Cilla's Day

The weekend was filled with celebrations of our daughter Cilla and Ian's wedding!  What a joyous event it was!  I've never seen so much joy contained all in one place!   That came not only from the bride and groom, but also from long time friends of the bride and groom,  their families and siblings and their families,  the parents and grandparents,  the children and babies and dogs and all the guests.

This was not the kind of wedding that usually happens these days.  It was an informal, outside, do-it-yourself affair.   The ceremony took place at the upper park, by the waterfall.   Come to think of it,  the outside and rocks and waterfall and nature was the overall theme of the wedding and reception.  The reception took place at the lower park in the Reception Hall, a beautiful facility.

Cilla did all the decorating herself, and also made all of the food!  I don't know how she did so many things.  It was marvelous.  She and her friends and loved ones decorated the upper park, where the ceremony took place, as well as the reception hall.  

It was definitely a family affair.   Gerry walked the bride down the aisle.  I officiated.  Three nieces were flower girls.  Papa Joe did a reading.  Ian's Dad did a toast.  Daughter V acted as the event photographer and took 400+ of the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen.

 What is posted here is a waterfall wedding cake, made by the bride herself, completely edible,  with fog coming off the stream!     A waterfall comes out of the center of the cake.   There is even a bridge over the waterfall, just below the upper layer.   After the ceremony, those who wished to hiked the trail from the upper park to the lower for the reception.   Lots of pictures were taken on the bridge.

This is one impressive and original cake.  

The bride and groom are also originals!