Wedding Day - Church

Here are the shots taken at the church. These are pictures from Randal, the photographer we hired for the event.

Our wedding programme

Flowers at the guests sign table

Guests outside the church

Alex welcoming guests

Guests at the sign table

Arriving in my 'carriage'

Aunt handing me my flowers

Walking in the church hand in hand with dad

Getting the wedding party all ready

Pageboy Wilson and flowergirl Bridie

Beautiful bridesmaid, my sister Debbie

The walk down the aisle

Singing a hymn -There Shall Be Showers of Blessing

All in a row

A closeup of our flowers - I didnt limit my bouquet to only off white flowers as I felt it would not stand out against the white of the gown

My in-laws giving their consent

My parents giving their consent

Wide shot of all present for the ceremony

Aaron the best man trying hard to get the rings off the pillow without them rolling onto the ground and disappearing :)

Alex placing the ring on my finger

Me placing the ring on Alex's finger

Completing the vows

Saying our 'I do's'
Standing with the minister and wedding party

Dad giving a prayer of blessing for the two of us

Me signing the wedding certificate and registry

Alex signing the wedding certificate and registry

Everyone rising to welcome the newly weds

Minister giving his final words

Announcing... " Mr. & Mrs. Lui "

Shot of my family

Shot of Alex's family

Us with our minister, Rev. Jim B


Deborah (the impromptu videographer) and I

Chatting to guests at a small tea reception at Waldock Hall next to the church


Dad talking to our minister

Keeping up with our guests
Wide shot of Waldock Hall

Waldock Hall

Alex giving his speech

Me smiling while Alex gives his speech

Our wedding cake and flowers

Us cutting the cake

Finishing up with a tender moment

cheryl

Wedding Day - Morning

We woke up at 6am, bright and early to get ready. I had arranged for my hair and make up to be done at the house to lessen my stress and anxiety. That was a good move. Brides to be, take my advice. If you can, always arrange for those two to be done without you having to rush from one place to another. Having to account for traffic and possible delays on the biggest day of your life is not pleasant.

If anyone in Canberra is reading this and may be interested to use the services of the two girls who did our hair and make up, here are their contacts below.

Airbrush Makeup - Suzy 0404189848
Obsess Hair Studio - Mira 0422604471

These ladies did a good job and here are the shots of the 3 hours before the church.

Table full of make up

Debbie getting her make up done

This is Suzy - Airbrushing

Me getting my make up done

This is Mira - Getting my hair done

Mom looking great in her outfit

Dad looking handsome bar the house slippers :)

Oh mirror, mirror not on the wall.... who is the fairest of them all?
I love how Mira did the twists and turns.. looks voluminous yet its all my own hair!

All done - Now to get changed

The white shoes didn't see much of the day -giving them some credit here :)

Waiting for the accessories

Shot taken at our banisters before I made my way down the stairs

Deborah and I - She ended up being partly photographer and fully a videographer for the day. She did a good job too! I think we just discovered a possible sideline for her :)

Taking a short breather on the couch

The two beautiful ladies in white that day - Sis and I

Mom and Dad doing the traditional 'placing of the veil'

Family shot

Leaving on the front steps

Our looks of joy at the sight of our car


The fantastic wedding car, Audi A6 with our best man Aaron ( I drove this car a bit before this.. awesome drive!)

Off we go!

cheryl

Reliving the Last 21 Days

We are back! The past 3 weeks has been a rush from preparing for one big event to another. So the coming posts will rehash our experiences and memories from those days. There will be heaps of pictures so for those who have limits on their internet account, you have been warned. :)

Before I continue, I just want to thank everyone who helped us out in big and small ways during the church wedding in Australia, the dinner in Penang and the dinner cum trip to Hong Kong. We appreciate all that was done because it really did take a lot of pressure off our minds during the events. It was good to have had help from people we trust.

So just before we post the pics, let me just give a rundown of the dates to help with the timeline.

5 July - Church Wedding in Australia
12 July - Dinner in Penang
16 July - Trip to Hong Kong
22 July - Back in Australia

More to come.......

cheryl

I know it has been awhile...

Its been a crazy rush around since July 1 till today. We have not been able to find time to update this blog. But we will soon :) This is a short, rushed post to say we will have updates come next Wednesday. Finally returning to Canberra early next week! Back to the cold...

Till then, 'choi keen' from Hong Kong and do check back next week.


cheryl