the gage of paige: September 2013

I chose to have our pictures done on Nose Hill. I went on jogs and walks there a lot in the summer (as some of you may have noticed due to all my postings on Instagram and here) and I found some spots that I thought would be perfect for wedding pictures.

Arianne was such a great sport hiking around up there only a month after she had Baby Audrey. I don't think Burns knew what I had planned. He was pretty upset because he was hiking around in his brand new expensive shoes. Oh well, they made for great pictures! Thanks so much Arianne and Boonie for putting up with my dream. I think these pictures turned out to be absolutely perfect. I'll look at one and think, "Okay this one is my favourite." Then I'll look at another and think, "Oh, no this one is my favourite." And then I look at another and the same thing happens! I love them all so very much!

There are still a lot more but these include my absolute favourites:

Arianne, I just can't thank you enough for capturing our love in such a beautiful way!

After most of our guests were settled at their tables, Burns and I were led to our own private table. Denise surprised us with a beautifully set table and even our own little cake!

We were served a delicious meal of beef on a bun and potato salad. There were a lot of other tasty things, too. Denise certainly outdid herself. Thank you so much to all who helped out with that!

I found bottled water labels somewhere online. If you ever want the outline, just ask. They were actually really easy to put together once I figured out how to get the picture of the branches with the birds on the label. Just print out the label, cut it on the line, put clear, one-sided sticky plastic over top (found at your local dollar store - I found mine at Dollarama) and attach to the bottle. I found that the Dasani water bottle worked best for this label (maybe Coca-Cola bottles in general?). I found miniature bottles at Wal-Mart and thought they would be perfect. Okay, well actually I was looking for the regular size but I couldn't find them anywhere, so I got the mini ones. They turned out better than I hoped! Thanks once again to Denise for helping me put them together!

Centrepieces for all the tables at the lunch:

Thoroughly enjoying our beef on a bun:

We totally ~~forgot to exchange our rings during the ceremony~~ planned to exchange our rings at the luncheon. It just seemed more suiting to our kind of style.

And we got to kiss in front of everyone. A lot.

In between lunch and dessert, I had my dad give a little speech. It was so great. Thank Daddy!

And thank goodness Marshie and Carol recorded everything because the Go-Pro's memory card was full from other events.

Then we had Denise give a little speech.

I knew Burns was going to sing for me. I thought he made a song up for me but he did the most beautiful rendition of John Denver's "You Fill Up My Senses". Burns may not have written it, but he sang it so beautifully and it seriously is so perfect for us. Thank you, Boonie, for doing that for me. It made me so happy. And thanks to Matt for holding the mic for him.

Oh yes and thanks again to Matt for being such a wonderful MC!

After Burns' song, dessert was served and we left the mic open for anyone who wanted to say something nice. Burns was so worried that no one would get up, but a lot of people did! All the speeches are in my top 5 favourite things of the day.

Matt, being the MC and all, started it off.

Luke

Mandi

Grandpa Wood

Mommy

Oh and did I mention we were pressured into singing? We didn't plan on it at all so it wasn't very good, but we got through it haha. We played a song that we wrote. It's still untitled but hopefully one day we will title it and record it. We would call it "Soak Up the Sun" but that's the same title as Sheryl Crow's song.

Elise

Rick

Marshie!

Arianne said she missed this part but she would have gotten up too had she not been feeding her baby.

A big thank you to this guy:

Pat helped us out so much that day. He helped with the music, drove us around and waited for us while we went to get pictures done on Nose Hill, got us water at the reception, and was an awesome support.

Burns thanking everyone who helped and who came out to support us.

Navy being a little doll as usual.

Yup, I married one handsome man.

Kyler, Brad, Marshall, Joe, Matt, Sam, Burns, Jordan C, Jordan W, Brandon, Pat, Luke

They're so silly.

The brothers! I'm seriously so happy to have gained 3 more awesome older brothers. And extra happy to have gained two more amazing sisters and more nieces and nephews! Not to mention all the step-siblings, nieces, and nephews that I gained. What a fantastic family that I am a part of, now officially.