai was served for dinner. Not only Thai, but "shared plates in the middle of the table and serve yourself" style Thai. It was awesome (and so was the masaman curry... soooo good.) There was no DJ or live band, just an iPod loaded with Chris and Adam's favourite tunes hooked up to a speaker and set on random. It was enough for me! I spent the usual amount of time on the dance floor (most of the evening).

So it proves you don't need three course meals or fancy eight piece bands to have a great wedding. You just need love baby! (awwww)


More photos (slideshow) on Flickr.

Last weekend it was Christina's turn to celebrate her last days as a single woman. For her hen's celebration we headed to the David Jones Australian Derby Day at Randwick race courses. Unfortunately, our point and shoot gave up the ghost a few weeks ago so I wasn't able to take any photos during the day. So, the photos from the day will be forthcoming.

I can show you what I baked for the day though. I baked caramel mud(cup)cakes and topped them with dark chocolate icing. I decorated them in a Looooooooove theme. I took photos of my cupcake creations before leaving the house which was a good idea because once packed in my rolly esky, they got bounced around a bit on the journey. Oops! They didn't look quite this good when I brought them out at dessert time. They tasted just as good though!