Daniel and Ree get engaged!

Well we suspected as much but Daniel hit Ree up with the big question whilst in New Zealand :)

So we had a lovely night celebrating Saturday night at the Darwin Trailer boat club.   The wedding will be around the middle of next year!

Awesome news.

Sam and Cloe tie the knot

Sam and Cloe were married today at the beautiful location of Coomalie Creek.  The church campsite has a special meaning to Sam and his family as they grew up there for some time whilst his father John Pattemore was alive.

The lovely young couple at the nearby
Lake Bennett for photos at sunset

A funny moment when Paul failed to beat the timer on his camera despite a mad dash to the crowd

More photos at https://wildfoto.smugmug.com/Weddings/Sam-and-Cloe/ if you have the password :)

Steve and Leoryah's wedding

We celebrated the wedding of Stephen Ezzy to Leoryah today at the Community Church in Millner.  Jessie and Tanya helped me with photos (http://wildfoto.smugmug.com/Weddings) but it was very wet!  We tried a few places such as Nightcliff and the old Post Office in the city and got a few keepers.

Rosanna and Shannon's wedding

 

The big day has arrived!

 

 

Well was a beautiful day - even if it didn't go quite to plan!    The plan was to have the ceremony on the beach but a very rainy day made that out of the question - fortunately as you can see we were able to get a few photos later at the spot.

So the ceremony was held inside where the reception was held later (this was always the backup plan) and it was a lovely intimate occasion.  Family and friends were wonderfully helpful and it was great to share the occasion with them.  A special thanks to the likes of Jessie (doing photography), Ree-Ann (make-up etc) and Nadine (general organising and support) who all worked very hard!  There were of course many others who helped out a lot and we are just very thankful to those who made the trip to celebrate the big day with us.

Shannon and Rosanna Beath left early the next morning to their honeymoon in Thailand.  They'll be passing by Darwin on the way back home in a couple of weeks where we'll have a bit of a get together for those who couldn't make it down to the wedding.

The rest of us off to the Gold Coast for the wedding

Well this is our view the first night from the hotel - not a bad location!  Well that was until we realised that the construction site at our feet had very noisy machines during the day!

Ah well all the more reason to get up early and do stuff instead of sitting around the hotel :)

Me and David joined Gwenny and Rosanna the first night at Shannon's place and then drove down the next day.  Daniel and ReeAnn flew down with us but we dropped them off at Ree's sister's place for a couple of days as they were attending a cousin's wedding.  They drove down her sister's car a couple of days later.

Well it was a great week - as the girls fussed and stressed about the wedding the boys went swimming heaps at the beach and just relaxed.  Was good to spend time with family and friends who were down also from Darwin and many other places (eg Troy from Brisbane and Craig/Lynn from Adelaide, Michael and Leanne from Maryborough etc). 

We did have an interesting time on the Thursday when Daniel and David got in a rip and needed a bit of help to get back on the beach!  I didn't tell Gwenny about that one until after the wedding!

Was great to catch up with the new very-soon-to-be-inlaws too! 

Gwenny of to Brisbane to help with wedding preparations

Shannon and Rosanna's big day is only 2 weeks away now and Gwenny has joined them in Ipswich to help get ready etc.  Paul and the boys (and Ree-ann) will be joining them in another week.

Shannon and Rosanna at Dooze and Michelle's wedding

Rosanna and Shannon engaged!

Well some of us sort of knew it was happening and a lot more of us suspected, but today they were "officially" engaged!  We had a little get together at Rob and Jessie's place and it was great that many of the family could get along and celebrate it with us.   After deliving the new Landrover Shannon had to fly back the next day for work but Rosanna was able to spend a few more days with us before heading back which was great.

The planned date of the big day is Saturday April 13th 2013 so they are not mucking around!

 

Dooze and Michelle married

Our neice Michelle Ezzy married Stuart Duncanson today.  Was a beautiful day - I did the photos with help from Tania Ezzy and Melody Fleming (and my wife!).  Photos can be seen at http://wildfoto.smugmug.com/Weddings/Michelle-and-Dooze

It was great to have Shannon along also in Darwin at the time to attend with us.

Craig and Lyn's wedding

We left for Perth on the 14th of December to celebrate Craig and Lyns wedding on the 18th.  We got back home on the 20th.

The wedding was beautiful and we had a great time.  The were married in an amazing old church near the city and the reception was up in the Perth Hills at a Winery.  Paul was one of the groomsmen and Monica and Toby were also able to make it with us (was great to meet Toby for the first time).  Peterboy also flew down from Darwin.

A lot of us stayed together in a caravan park near the airport which was a handy place.  Craig and Lyn, Troy, Graham and Denise, Monica, Toby and Peter, and Dave and Leisha also stayed there.

Mum and Dad, Nadine, Aunty Kris, Aunty Shirl and Adam also came and they stayed in a hi-rise with amazing views closer to the city but not too far from us.

The wedding day had a unique start in all the boys going to swim in the surf at sun up at the beach - the water was a bit cold - but the hot breakfast at the beach cafe warmed us up.

Daniels QLD trip

Daniel went with Ree-ann to Harvey Bay for Ree-ann's sisters wedding.  They were there November 12-24 so it was a good trip.  As well as spending a lot of time with Ree-ann's family he got to see some of the Thomsens at Maryborough including Paul's cousins Michael and Leeanne, and Scott and Kim.

Charlie and Joseph's wedding

Joey and Charlie celebrated their wedding today.  The ceremony was at Cullen Bay.

John and Sonia's wedding

John and Sonia were married today at the Botanical Gardens by Peter Ezzy.

David and Kate's Wedding

David Baggs married Kate today.  The ceremony was at the Esplanade.

Michael and Allison marry today

Michael Brown married Allison today on the Esplanade grounds.

 

 

David and Anne's wedding

David and Anne were married today on the beautiful NSW property of Anne's family.

Gwenny was able to fly down for the wedding with much of her family.  She tagged along with Rob, Jessie and  Graham etc.

 

 

Mark and Kathryn married

Mark and Kathryn were married today on their new block at Humpty Doo.

Graham and Robyn's wedding

Graham and Robyn were married today at their church in Palmerston.

Lee and Susanne's wedding

Lee Harley and Susanne Ezzy were married today at the Community Church.  Photos were taken at East Point.

Jason and Tammy's wedding

Paul's cousin Jason Thomsen married Tammy today at Casuarina Beach.  The ceremony and reception was at the Casuarine Life Saving Club.

 

 

Matthew and Liz get hitched

A big day for the Ezzy family today as their son Matthew marries Elizabeth.  The ceremony was conducted by Peter Ezzy at the Community Church.