wedding
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIRK WILCOX
The dog had the rings
S
ellena Armanno and Matt Peters met at a party six years ago and new instantly that there was potential. “We knew it was love after a couple of weeks when we realised how alike we are and how much we clicked,” Sellena says. It wasn’t until their fifth anniversary when Sellena and Matt visited Airlie Beach that a proposal would take place Sellena say’s she had an inkling that a proposal was being planned, but quickly lost hope when Matt asked her what she wanted to do that day. “We drove to Airlie and he wanted to go look at the beach, we went to a secluded beach and then he got down on one knee to propose. “It was beautiful because I never wanted to be one of those people that had a crowd watching, I wanted it to be private,” Sellena says. In November 2019, Sellena and Matt tied the knot at Preston Peak Winery. Blessed with a crystal-clear sky, in a month of bushfires, the wedding was perfect.
“We were both a bit nervous leading up to the day, but as soon as we saw each other at the ceremony our nerves quickly went away.” says Sellena. It wasn’t just the two love birds making their way down the aisle, the pair planned to have their fur-child Wilbur in the ceremony as well. Wilbur took the role as the ring bearer on the day and stayed for family photos. “We were worried that he was going to wee while coming down the aisle or he was going to run off,” Sellena laughed. “But he came straight down the aisle to us and did well during photos.” When it came to write their vows, Sellena and Matt found it challenging to express their emotions and say how they really felt in front of a crowd, a moment during the ceremony which was particularly emotional. Matt even had to hold onto Sellena’s hand while she spoke as she couldn’t stop shaking her palm cards. Yet to have their official honeymoon, Matt and Sellena Peters had their first Christmas with their “son” Wilbur. “We want to have kids, do some more travelling, buy another house and probably adopt 50 more dogs.”
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