My Wedding Day... Where do I start?  My husband and I got married on the 24th October 2009 but the day got off to a rough start.  I woke up in Johannesburg at my mom's house and went to the hairdresser, I sat there for hours and was starting to run out of time.  My husband was in Pretoria and instead of getting ready, him and his family decided to go visit their other relatives.

My uncle drove me in his 4x4 to my wedding.  I was running late so I called my husband to let him know I might not make it in time... turns out he was 10 minutes ahead of me on the highway stuck in traffic.  Yet neither of us were stressed out.  We look at bad or unfortunate events as great stories to tell years from now to our grand children.

We not the traditional type so we wanted an unusual wedding, so my mom got me a massive ring pillow, we asked everyone to wear black jeans and a black t-shirt so that we would stand out in our blue jeans and white shirts.  We got married at a theme park.  We were so casual and comfortable and it made the day so amazing.

 I asked my younger sisters to be my brides maids and one of my sister's friend's.  My sister's are the 2 blondies on the Left and Center.  They are to beautiful and precious for words.  My husband asked his 2 brother's and his best friend to be his grooms man. 

When it got to us saying our vows instead of saying I take Jurie Du Preez... I managed to get tongue twisted and muttered Jurie Du Pierre.  So I am married to another man according to my husband every time he is thinking of trading me in for a newer, younger model.

When it came to the kiss I was wearing a very sticky lip gloss and my husband had a priceless reaction to it.

 Everything went well until it came time for my husband's twin brother to hold the candle...

 As we lit the candle some wax fell onto his hand and a few choice words came out in front of the priest.  We couldn't help but laugh at his "eina, fok!!" moment.

 Most of our family met for the first time that day and surprisingly they all got along.  The shocking part is that my mom and dad don't sit around the same table but put their differences aside for me.  It was a bit of tricky situation to get the photo taken though... we struggled to get them to stand next to each other without being able to fit an elephant between them, but at last SUCCESS!!!

My brother decided he was born to stand out... Can you spot him???

As everyone left the theme park to meet us at the reception which was held at my aunt's house.   My husband and I were standing outside the car that our family painted with lipstick and balloons... only to realize that my husband's mother had our car keys and our cellphones and they had already left.  Once they were on the highway his mom remembered that we excited and turned around.

Once we got to the reception everyone was waiting with rose petals... so beautiful.  A lot of pictures were taken by my dad, and only after the pictures were developed, did we see this one.

 

As the night when on people started pinning money onto me that my husband needed to take off... blindfolded.  And my husband being the respectable man that he is... was trying to figure out how to remove the money from my cleavage area without using his hands to feel for it in front of my family.  He is such a cutie pie.  He came up with using the back of his hands.

But wait there's more... (I sound like a sales commercial).  At that point in time we lived in a 1 bedroom flatlet and his mom and them drove all the way from Bloemfontein for the wedding, so we decided not to leave straight away for our honeymoon and rather stayed home and spent some time with his family.  There wasn't a lot of space for people to sleep.  we blew up the 2 air mattresses for his 2 brother's and their wives and we couldn't let his mom sleep on the couch because she has back problems... we had one more solution left.  On my wedding night I can proudly and not at all in a weird way, can say I shared a bed with my husband and his mother. (Yes, we make fantastic memories that could scare little children)

I love my husband more and more each day.  Going on 10 Years together and I still don't want to spend 1 second without him. He makes me happier than any one person in the world ever could.  He drives me insane and I think about putting a pillow over is head some nights, but I am madly in love with him.  I am honored and privileged to have such an amazing man in my life.  I love you Baby!!! Thank you for all you do for me!!!  Thank you for encouraging me each day to be better than the last!!!