{"id":193166,"date":"2016-08-24T21:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/sickness-health-kirsty-kris-gorgeous-golf-club-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T07:51:07","slug":"sickness-health-kirsty-kris-gorgeous-golf-club-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/sickness-health-kirsty-kris-gorgeous-golf-club-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"In sickness and in health: Kirsty and Kris’ gorgeous golf club wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
One\u00a0week after meeting, Kirsty Powell and Kris Pendlington were testing out their future marriage vows.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Gladstone,\u00a0Queensland pair had hit it off chatting online and agreed to meet. But a week later Kris was badly assaulted so the relationship hit fast-forward as Kirsty helped care for him during his recovery. \u201c<\/span>That was the best decision I\u2019ve ever made because, as cliched as it is, I knew from the moment I met him that he was the man I wanted to be with,\u201d explains Kirsty, 27, of Kris,\u00a029. \u201cThis time enabled us to get to know each other while I was looking after him.\u201d<\/p>\n Before long they were engaged, and on May 21, 2016, they married in\u00a0a gorgeous\u00a0golf club\u00a0wedding<\/a>\u00a0with 60 guests on Hope Island.<\/p>\n The bride, who ravished in a modified Mori Lee gown<\/a>, says it was a \u201cbreathtaking\u201d day, celebrated with her two young children, who by then, were already calling\u00a0Kris ‘Dad’.<\/p>\n \u201cKris is the best thing that\u2019s ever happened to my children and me,\u201d says Kirsty. \u201cHe came along and taught me how to love again, how to love myself<\/em> again which is so important and, perhaps the most amazing thing, that it was possible to fully and completely trust again.\u201d<\/p>\n “I will be forever grateful for this amazing man.”<\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Playback Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Evalyn Parsons Hair<\/a> took care of Kirsty’s elegant ‘do, which was set off with a statement hair piece<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Originally strapless,\u00a0Kirsty had sheer appliqu\u00e9d sleeves added to her beautiful Mori Lee<\/a> wedding gown.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “It was a very formal affair,” says Kirsty, who arrived in a sleek white Cadillac.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The newlyweds honeymooned at home<\/a>, on a seven-night cruise up the Queensland coast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blush and gold tones created an amazing reception space<\/a> for the formal golf club setting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The most memorable moment was a five-minute fireworks display,”\u00a0which Playback Studios<\/a> captured spectacularly!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n