Mr and Mrs Owen?

Alas it was never meant to be... He announced at the concert last night that he and his lady are having a baby. :(


Last night I saw TAKE THAT !! WOO HHOOOOOOHOOOO HOOO!
It was brilliant. Loved every minute and I don't care what anyone else says it was the best thing in the world EVER!.

Seriously though those boys (or should I say men) know exactly how to put on a great show. There were nudely ladies too (for the boys I assume. ) which was bit of a shock and It was weird to see alchol everywhere. Ten years ago that wasn't allowed ;)

Span and I had a brilliant time. They did some really cool things to some old classics. Turning "It only takes a minute girl" into an ellaborate tango number, re-light my fire had LULU singing (although she wasn't as stretchy in her vocal ranges as she once was) and then there was the hollogram of Robbie. I am actualy glad that he wasn't there. It would have made it R0bbie with Take That then and that wasn't what I came to see. I didn't even notice he was missing to be honest. LOL. At least his ego was put aside long enough to make a hologram of himself for "Could it be magic"

The stage show was amazing. I was a little disapointed that the concert had been moved from Wembley to Mitlon Keynes Bowl but I think it was actually much better where it was. 70,000 people were sharing the experience. It was amazing. I think even Take That were shocked when they were greated with this view!
Once the sun went down and the stage light went up it was magical.
There were great graphics and animations, fantasic dancers. A moment where the boys got wet in very little and danced around (mmm) and then, in the finale, "Never Forget"? a massive Fireworks display. Wouldn't have got that at the NEC now would you?? Woo Hoo! What a night!

Mr and Mrs Allen

Saturday 17th, 1:00pm, Hay on Wye .

This was the date and time of my cousin's beautiful wedding. She looked gorgeous, radiant and so happy that a tear was brought to my eye on more than one occasion. Her dad, mad Mike (who is indeed my favorite Uncle - he made a joke) was incredibly proud of his daughter as he walked up the isle with his arm linked in hers and I know that he knows (as do all of us) that Natalie and Mark are going to have the best time for the rest of their lives; they make a lovely couple and are a fabulous pair of groovy movers when occasion calls.

Natalie and I were born 6 months apart and have mothers who were very close sisters. As such we spent rather a lot of time together when we were younger. Along with her brother Andrew and my sister, we spent many a night jiving on balconies in Majorca and dying of embarrassment as (yet again) our fathers disgraced themselves after a little too much beer, whisky and what ever else they could find whilst our mothers tried hard to pretend that they were not associated to these mad men. lol. Once we got older and went to uni things changed a lot which is very sad because I've always enjoyed spending time with Natalie, so it was really nice to share in one of the most important moments of her life.

As usual it was a family affair. However, this was the first time in years that I've been to a family do and it wasn't about the Lloyds and I'm glad. No offence meant to the Lloyds ( i am one of them i guess) but this event was all about the Allens and that's exactly as it should have been. This was the first time that the Lloyd family didn't fill the room, all rushing to the buffet at once and the first family wedding that I've been to where it was obvious that the bride and groom have touched the lives of a lot of very lovely people who care very deeply about them. There must have been near 300 people grooving the night away when I left them.

Of course, it was said on several occasions that sadly there were certain members of the family who were missing. One very important one. I'm not sure they were right though. In fact, I am certain that everyone was in full attendance, there's no way they would have missed this event. Why else did the sun shine so brightly and the whole thing go so smoothly without a little bit of divine intervention? It was certainly not a day for sadness; celebration was the order of the day from start to finish.

Natalie was swept off her feet for the most part of the day and what with 2 hours of photos I did whisper in her ear "Who needs to be evicted from Big Brother to get the photographer's attention?". The most amusing thing about the photographs was the fact that Natalie, Mark and the photographer walked down to the beautiful golf course for pictures followed by my mother who shadowed them for the entire time taking pictures (and probably making 'artistic' suggestions). We all laughed at this as Mum could never resist the opportunity to take a good picture. We were concerned at one point however, when we saw Natalie and Mark returning without Mom. Matt was wondering whether they'd got fed up and tied her to a tree to keep her out of the way. Alas, she was just out of view and hadn't missed a trick. As such mum now has a collection of nearly 200 photographs of Natalie and Mark's big day (which I've pinched). I am releaved to discover that there are no shots of Natalie standing by pretty bushes or holding out her hands so that it looks like she's holding the sun in the photograph - That's what I've had to put up with every time we go went on holiday and I'm glad she spared Natalie! lol
" Just stand over there. That's it - now look at me" CLICK When the picture comes back I just look annoyed - which is exactly as I was feeling as this is the 4th film of the day.

Anyway, Take a look at my beautiful cousin and her fabulous new husband. There's more pictures on FLICKR - Just click the thing on the right that keeps showing different images and you'll be straight there.