{"id":193196,"date":"2016-10-10T20:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/karen-and-allen-celebrate-true-love-with-hunter-valley-elopement\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T19:04:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T08:04:06","slug":"karen-and-allen-celebrate-true-love-with-hunter-valley-elopement","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/karen-and-allen-celebrate-true-love-with-hunter-valley-elopement\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen and Allen celebrate true love with Hunter Valley elopement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">\u201cLove is beautiful at every age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bride Karen Fernance met her beau Allen Jenkins later in life. But her quote above proves you are never too old to get married. The pair, aged 50 and 57 respectively, met at the gym where Karen was working \u00a0&#8211; and Allen was working out. \u201cAllen was a widower with no children, and I was a divorcee with four,\u201d explains the bride. \u201cWe always said we both had baggage, just different suitcases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They married at their Hunter Valley <a title=\"To elope or not to elope?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/to-elope-or-not-to-elope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elopement<\/a> with just their four children and their partners by their side on August 7, 2016. \u201cA perfect setting in the beautiful Hunter Valley \u2013 an intimate, romantic, personal ceremony,\u201d smiles Karen.<\/p>\n<p>The couple spent a lot of time picking out their <a title=\"Wedding music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music<\/a> for the day. \u201cAllen and I went through all of our music and personally selected hundreds of songs that were special to us,\u201d explains Karen. \u201cWhich included my parents&#8217; \u2018love song\u2019, which was very special as they have both passed away.\u201d And it wasn\u2019t just the music they picked out together \u2013 they even chose the <a title=\"Wedding dresses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingDress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dress<\/a> as a couple! \u201cI wanted to surprised my daughters,\u201d smiles Karen.<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Keegan Cronin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.keegancronin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Keegan Cronin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114126 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_001.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_001\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114127 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_002.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_002\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114152 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_SBS_003.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_SBS_003\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114154 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_SBS_004.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_SBS_004\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114131 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_006.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_006\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114133 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_008.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_008\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Honestly, everything was perfect. We had a beautiful day,&#8221; says Karen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114134 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_009.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_009\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114135 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_010.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_010\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114136 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_011.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_011\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114137 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_012.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_012\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114138 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_013.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_013\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114142 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_017.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_017\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114165 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_SBS_011.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_SBS_011\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114166 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_SBS_012.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_SBS_012\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114145 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_020.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_020\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114140 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_015.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_015\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114146 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_021.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_021\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The couple invited their small selection of guests using invitations from <a title=\"Vistaprint\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingInvitations\/Canberra\/Vistaprint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vistaprint<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114147 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_022.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_022\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114148 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_023.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_023\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-114149 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_024.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Allen_Hunter-Valley-Elopement_024\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" 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