Thank you, we've now got the hard job of deciding which images to get enlarged. I fancy having maybe 3 canvas images done, but choosing is proving VERY hard!
on with the report......
Once we got back inside we were served desert. The staff were very good in not serving anything when anyone was away from the table, such as for bathroom visits. It's a good job we didn't have weaker bladders, we'd never have got to see wishes
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Once deserts were on the table I gave out presents. I had already given the children "goodie bags" at the beginning of the meal, but these were just to keep them entertained and away from all those wine bottles stacked around the room!
Here's Maddies twirling a bit too close to those bottles
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The goodie bags contained drawing books, crayons and stickers and the bigger "half" of whatever I had used on their deckchair.
Maddie had a tiny King Mickey and Queen Minnie attached to a cushion on her chair - these belonged inside a polly pocket style compact which opened up into a castle.
Lewis had a small Lightning Mcqueen from Cars on his chair. This was remote control and the control was in his bag.
Ellen had a litle princess preschool toy, a bit like the fisher price little people. It was really a bit big for her chair, but tiny toys and under 3's are not a good combination! Her goodie bag contained the horse and carriage, and the rest of the royal party.
I had also bought "real" presents for them as a reminder of the day. Along with a "the day I was a bridesmaid" and "the day I was a pageboy" scrapbooks I got:
Maddie a star shaped silver and diamond locket that says "twinkle twinkle little star"
Lewis a Mickey Mouse watch
Ellen a silver bracelet with her name engraved and a Disney castle charm to go on it. ( we bought Maddie a charm bracelet on her very first vacation, and each time we go away we add another charm, so I quite liked the idea of being able to add to Ellen's charm collection over the years to come too)
Then it was the grownups turn.
I love these photos because Randy managed to capture a classic moment.
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Heres Mel opening the box I had wrapped for Her and Ade. I used the same boxes and ribbons as the invitation package.
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There were several little things at the top of the box. A little leather bookmark and a lavender bag in the shape of a dress the same colour as Mel's dress. A framed jumbo Disney pin depicting Mickey and Minnie in a hot air balloon and underneath a "certificate"
We had booked and paid for a balloon flight for them both for the Saturday morning and the "certificate" told them what was happening.
Here's Mels face when she read it....I love this photo!
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Then we gave Iain's Dad his present. Same type of box with "bits" - a bookmark, a pair of musical note cufflinks and a framed Disney pin of Pluto playing the saxaphone.( Did I mention his Dad plays the sax and is in a band?)
His main present was a giftcard for the Virgin megastore at DTD.
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We finished the meal with Coffees, Paid the bill and scooped up all our bits and pieces. I've mentioned earlier in this report about the bill. There is a $650 minimum spend for the Chefs Domaine and we did think we would only just make it, but with wine and fairytale curvee the total was quite a bit more, so we used our DDE card for the 20% discount. For any future brides out there, don't even stop and think about whether to splurge out the $$ getting this card with your AP's JUST DO IT. If you are paying for ANY meals for your wedding party at all, the card will probably pay for itself with just one meal. I know this was one extravagant meal, but we saved around $200 on this alone .
Right, I'm off my soapbox again now. We said a fond goodbye to the Chefs Domaine and our waiter, Giovanni, and headed downstairs.
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Bride carrying bag
( but not for long. This is how good Randy was, he even carried the bag for me
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We needed to get over to the GF marina for 9.15, but we still had a little time for a few shots on the staircase.
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It took a little while to stop the kids playing, then we posed for some formal shots
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and some not quite so formal ones
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Then it was off to the Marina.................
) We didn't have to get to the Marina until 9.15 which worked out just about right. It's funny, I thought we would be hanging around for about an hour with nothing to do!
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That is absolutely breathtaking. That must have been so amazing1 I'm so glad you guys were able to share something so special together.
