{"id":22779,"date":"2016-08-22T09:14:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T08:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=22779"},"modified":"2016-08-22T12:44:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T11:44:55","slug":"kia-maxs-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Kia and Max&#8217;s Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were staying at my parents last week so that we could be there for Kia (my niece) and Max&#8217;s wedding on the Saturday. So after a few days out and a day at The Mall stuffing our faces with pizza, the big day had arrived. Everything seemed to be running smoothly so there wasn&#8217;t too much last minute panicking\u00a0in the morning (not that we were aware of anyway).<\/p>\n<p>Anna, Morgan and I headed into Wotton-Under-Edge early though as we had to drop the two ushers (my nephews Harry\u00a0and Shaun) at the church. After doing that we did a quick geocache so as to earn ourselves the International Geocaching Day 2016 Souvenir. We then headed back to the church, on what was an overcast\u00a0and windswept morning, as everyone else started to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>The wedding ceremony was in the Church of St\u00a0Mary the Virgin, one of the oldest churches in the area.\u00a0The church is perhaps best known for its large organ. The organ\u00a0is one of the biggest organs in the county and is famed for having been played by Georg Handel when in its previous location of St. Martin in the Fields.<sup id=\"cite_ref-wishful-thinking.org.uk_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-22779 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Max-and-Kia.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Max-and-Kia-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Max and Kia\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Max-and-Kia-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Max-and-Kia-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Max-and-Kia.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22780'>\n\t\t\t\tMax and Kia\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morgan-As-smart-as-he-gets.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morgan-As-smart-as-he-gets-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Morgan - As smart as he gets\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morgan-As-smart-as-he-gets-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morgan-As-smart-as-he-gets-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morgan-As-smart-as-he-gets-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morgan-As-smart-as-he-gets.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22781'>\n\t\t\t\tMorgan &#8211; As smart as he gets\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Outside-the-Church.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Outside-the-Church-200x67.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Outside the Church\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Outside-the-Church-200x67.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Outside-the-Church-500x168.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Outside-the-Church-720x242.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Outside-the-Church.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22783'>\n\t\t\t\tOutside the Church\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ryder.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ryder-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ryder\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ryder-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ryder-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ryder.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22784'>\n\t\t\t\tRyder\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Party.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Party-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Party-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Party-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Party-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Party.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22790'>\n\t\t\t\tWedding Party\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It was good to see so many people at the ceremony and luckily the pouring rain held off just long enough for some photos outside the church.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22785\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22785\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg\" alt=\"The Married Couple\" width=\"850\" height=\"1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple-168x200.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple-402x480.jpg 402w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple-720x859.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Married Couple<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just as we&#8217;d finished taking the photos though the heavens opened so we all jumped into our cars and headed off to Eastwood Park House for the reception.<\/p>\n<p>This house was really nice with views out across the countryside where not another building could be seen. Just hills, trees, fields and the occasional cow. It was nice inside too with large rooms, decorative ceilings and plenty of room for everyone. The food was good and the \u00a0celebrations continued into the night. Many of us were staying there overnight so it was a good chance to catch up with family members, see people we hadn&#8217;t seen for years and meet new people from Max&#8217;s side of the family too.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-22779 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cutting-the-Cake.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cutting-the-Cake-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cutting the Cake\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-22786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cutting-the-Cake-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cutting-the-Cake-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cutting-the-Cake.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-22786'>\n\t\t\t\tCutting the Cake\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/First-Dance.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/First-Dance-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"First Dance\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-22787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/First-Dance-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/First-Dance-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/First-Dance.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-22787'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst Dance\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/View-from-our-window.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/View-from-our-window-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"View from our window\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-22788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/View-from-our-window-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/View-from-our-window-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/View-from-our-window-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/View-from-our-window.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-22788'>\n\t\t\t\tView from our window\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Cake.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Cake-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Wedding Cake\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-22789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Cake-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Cake-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wedding-Cake.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-22789'>\n\t\t\t\tWedding Cake\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mother-of-the-Bride.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mother-of-the-Bride-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mother of the Bride\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-22782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mother-of-the-Bride-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mother-of-the-Bride-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mother-of-the-Bride.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-22782'>\n\t\t\t\tMother of the Bride\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The boys (including Morgan) spent most of the time in the games room playing air hockey or table football and Morgan then convinced us to let him sleep\u00a0in the same room as them as well. He\u00a0doesn&#8217;t see his cousins that often though so it&#8217;s nice that they get along. There was also free pick &#8216;n&#8217; mix and a free ice cream van that turned up (organised by Max&#8217;s side of the family as one of them owns a sweet shop!). This did mean that appetites were a little suppressed by the time the evening buffet appeared. Despite this we all still managed to squeeze in just a little more food before continuing with the party.<\/p>\n<p>It was then off to our large bedrooms and comfy beds for the night before an early morning stroll\u00a0in the grounds and a huge breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-22779 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-House.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"73\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-House-200x73.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Eastwood Park House\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-22791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-House-200x73.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-House-500x182.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-House-720x262.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-House.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-22791'>\n\t\t\t\tEastwood Park House\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Eastwood Park\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-22792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eastwood-Park.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-22792'>\n\t\t\t\tEastwood Park\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morning-in-the-Grounds.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morning-in-the-Grounds-200x75.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Morning in the Grounds\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-22793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morning-in-the-Grounds-200x75.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morning-in-the-Grounds-500x188.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morning-in-the-Grounds-720x270.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Morning-in-the-Grounds.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-22793'>\n\t\t\t\tMorning in the Grounds\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Standing-Guard.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Standing-Guard-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Standing Guard\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-22794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Standing-Guard-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Standing-Guard-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Standing-Guard-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Standing-Guard.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-22794'>\n\t\t\t\tStanding Guard\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As far as I can tell everyone had a good time at the wedding and the wedding reception and it was the perfect start to Kia and Max&#8217;s married life. Congratulations to the happy couple (and their son Ryder too of course).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were staying at my parents last week so that we could be there for Kia (my niece) and Max&#8217;s wedding on the Saturday. So after a few days out and a day at The Mall stuffing our faces with pizza, the big day had arrived. Everything seemed to be running smoothly so there wasn&#8217;t&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1312,"featured_media":22785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[1502,261],"class_list":["post-22779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","tag-family","tag-wedding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kia and Max&#039;s Wedding - A Simple Life of Luxury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kia and Max&#039;s Wedding - A Simple Life of Luxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We were staying at my parents last week so that we could be there for Kia (my niece) and Max&#8217;s wedding on the Saturday. So after a few days out and a day at The Mall stuffing our faces with pizza, the big day had arrived. Everything seemed to be running smoothly so there wasn&#8217;t&#046;&#046;&#046;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Simple Life of Luxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-22T08:14:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-08-22T11:44:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1014\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Cole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@justalcole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@justalcole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Cole\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Cole\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\"},\"headline\":\"Kia and Max&#8217;s Wedding\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-22T08:14:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-22T11:44:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":568,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/The-Married-Couple.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Family\",\"Wedding\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Family\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kia and Max's Wedding - A Simple Life of Luxury\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/The-Married-Couple.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-22T08:14:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-22T11:44:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/The-Married-Couple.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/The-Married-Couple.jpg\",\"width\":850,\"height\":1014,\"caption\":\"The Married Couple\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/kia-maxs-wedding\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kia and Max&#8217;s Wedding\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Simple Life of Luxury\",\"description\":\"Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\",\"name\":\"Alan Cole\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\",\"width\":950,\"height\":713,\"caption\":\"Alan Cole\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\"},\"description\":\"Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports &amp; Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad &amp; husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pixelwave.co.uk\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/justal\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/justalcole\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/justal123\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kia and Max's Wedding - A Simple Life of Luxury","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kia and Max's Wedding - A Simple Life of Luxury","og_description":"We were staying at my parents last week so that we could be there for Kia (my niece) and Max&#8217;s wedding on the Saturday. So after a few days out and a day at The Mall stuffing our faces with pizza, the big day had arrived. Everything seemed to be running smoothly so there wasn&#8217;t&#46;&#46;&#46;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/","og_site_name":"A Simple Life of Luxury","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/","article_published_time":"2016-08-22T08:14:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-08-22T11:44:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":850,"height":1014,"url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alan Cole","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@justalcole","twitter_site":"@justalcole","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alan Cole","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/"},"author":{"name":"Alan Cole","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372"},"headline":"Kia and Max&#8217;s Wedding","datePublished":"2016-08-22T08:14:22+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-22T11:44:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/"},"wordCount":568,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg","keywords":["Family","Wedding"],"articleSection":["Family"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/","name":"Kia and Max's Wedding - A Simple Life of Luxury","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg","datePublished":"2016-08-22T08:14:22+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-22T11:44:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg","width":850,"height":1014,"caption":"The Married Couple"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/kia-maxs-wedding\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kia and Max&#8217;s Wedding"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"A Simple Life of Luxury","description":"Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372","name":"Alan Cole","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg","width":950,"height":713,"caption":"Alan Cole"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg"},"description":"Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports &amp; Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad &amp; husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pixelwave.co.uk","http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/","https:\/\/x.com\/justalcole"],"url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/author\/justal123\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Married-Couple.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}