Hey,
I know I have been very slack in writing lately but truth is I just can't find the time, every night when I finish work I'm exhausted and need sleep and my days off are extremely busy so I just can write on here.
Lately everything is going well, I am nearly finished my 1st year as an apprentice and I am super excited about that, I have learnt a ton of new things, and have started to fill out my recipe book I purchased with all the different things I'm learning.
I am going to write off subject now and tell you about my weekend with Mr and Mrs Bodetti.
On Saturday (30th July) I had a wedding to go to, one of Craig's younger cousins was getting married and she invited us to attend, so on Saturday morning we got out of bed rushed around like chickens with no heads and got the car packed up and ventured up to Ipswich.
We checked into our hotel (the same one as the reception) and I took my 2 hours to get my hair and makeup looking good and getting dressed all while Craig was watching the footy on TV. about 10 minutes before we had to leave he jumps up puts his suit on then takes 20mins fixing it to look good... I thought only girls worried about that... when he was half satisfied we drove the 25kms to the wedding chapel in Marburg, it was just a small chapel but set in a huge estate and it was beautiful.
When we walked into the chapel there was a lovely harpist playing music and it sounded so awesome!!! she was definitely better than any string quartet would be, then the ceremony started.
Jenny (bridesmaid) came in a looked beautiful in a stunning silver dress with pleating on a diagonal down the torso, then Laura and her mum (Karen) came through the doors. Karen looked beautiful in her outfit and Laura's dress was amazing. it was a beaded bodice with a wrapover effect and had a small train on the end of it.
After the ceremony, the photos outside were all taken, when the time came for the brides family Laura (bride) called out for her family to come over and she said Craig and Toni... I have never been in a photo at a wedding before so I felt extremely happy to be classed as family :)
When we were standing waiting for all the photos to be taken we looked on the ground below our feet and Craig spotted a snake skin... ewww and a few cane toads jumping around... double ewwww.
We had to venture to the mansion on the estate for photos to be taken and to blow bubbles, it was such a beautiful day and better that everything went without troubles (except for a small tear in the brides gown).
Then it was off to the reception, which was back at the hotel we were staying at. The reception was supposed to start at 5pm but we didn't go into the room until 6pm so everyone was sitting around the bar waiting.
We went into the room after checking our table plan, and found we were sitting on the brides family table up the front. the layout was beautiful, our meals arrived shortly after sitting down and as an entree i had Wild Mushroom & English ricotta risotto and Craig had Prawns & Salmon with a avocado Salsa. the way it worked was everyone at the table got one thing and the person beside you got something different and you could swap if you need to, the downfall for the entree was the rice was still RAW! I still nibbled on it though, Craig didn't touch his salmon said he couldn't eat raw salmon.
Main meals came out next and I had Chicken wrapped in Prosciutto with a bacon and eschallot cream and Craig had Rib Fillet Steak with a mushroom and green peppercorn jus. He devoured his, i couldn't eat all mine as one half of the chicken wasn't cooked and extremely pink! i did not want to be sick last night so i left it.
Then desserts came out and Craig had a Pavlova nest with Chantilly cream and berries with a berry coulis and I had the same, Craig's stepdad had a caramel cheesecake with warm chocolate sauce but i thought it would be too rich for me. the Pavlova was very yummy.
Then came the speeches. they were extremely funny with talks about childhood and when they first met. then the first dance, where everyone was asked to join in as soon as possible. then everyone just sort of floated around talking to each other.
Laura came up to us during the night and said that our room was being put on their wedding package so it was free! it was a shock but she said someone who was going to stay ended up deciding not to, so they put our account onto the package after we had said our goodbyes to Collen (Craig's mum) Laurie (Craig's stepdad) Karen (brides mum) Maverick (brides brother) and Tabitha (brides sister) as they were heading back home for the night, When we went back into the room we got a beer each and just watched this couple make a fool of themselves on the dance floor. The lady of the couple came up and complemented my outfit before sitting down and having a chinwag with me for a while.
Then after a while we retreated to the bedroom where my feet started loving me for taking my heels off and putting some soft socks on :) oh and did I mention we had a king size bed... it was MASSIVE! felt like I was sleeping in my own bed :)
It was such a wonderful day, and I thank Laura and Peter for letting us share this memory with them, and I wish them all the best for their trip to Zambia for their honeymoon
