Notes

Good Evening everyone!
As most of you know, I'm not one for public speaking.. so ill keep it short and simple.

On behalf of my new bride and I, i would like to give the biggest thanks for making the tremendous effort to make it here today. Especially those who have come from Australia and the U.S, we know it isn't the easiest place to have gotten to but we are both glad you can be here to share our day with us. it wouldn't be the same without you.

ASk Jess if she has anyone she would like to add to thank.

I would also like to thank thColin and Deborah, flying to New York for Ed and Joanna's wedding and meeting the whole family for the first time, its fair to say i was a bag of nerves. but from the moment we met i have felt comfortable and welcomed with open arms.



My new Father in law Colin, When i asked if i could marry Jess, its fair to say i had more than a skinfull, but it did give me the courage to ask the question. You accepted it without hesitation (or so it seemed)

Firstly, I would like to say thank you to a few people. First, the father of the bride- . Thank you for his beautiful daughter, and his contribution to today, and most importantly for taking me into his family, it really has meant a lot to me.

Secondly, I’d like to thank all of you for your good wishes and for joining us in our celebration today. Also thank you for your gifts, I am sure all of these will help us in our new life together, so thank you.

Also thank you to the bridesmaids, you all look amazing. Today wouldn’t have been the same without you helping my beautiful bride through today. So thank you.

Finally, to my wife. I just want to say a massive thank-you for always being here for me, making me happy, and marrying me. I love you.

For those of you who don’t know, us men do have dreams of our wedding day when we are younger. They may not be about the same as you women, about dresses and big churches, but nevertheless we do have the dreams. When I was younger, my dream was to marry a beautiful woman, and be happy for the rest of our lives, have a family and to have a nice home. This is what I wanted from a marriage. When I met Wife I knew that she was different. She made me laugh in different ways, and the feeling of happiness I get when I am around her cannot be described. Wife is more than I could ever have hoped for.

There are so many good times that Wife and I have enjoyed together, days out, holidays and nights out with friends and family. But like all couples we have had lows. Fallings out, family bereavements and arguments between ourselves. But all these factors have made us who we are today. A strong couple, who work brilliantly together.

Finally, I would like to say thank you again to all of you for celebrating with us today.

And could you all please raise your glasses to my beautiful wife, the one I love, (Wife’s name.)