the grounds wedding

pauline & nic

Somewhere between Pauline emerging from getting dressed to show her family as some very loud Armenian music played and her aunts ululated while her dad danced with her and wept; and walking into Nic's family home and being offered coffee, food and beer no less than about 37 times, I knew the story of these families was going to be just as important as the story of these two.

This was as close to a perfect a Sydney autumn day as you get, and a reminder that a wedding is about much more than just two people. It’s a meeting of families, of cultures, of traditions. A space where a whole bunch of relationships and histories are celebrated and thrown into sharp relief.

The first time they met (and in a fantastic reversal of gender roles) Pauline walked Nic home to make sure he got there okay. The boy had got a little excited upon meeting her and downed a few extra beers. It pretty serious pretty quickly after that, and only a couple of short years later they are now married and have bought and renovated a house together.

So, here’s to loud folk music and weeping dads, to both of them vowing to love each other the most, to getting a little too excited (…and consequently boozed) on first dates, to family, to the meeting and merging of cultures, to these two.

Enjoy

Dane