We are back. Had sooo much fun this weekend! The Drakensberg is such a special place - in general - but it is especially special to Pete and I.
The first time we visited The Berg together was in 2001. Before we were even engaged. I was doing a Physio placement job here in SA for 3 months, so Pete flew out to join me at the end of it, and we had a wonderful holiday - going to Cape-Town, Stellenbosch, Victoria falls, the Pilanesberg, Sun-City, Ballito and finally - Cathedral Peak, in The Drakensberg. Of all the beautiful places we visited on that wonderful holiday, The Drakensberg was our favourite. It stole our hearts - so much so, that when Pete proposed on Christmas day 4 months later, back in snowy England, we decided to plan our wedding to take place there. We phoned Cathedral Peak on boxing day, and booked our wedding for the 14th December 2002. And the rest, as they say, is history.
So since our wedding, we haven't been back to The Berg. It was so special to revisit with our 3 children, almost 9 years since our wedding day - and 10 years since we first visited.
We laughed and laughed and had sooo much fun as we re=enacted our wedding photos! Ryan was put in charge as chief photographer for our 'posed' shots - and he did very well, considering my SLR camera is not a doddle to use, and is also quite heavy! Little miss madam would not be left out of the photographers role - but alas, the camera is not her forte, so we ended up with dodgy shots like this:
And this:
Actually - after trying to photograph my children and the scenery this weekend - I now appreciate the very difficuilt task that our wedding photographer had at our wedding. That scenery is breath-takingly beautiful, but oh my.... the light is tricky to play with, and even more tricky is photographing the subjects but also keeping the background scenery as a focal view! I will forever look at my wedding photos in a different way now - and really appreciate what a marvelous job our photographer did!
And heres a few fun snaps of our wedding poses :
So much fun this weekend... too many pics I want to share with you...but I will limit it to these few more:
My gorgeous dudes
The 3 dudes in my life approaching the chapel. How gorgeous? x
I cannot tell you how many times I get asked how old my twins are.... they do play so nicely together x
Girls unite
Could this be the most beautiful Chapel in the world?
And thats enough.... for now! Will share more pics on Facebook x x
I hope you all had great weekends.... and its hot here!!! 37C in Pretoria today.....PHEW
Wow that does look magical. Great to re-visit the scenes. Trying to remember where you guys chose to stay in the end.
Posted by: cat@juggling act | October 24, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Oh wow, yes I can well imagine how special it is for you. How nostalgic to go back as a family - cant wait to see more photess on fb! I think it was such a fun idea to re-enact your shoot - what a blast!
Posted by: Melody | October 24, 2011 at 01:54 PM
Oh yes, I could not agree with you more! I love the berg!
And i am loving these pics!
Sounds like you had a memorable holiday!
Posted by: Hayley | October 24, 2011 at 04:46 PM
Love this idea, well done Ryan on the photography!
Posted by: Jo | October 25, 2011 at 02:47 PM
What lovely memories!!! And some stunning photos!
Posted by: Laura | October 26, 2011 at 02:51 PM
Wow...I can only imagine how much fun you must have had with these photos...and young Ryan did pretty well. Your children are so beautiful...but then again...you know that;-)
Posted by: Lynette | October 28, 2011 at 08:53 PM