REAL WEDDING
excited. Finally, we were in a position to tie the knot! Sadly, as we started planning our big day, Covid struck. We managed to get into the house we were buying, but as for the wedding, we put it off yet again as everyone’s events were being cancelled, but once Covid restrictions eased we started planning again in earnest.
Samantha and Elizabeth. I remember us watching Family Guy with them like the two awkward teenagers we were! Later, I met David’s parents Grace and Eric, his sister Miriam and brother Aaron, who were lovely. By the time we reached 18 David just sort of moved in with my family. Though we were young David told anyone who would listen that he was going to marry me one day - they thought it was the funniest thing in the world. I’m sure many people thought our love would fade over time, but I knew deep down that I had found my soulmate. Proposal number one! It was on a trip to the London Eye that David first proposed on the four-year anniversary of our first meeting. I was a nursery nurse in day care and David was a chef, and just six months later we would welcome our first baby, a beautiful daughter we named Tiannah. We were overjoyed! Six years later she was joined by her brother Elija, and we were renting a home together in Enfield, saving for our first mortgage. While we’d always wanted to get married, David and I knew we couldn’t afford to buy a place and have the wedding we’d dreamed of, so I put the idea of being Mrs Fagan behind me. Proposal number two! On a family holiday to Disneyland Paris in 2020, David shocked me by proposing on bended knee in front of the Disney castle, presenting me with a ring he’d had made and which he’d designed himself – a diamond solitaire on a white gold band. Tears were shed and our families and the kids were so
Falling for Putteridge Originally, we’d wanted a destination
wedding, but because of the Pandemic we played it safe and opted for the UK. From a small beach wedding we found ourselves organising quite a grand affair. We’d fallen for Putteridge Bury as soon as we saw it. Like looking for our house, we knew instantly that this was the venue for us. We chose August 5th, 2023, as our date and I chose my two sisters Elizabeth and Samantha, David’s sister Miriam and my best friend Emily as my bridesmaids. Poppy and Penelope were my flower girls, while our daughter Tiannah was thrilled to be my maid of honour. David chose his friend James as best man, brother- in-law Colin, brother Aaron, Cousin Paul, our nephew Zac and Zayne, Ammi’s best friend, as groomsmen while Elijah would be the ring bearer. David’s next priority was booking fireworks. He loves them and this important detail even came before finding my dress which I did quite quickly at wed2be in Milton Keynes. I love fishtail designs, but when I tried one on it didn’t look right on me. I opted instead for a lace bodice with a satin skirt and a beautiful train. I chose sage green for the bridesmaid’s
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