We tied the knot (for real)!

On Friday we had a small Catholic church wedding with just family and very close friends in attendance.  It was nice and intimate, and is when we signed documents and made our marriage official.  This is what I saw the morning we got married (before I put my glasses on of course!).

Me holding my wedding bouquet.  Ha ha...by the way, most of these photos were taken by the lovely Megan and my uncles Francis and Ignatius  

Jacinta being recruited to do nail duty:

Megan bravely allowing me to do her eye make-up.  Thanks Megan, I still say that was the most fun I had all morning!  Anything to keep the bride happy I guess...

Roger hoarding our wedding favors.  I'm surprised there were still some left for the wedding!

The arrival of my cousins and cousins-in-laws?

At the Chapel, waiting to get married.

Hmmm.. who's that?  Brendan did a great job at the wedding.  His tie managed to stay on and his shirt managed to stay tucked for about 20 minutes which was just enough time for us to get married.  Unfortunately I don't think Joyce and Raymond ever did find his tie after the wedding.

Erin did a great job too.  She proudly marched down the aisle with her flower in one hand and her mermaid doll in the other.  She also helped to add some background music to the whole ceremony by squeaking her shoes together.

We just got hitched!

Us and Father Raju.  You may think we fight too much Father Raju, but we really do love one another!

Here's everyone!

Roger's special cufflinks that belonged to his Morfar.

Ahhh...that's much better.. 

For skateboarding that is....

Welcome to a Bear and Bison!



Our room at the Bear and Bison

BBQ time!  and Dianne trying to shield her shy food from the camera.

The BBQ was delicious, hamburgers, bratwurst, ribs, BBQ chicken, Cesar salad, potato chips and...

Ice cream sundaes!!!

Some drama at the B&B.  My uncles brute strength broke the key in the door, however my dad came to the rescue and got it out!





Some VERY tired children.

and...a not so tired adult who should perhaps go to bed anyway?

We tied the knot (pre wedding)!

Roger and I finally did it...after 8, 9...er.... 10 years of dating??? we finally got married!  And, because we didn't think the chaos of one wedding ceremony was enough, we decided to have two!  Here's some pre-wedding photos.

As promised, here are a few more engagement photos taken by the lovely Sophia Dorozio--the poor girl had the daunting task of trying to make Roger and I photogenic!

 

Here's some pre-wedding prep.  Mama G with her oh so tasty wedding cakes.  About a week before the wedding we loaded the cakes up into her car and drove them down to Calgary where we popped them into a freezer at my parents house.  It was definately worth it.  I've never, ever, EVER been to a wedding where there was a 7-10 person line up for the wedding cake!

Handpicked pumpkins for the wedding. 

On the Wednesday before the wedding, Roger, me and my two uncles took a drive out to Canmore to deal with some last minute issues.  Here we are at the Silvertip:

Here are my uncles patiently killing time while Roger and I played around with the sound system at Silvertip.  Apparently they would wander outside for a bit, then when it got too cold they'd jump back inside to warm up.

Next stop, florist:

and finally, a quick stop at A Bear and Bison to show my uncles our accommodations during the wedding:

We told the bear to stay out of the shot, but I guess he couldn't resist.  Some bears will do anything to get into a good picture.

After our impromptu rehearsal at the church Thursday night, we had a family dinner at the Bonavista Peking house.


The delicious appetizer:  Jelly fish, baby octopi, surf clam and some type of meat.

 Bridget and Lars getting a little worried that this was all there was to eat and wondering where to get a hamburger.

This is my Uncle Francis and Auntie Gim Ai.  They had arrived just 2 days ago and when exiting the plane, Uncle Francis took out his cell phone and was taken aback to find a message on his cell phone saying "Welcome to Roger's Wedding!"  He was very curious as to how Roger and I could have broadcasted this message on his phone, however upon adusting his glasses better he realized that it actually said "Welcome to Roger's Wireless!"