Paul and Esther’s wedding
November 30th, 2006
We thought we’d run out of weddings…and then Paul and Esther announced their engagement in May, with a wedding date set for July! As members of Esther’s family were in the UK for holidays at the end of July, it made it possible for many more relatives to attend the wedding.
Paul is a friend who also studied at Edinburgh University. He has a particular place in our hearts for nudging Dan to ask me out…and was MC at our own wedding. In the last year, he has started studying at bible college in Glasgow, where he met Esther. We were delighted when he asked Dan to be his best man, and I accompanied his mum Rosemary for part of the day.
The weather stayed bright, and Paul and Esther win prizes for having the easiest venue to get to, just walking round the corner from the church. They also wowed the crowds with acrobats and fire eaters at the reception, as well as a magnificent vegetarian curry buffet.
Paul had previously worked in a kilt shop, and is quite knowledgeable about tartans. It was a good bet that he would wear a kilt. Dan decided to match that, and so tried out the kilt for the first time…Conveniently, the company which hired out the kilt was also in the process of choosing Dan’s company to do its website, and were happy to help out.
A thoroughly happy day, and a very relaxed reception where the kids attending were free to move about, do drawings or play in the space between rows of tables. Paul and Esther were finally allowed to escape to a (partially decorated) car, and drive off in order to catch an early flight to Italy the next day.
Here’s proof of Dan in kilt.
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