“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”
During the ceremony, Cassie’s triplet sister read from The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. This is a story that was read to the three sisters by their mother when they were children. The reading was very sweet.
Cassie’s sisters are the two girls on the end. One has her arm around their beautiful mother and the other is on the opposite end.
As soon as John and Cassie walked up the aisle, they headed directly to the water for a private first toast together.
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South Queensferry is where the rehearsal dinner took place, at Orocco Pier. We loved the cobblestone streets in this tiny town. It was here that I am pretty sure I over paid for nail clippers!
Every day leading up to the wedding day was rainy, windy and very cold. Luckily the rain stopped on the wedding day and the sun came out. We still had gust of wind up to 30 miles an hour! The wedding took place at the Dundas Castle. The Auld Keep was built in 1416, you can see it below, the blue flag is flying from the top of it. The Keep is the tower or fortress. Amy and Alan loved this castle because of it’s history, and the castle is still alive belonging to the Suart-Calrk family for the last century. The walls and bookshelves were covered with family photos.
The piper escorted the bridal party into the Keep for the ceremony. The stairwell leading to the top of the Keep was winding and very narrow.
After the ceremony we went to the top of the Keep for a few photos. It was so windy!
The piper piped Amy and Alan into the reception where they greeted their guests and had their first dance.
The wind was quite a challenge!
Alan’s family is from Scotland. This is a nephew who I couldn’t help but watch everywhere he went. I love his little tongue peeping out of the corner of his mouth and his kilt flapping in the wind.
Just before dinner, the piper recited Address to A Haggis written by Robert Burns. Yes, we ate it, and it was quit good actually! It consists of boiled liver, heart and lungs, spicies and oats boiled in the sheeps stomach. mmmm
Andy, Alan’s best friend, gave a hysterical toast, while Julie, the maid of honor, gave a heartfelt one. I love her wisping of the bang as to imply “who is this man and when will he stop?”
There were many entertaining Scottish Country dances that took place.
The evening ended with ham biscuits and coffee. Everyone had a fabulous time. I will remember this forever!
i just read the blog post to my intern and almost started crying. i love how they incorporated something so sentimental into the ceremony. and the images… stunning. it must be high pressure to always have to be so awesome, paul… is it???