Me and Kyle are the true definition of young love, we met in our small village in Waunlwyd in Ebbw Vale. Where we became bestfriends turned sweet heart young lovers. I was 18 and Kyle 17 became boyfriend and girlfriend 29/10/2011.
Our very first date was at pillars in Cardiff during a shopping trip for Christmas presents for our families and each other. A year later we moved in with eachother.
On 15/7/2015 Kyle picked me up from work on my lunch break, and drove us to our favourite spot. Where we used to park up and eat our morrisons salad bar pot. Then take a walk before I went back to work.
This spot was Saint James pond in Tredegar. On this particular Saturday afternoon when picking me up Kyle was very quiet and seemed nervous. I was confused. On arrival he got out of the car went round to the boot then he opened the door to my side of the car. He handed me 2 dozen roses and handed me a red book. Filled with letters cut out on each of the pages, of a little story of how we met. And eventually I came to a page saying "So Kimberley Jade Taylor" (my full name) I turned the page again and it said "will you marry me?" I look at him and he is there with this beautiful ring on his hand. Me being in utter shock replied, "Are you being serious" so he repeated my full name and asked "will you marry me?" And of course i said "yes". Obviously!
We chose to get married at bryn meadows golf club, Hotel & Spa, because since 2016 we attended a hen party there. And I was chatting to a staff member of how perfect it would be for a wedding venue, & there was a wedding happening there that evening. They mentioned to pop my head in to see what it was like. I fell in love. So there was nowhere else I was choosing to get married. Throughout all the planning the events team has been amazing, even down to me emailing Krystina weekly with questions and answers. They truly made our day a day to remember.
My bridal party and I stayed at the venue to night before and got ready in the bridal suite. My 2 maid of honours my sister Alicia and best friend Sadie & bridesmaids Natalie and Ffion. We had the best hair dressers Beth from air in tredegar and Sarah from sharp & sassy. Who came and done all of our hair and my 3 flower girls who were my 2 neices Lottie (8) & Sofia (3) and my God daughter Luna (3) they done such a amazing job.
We also had the best make up artist Meg bowen who was like a professional bridesmaid helping me to look perfect she really went above and beyond. Even with helping me in to my dress.
The weather at 6:30am started very gloomy and dull but as time got on the sun started to appear. We couldnt of asked for better weather tje only bit of rain we saw was when we sat down to eat out wedding breakfast. Once we were ready I did a reveal to my father in law and grandad who I love dearly. They made me cry 😢 lucky I had a cotton pad to hand on my built in bra in my dress. My photographer captured these moments perfectly.
I was calm all morning, all thanks to the reassurance given by the best wedding manager "Jake" But, when It came to entering the fairway suite, and metting the registrar before walking down the aisle. That was when the nerves set in. But, inwas also im amazment of how beautiful everything looked and seeing my vision come to life.
The music started I watched my bridesmaids go down the aisle, my maid of honours go down then my flower girls and page boys to the beautiful song we chose by Ryan mack - forever and ever and always. I had my grandad Clive and oldest nephew Jordan to walk me down the aisle. Let's just say, when it came to my turn, everything I practiced went out the window. I basically dragged my grandad down the aisle. A friend over heard grandad say "slow down" i replied "i just want to run" 😅 (to kyle not away!), especially when I looked up at him smiling at me coming down the aisle. Well basically dragging my grandad down the aisle.
After the ceremony we entered the drinks reception where we served bucks fizz, and Welsh cakes. We also had Ebbw Vale Male voice choir for entertainment as these were very close to us. In memory of Kyle's late Grancher Plummer or Mr Bump as we regularlycalled him. They were absolutely amazing. During the choir break we done the confetti throwing. We then completed a huge group shot photo on the green. We then enjoyed the rest of the choir show and in between taking lots of photos and chatting to our guests.
Our wedding breakfast, was so beautiful we did the speeches first because so many were to nervous, and wanted food afterwards. We had leek and potato soup to start, beef dinner for mains and chocolate tarte with chantily cream for dessert. Which tasted beautiful and so many guests commented how wonderful the food was. For the kids they had garlic bread to start, chicken nuggets and chips for mains chocolate ice cream for dessert. What kids dont love those right, well those fussy eaters loved every bit of it! We didn't have to wait for anything the service was perfect, so efficient and quick turn overs.
Our first dance was after our cake cutting and our song was a song I sang to kyle when we first got together. It was how I realised how he held the key to my heart ❤️ because my husband is truly remarkable. Our first dance song was by jessica Jarrel- key to my heart. We danced around the dance floor just us two, whilst laughing, messing around and gazing in to eachothers eyes. Kyle is always the joker so he had to throw in his tricks which always has me giggling. We then went in to Robin S - show me love for all our guests to enjoy with us.
Our wedding was a autuminal fall in love theme. It was burnt oranges, burgundy, fall colours, rustic woods, fall leaves and flowers throughout. It was bringing the autiminal feel from outside, inside. We purchased our own centre pieces from the range because I had a specific idea in mind, we rented alot of our decorations from the amazing wedding gems, once I explained what I wanted and where we wanted them. they were so helpful in making this happen for us. We designed our own confetti boxes, signage and stickers with our logo on. We made own memory table for out loved ones who couldn't join us. We also had a separate table for a fun game for our guests to enjoy. There name tags had a key attached to them that would unlock a pad lock to a box with a gift inside one lucky person had to the key.
My most memorable moment of the day would probably was me dragging my grandad down the aisle and then being stood at the alter saying "i do" to my amazing husband and spending the day laughing with him. Nothing is perfect but for us the whole day was perfect.
My advise for brides in the future would be to remember to remain calm, and don't do what I did and forget what you practised. I ran down the aisle. I wish I had stopped and took it all in, but nerves got the better of me. Take time to enjoy your day. And one good thing I was advised was to allocate someone to take your phone for the day. So, thay can take pictures and videos, and my bridesmaid Natalie did a fantastic job of this. She even got individual messages from everyone, which was beautiful to watch after wards.
We would like to thank everyone involved in making our day so special including the whole team at bryn meadows, Daniel brown photography -
[email protected] Wedding gems, bryn awell cakes, ultrabooths, Ebbw Vale male voice choir, roberts florist brynmawr, meg bowen make up artist, beth at air, sharp and sassy for they're artistic hair.
Thanks Mr & Mrs Plummer 🧡