October Wedding

Update:  Dr. Alexander sent us more photos of the wedding which I uploaded here.  Or you can see the slideshow below

The trip of a lifetime was completed this October when we went to Clarens, South Africa to attend Deepa and Marcel De Kocks wedding.  It was exhilarating, rewarding and lovely to see my sister in-law exchange vows with my new brother Marcel.  Congratulations to both of them.

While we had booked our tickets for this trip in June 2012, we were completely blind-sided by the expiry of Lukes passport (July 15 2012....yes that is Laila's birthday).  So we did some last minute harried and hurried expedited passport renewals and itinerery changes (2 days in South Africa!) to make sure we made the trip.

We took a few photos and some video of the event which we shall always remember and cherish.  Meeting Marcel's wonderful parents Anna and Arno De Kock and his Aunts and Uncles that came from Cape Town and Pretoria was a genuine pleasure.  The Alexander's extended family was very well represented by Suchi Aunty, Leslie Uncle and Ajoy Uncle.

Luke had the august responsibility of ring bearer and Laila was the flower girl. They both performed their duties as best they could.  (Laila didn't drop flowers as planned!)  Smita was a stunning bridesmaid although I doubt she approves of the word 'maid' or 'bride' associated with her. :-)

We were on the same flight from Bloemfontein to Johannesburg with the newly weds Marcel and Deepa De Kock who were on their way to honeymoon in Italia.  We are now back in Los Angeles and while we are glad to be home, we also miss 'home'.  

Congratulations again Mr. and Mrs. De Kock!