Thursday, August 23, 2007

Our civil wedding. We went to the Town Hall and the Mayor explained the laws, then proclaimed that we are married legally...

Ready to be legally married


Outside the building, before the ceremony
Shiny
Princess Fiona

Vicky Brett took this picture for us, thanks

Inside the building, starting the ceremony

Parents



Signing the register and our marriage booklet,


Listening to the Mayor talking about the laws and stuff,

Receiving the marriage certificate from the Mayor,

After the Mayor proclaimed we are legally married, we went out of the big room happy !!

Married officially


Outside the Town Hall

Our Parents

The Hopkins family has grown in numbers
Sisters and brothers in law, nephews


Vololona and Billy, witnesses
Inge and Vicky, good friends


Family and friends,


Legally married

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Our traditional Malagasy wedding, the taste of our culture,...



The bargaining ceremony is starting, we were well received,
Know that after this party we are married according to Malagasy tradition.

There are two spokesmen representing both families and doing the speech of bargaining,

my uncle Mamy spoke for me and Faly our base leader for Fiona



She is entering in the room after the bargaining is finished, before that she is in another room


The bride and groom


Gorgeous bride,
I hid the ring in the bunch of flowers and she has to find it,


Where is it ?

She found it,


After she found the ring, I put it on her finger



New life starting,

Nearly there,