Monday, 17 March 2008

Char's Wedding!

Well, we had a wonderful trip to Calgary on Thursday the 13th. We arrived at my brother Robby's house to stay for a couple nights. We shopped on Friday, got our eyebrows done and finally, decorated for the big day!








We spent Friday decorating the place with green apples, green/white/black helium balloons (and yes, you guessed it, the boys could not resist sucking it in and talking like cartoon characters! Actually Char's twin sister Shauna sucked in her fair share as well....) Char was pretty uptight (as she should be), but did good at keeping us on task and getting it done early.

Shauna and Andrea being goofy...by this time, we were all feelin' it!









We had pizza, waited for the Marriage Commissioner, and waited, and waited...when he finally did show up we did the run-thru...and the guy couldn't remember Char and John's names and said "whatever, I'll have it by tomorrow!" That kind of thru us off and made Char even more nervous!!!! Good thing though, he did have it down by the next day, for the actual wedding and it was so fabulous!

In between arranging flowers and apples, we had a chance to take some fun shots of the kids and at one point, I was looking for Dennis and John and they were both missing. I went outside and found this....yah, perfect time for Den to take their new car for a test drive...when they were supposed to be helping decorate!!!!!!!


The bionic woman...







The day of the wedding was fun because of course, the girls got to dress up! We thought we looked pretty good until we saw Char! She looked gorgeous. It was a great day and we got some good shots to remember it.


The ushers...

The Guest Book gal...
Dennis and Kaitlin





Jen, Char and Kate...giving a good-luck kiss to their big sister...there's no turning back now!







Char and John giving speeches...made everyone cry...

The groom...digesting what just took place....

Meg and Uncle DenProud Ma and Pa!!!

Lewis was the ring bearer and during the speeches he got pretty bored so he decided to create a message for Char with the rocks that adorned the table. It says, "Bruce I love you" in short form. Bruce, because of the movie Nemo...his friend Bruce the shark...or Chark...Charky as the kids, Lewis in particular, used to call her.






The dance was so fun and Karlyn and Meg joined us at that point to make it even more fun. They all got down to "Low" by T Pain...whatever that is...Dancing...lots of fun...especially watching Taylor and Lewis bust a move...
Me and my boys...so handsome...and the beautiful girls!



We call this the Sears Catalogue pose.Meg working the dance floor...oh ya....and here's that "low" song in action...




After the dance...the cake cutting...and feeding ritual...and then they were off for more pictures at a near by park while we cleaned up and loaded the gifts to head to their house. Ya, all 9 of us ordered in Chinese food and opened pressies on their wedding night! It was a riot. Peanut and Butter got in on the action and everyone was beat, so we all hit the sack...pretty exciting wedding night for the happy couple...sharing their home with their parents and 5 siblings, not to mention the dogs...oh! The more the merrier, right?!

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