A Toast to Jo-Anne & Luis

This has been a year of wedding parties for us. What a delight! We enjoyed a day at WESTBURY MANOR earlier on. Rain showers or rather showers of blessing greeted us when we woke up this morning. It was still drizzling when we reached the Manor and were quickly ushered to a room on the second floor. We had danish pastries, coffee, tea, juice, etc. for breakfast. After mingling for a while, we were asked to proceed to the opposite room.

Jo-Anne's niece & nephew: the flower girl and the ring bearer

Here comes the bride!

Luis & Jo-Anne exchanging their vows

Doves in white baskets all ready to be released in this special ceremony to remember Jo-Anne's beloved mother & as a symbol of spirit, peace and love.

Later, we were fed a large spread of pre-luncheon cocktail while the wedding party went to another room for the Chinese "tea ceremony".

30 minutes later it was time to eat again. We had seven different entrees to choose from. I had the....the...

Long Island Duck Marnier

We paused momentarily for Jo-Anne & Luis' first dance as husband and wife - Mr. & Mrs. Luis Ferreira. How sweet!



Ready, set and eat!

Jo-Anne's sisters: Gerry, Esther and their Dad

Luis reaching for the garter

Bouquet toss

Garter toss. The little boy caught it. Wonder what he's gonna do next???

Michele who sat with us cheekily said they had to keep it "PG rated" so the boy had to choose an older single male person to do the good deed. Haha!

Adrian & I with the beautiful bride. Hey, where's Luis??? We wanted a photo with him too :(

A lovely party favor from the bride & groom.


Note: The only thing we regretted not doing was stroll around the Westbury Manor estate. Because of the rain, we missed going to the gardens and the opportunity to photograph this beautiful Victorian mansion. Maybe next time.