Louise Jane McKenzie met Grant Andrew Lewis at high school and the couple celebrated their 10th anniversary a month before their wedding.
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Grant proposed to Louise on the beach in Fiji surrounded by tiki torches.
He proposed to Louise with her mother’s ring, who died from cancer when she was five years old.
The ring was designed by her father more than 40 years ago.
The couple were married at St Edwards of the Riverina in front of 80 guests from Wagga, Adelaide, Sydney, Cooma, Brisbane and Canberra.
Guests enjoyed outdoor games and canapés before a sit-down meal by CastleLane Catering.
The groom arranged for a 10-minute fireworks display for his bride and their guests.
At the end of his speech, he directed everyone outside because he had a surprise for Louise.
He only told one person, a groomsman, who had forgot about the surprise.
Guests suspected they were looking for a new car until the skies lit up.
Harans Patisserie made the wedding cake, a naked chocolate fudge cake with salted caramel filling.
Louise, the youngest daughter of Ian and Gail McKenzie of Wagga, wore a moscato-coloured gown and carried a bouquet of white carnations from Scooter Flowers.
She was walked down the aisle by her father.
Louise was attended to by her Maid of Honour Sam Parsell and bridesmaids Gemma-Lee Rutter, Jessica Doughty and Emma Smallmon who wore beige gowns.
Grant, the youngest son of Cathy and Graham Lewis of Wagga, was joined by Matthew Lawson, Luke Farrugia, Jay Trembath and Corey Waterhouse.
The couple honeymooned in Vietnam for two weeks, visiting Saigon, Hoi Ann and Hanoi.
They ate amazing food, met wonderful people and learned about a diverse culture through visiting the ChuChi Temple, Mee Cong River Hanoi prison and a luxury cruise around Halong Bay.
Louise, a kindergarten teacher at Henschke Primary School, and Grant, a bartender at The Farmers Home, brought their home in Kooringal in 2015.
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