One Perfect Day: Kim & Les' Sorrento Ceremony

I love beach weddings. From the sound of the wind blowing across the water, to the warmth of the sun on my face or the cool mist carried by gentle sea breezes, it's a sensory experience I always enjoy.

Kim and Les's ceremony at the Sorrento Baths foreshore combined all of these elements, more often the latter, and though we considered moving the ceremony indoors, i'm glad we proceeded with their preferred location. With our fingers crossed and our umbrellas at the ready we remained at the picturesque seaside setting, beautifully decorated by Ceremonies I Do, awaiting the arrival of the bride.

Kim, dressed in a vintage-inspired Chantilly lace gown followed her bridesmaids, all wearing vibrant watermelon, down the carpeted aisle to Chantal Kreviazuk's Feels Like Home, beautifully performed by the Bianca Fenn Band. Kim carried a bouquet of white and ivory Chantilly roses.

I told the story of Kim and Les's meeting at the Sandringham Hotel over a decade ago, their first date at The Boyz for Breakie café in Mornington; the café that would become their favourite, and their first kiss on the cliff top, overlooking the Mornington pier and bay.

We laughed as I described Les's proposal efforts at the same spot nine years later. A large audience of camera-wielding Japanese tourists was not what he had envisaged! Fortunately, the tourists moved on and they were able to admire the beautiful view undisturbed. When Les suddenly descended to one knee, produced a stunning engagement ring and asked Kim to marry him, they shared their second most memorable kiss on that cliff top.

Kim's friend presented a beautiful reading.

Love Is. By Andrea Hill

More beautiful than roses

Much deeper than the seas

Stronger than a hurricane

But timid like a breeze.

Real as in a picture

But yet it can’t be seen

More beautiful than anything

As vivid as a dream.

Precious as rare dreams

A bond between two hearts

A symphony of feelings

When time is spent apart.

Sharing common interests

Working through all fears

Looking at yourself

As if two were in the mirror.

Finding common ground

On issues not agreed

Giving into arguments

Tending all your needs.

Being there for always

Is all I want to do

Holding you forever

Because our love is true.

Kim and Les exchanged vows and rings beneath the beautiful canopy. In a touching display, the radiant and graceful Kim was brought to tears.

We signed their certificates to Bryan Adams's I'm Ready and to an acoustic version of Time After Time, performed once again by the Bianca Fenn Band. The newlyweds were met with applause and cheers as I introduced them to their family and friends for the first time as husband and wife.