Jaco and Anneline’s wedding at Olympusstream

Like all good weddings this one will have a story that Jaco and Anneline will be able to tell their grandchildren one day.

Anneline discovered a week before her wedding that she will not be able to get her dream dress, there was some problems with the person making the dress. Anneline then frantically started looking for a new dress and found one a couple of days before the wedding…all is well…she thought.

At 20 minutes to 4 she was in her wedding dress, and then discovered that this dress will never stay up for the duration of the wedding. (the dress had no straps over Anneline’s shoulders) The hairdresser that was there knew a little bit about dresses. Luckily the ribbons at the back of the dress used to tie it up with were very long. He subsequently ran out, found a needle and thread somewhere and cut a part of the ribbons at the back off. He then made some straps for the dress, at just past 4 Anneline walked into the church. All her guests unaware of the little drama that just played itself off during the last twenty minutes.

The rest of the wedding went past without any problems, we had great fun with the photo shoot in the beautiful gardens at Olympus Stream in Pretoria East.

I must mention this, I just love Jaco and Anneline’s family, they made Surika, Timothy and myself feel very much at home. They were always worried about us, asking us whether we had something to eat. Anneline’s dad even insisted in taking us for a drink in the pub later the evening…good people. (Talking about good people, have a look out for their grandfather with his Blue Bulls hat on. )

One more thing caught my attention and their wedding, I have never seen this before. Tables are normally numbered 1,2,3 or with names etc. These two gave the tables unique numbers that had some significance to them, exp: Table 290. And then written on the number…This indicate the number of weeks that Jaco and Anneline dates before they got engaged. Table 13…indicating the day in September that they fell in love with each other. Very Cool idea!

Anneline and Jaco, you had a beautiful wedding, fitting for the beautiful people that you are. Thanks for making us part of your wedding day. We just know that your wedding will be blessed in every conceivable way!

JC Crafford Photography did the photography and videography for Jaco and Anneline’s wedding, you can watch there wedding video here

In asked Anneline to tell us more about how they met: (it is in Afrikaans)

ONTMOETING

Ek en Jaco se pad het 6 jaar terug gekruis langs die rugbyveld op die skrale ouderdom van 16/17 jaar oud. ‘n Regte hoërskool liefde. Behalwe dat ons nie in dieselfde skool was nie.

Hy het rugby gespeel en my vriendin se pa was sy span se afrigter. Ek en my vriendin het saamgegaan na die oefeninge toe om saam met die klomp seuns fiksheid te doen. MAAR dit was nie vir albei van ons liefde op die eerste oogopslag nie. Hy het vir my vrindien vertel hoe hy van my hou ens, maar sy mag niks vir my daarvan sê nie want hy is baie skaam. (I must say, Jaco doesn’t look to shy to me anymore…not at all! LOL) En ek het vir dieselfde vriendin vertel dat ek nooit kan dink wie ooit van hom sal hou nie. Sy kon nie vir die ander een vertel van die ander een se gevoelens nie.

Jaco het naderhand slegs kom oefen wanneer ek by die oefening is. Hy het by die hek van die klub weggekruip en gewag tot die kar kom waarin ons ry en as ek nie uitgeklim het nie het hy maar huis toe gegaan en nie kom oefen nie.

Ek het niks agtergekom nie, want ek het nie na hom gekyk nie.

Hy het toe moed bymekaar geskraap en my gevra op ‘n date. Ek het ja gesê omdat die vriendin en haar pa heeltyd aangegaan het ek moet saam met hom gaan. Ons twee was vir so 2 weke ge’kys’ toe sê ek vir hom ons sien mekaar te min en dat dit nooit sal werk nie. 2 weke het verby gegaan en ek het ‘leeg’ gevoel. Niemand gehad om mee te praat nie, niemand wat my verstaan het soos wat ons twee mekaar in so kort tydjie verstaan het nie.

Nadat hy ‘n wedstryd gespeel het het ek na hom toe gegaan en hom die grootste druk ooit gegee en vir hom gevra of ons nie weer kan probeer nie. Hy het eers na 2 dae laat weet dat ons weer kan probeer. En die res is geskiedenis.

Ons het op skool mekaar slegs elke 2de naweek gesien en dan maar op die ou ‘MXit’ gepraat. So het ons maar mekaar leer ken.

6 Jaar later en deur baie diep waters het hy my gevra om te trou. Op 11-12-13 is die begin van ‘n nuwe hoofstuk van ons liefdes verhaal.