Jackson Wedding

On Saturday, August 6th, Nic and I got up at the crack of dawn to drive about an hour to Cairns to attempt to skydive again. We were both way more nervous this time and didn't speak the entire drive, excpet when Nic asked me if I was still breathing (I was breathing very shallow-nervous breaths). As soon as we walked into the store, the employees shook their heads no. Apparently it was raining over the jump site and didn't look like it was going to clean up. We took it as a sign, got a refund and left. I had been praying to God for weeks to not let me die skydiving and he apparently was answering my prayers, just in a different way than I had expected.

 

On our way back to Port Douglas, we decided to check out the hotel that Oprah stayed at during her tv show special. The grounds and beach were beautiful, especially that early in the day. From there, we decided to check out Mossman Gorge. It was absolutely gorgeous. We had been there before, but only stopped briefly. This time we walked all around and became entranced with how green and lush it was. It was a bit misty, which we decided made it even more beautiful.

Once we got back to the hotel, we caught up with a few members of the wedding party at the pool, then I met up with Nic's family in town, while he fulfilled his groomsman duties.

 

That evening, everyone took a sugar cane train to the wedding (we missed out becasue we somehow missed the memo). I guess on the way to the train, the mother of the bride fell and broke and dislocated her ankle!! Nic had to tell Hailey just before the ceremony began that her mom wasn't going to be there. Can you imagine? It breaks my heart everytime I think about it.

The wedding was so beautiful, but I couldn't stop thinking about how sad it was that the mother of the bride (the person who cares most about the wedding day after the bride and groom) had to miss it. The highlight of the night was watching the bride and groom do their first dance. It was so cute!! They also had an Australian candy bar, so I got to try all sorts of "lollies" I've never had before.

After the wedding we went to a bar in town and then to this really nice house that some of the guests were staying at. We had such a fabulous time and were so glad we could be there to share in Tim and Hailey's special day.