After we returned from taking pictures, we had a little time to just relax and hang out with some family. I even traded out my dress for some comfy clothes for about 5 minutes before we had to leave for the reception. I quickly ate another beef on a bun, slipped my dress back on, and we were out the door again. Everything looked so fantastic and delicious! A huge thanks to Candyce Ibbott-Nye who made 300 of these beautiful cookies! She is one talented lady. And also thanks once again to Arianne for taking these pictures. It means a lot to me.
I don't know how many batches of cupcakes it took for Denise to be satisfied with her chocolate peanut butter surprise cupcakes. I don't know how many I taste tested (there were quite a few), but in the end they were perfect. Thank you, Denise, for making such a variety of delicious treats!
Denise also made some lollipop bird cages. They were pretty adorable. There was dill pickle popcorn, oh and you can just see a hint of the two bite brownies that my mom brought. Thank you!
Denise also made some yummy banana poke cake.
Thanks so much to Alex who decorated the P and the B in the above picture. Super cute!
And here are the centrepieces:
We stood for the whole two hours welcoming people and receiving their congratulations. It was so awesome to see how many people came out to support us. Just when we thought the line would end, more people walked through the door. I thought it was pretty great despite the fact that we couldn't sit down at all until Jordan Burton played us a song. He and Burns used to play in their own little band together. Jordan singing and on guitar and Burns would drum for him.
Here are the lyrics:
A Million Stories
There are a million stories that we know,
That tell the tale of boy meets girl.
As difficult as they are to believe,
I have seen it.
Their passion may take you by surprise,
Something you'd have to see with your own eyes.
In order for you to understand,
What true love is.
I can testify that it exists.
Betwixt two hearts and best friends.
It's not that it isn't obvious,
It's just so rare that you might miss it at first,
So innocent and natural,
A real life fairy tale.
I can testify that it exists.
Betwixt two hearts and best friends.
There are a million stories that we know,
That convince each of us there is hope,
And we are destined to fall in love,
Now there's a million and one.
I can testify that it exists.
Betwixt two hearts and best friends.
A growing fire,
A burning desire.
A feat of strength,
A leap of faith.
A steadfast ship,
A granted wish,
A woken dream,
Everything in between.
On this day,
We celebrate,
The epitome of,
True love.
A story that,
Will never end.
Thanks so much, Jordan, we really appreciate you writing and playing such a great song for us!
After Jordan played, we figured it was time to wrap things up at the reception and get ready to leave for our honeymoon! The plane would leave at 11:20pm so we went to double check that we had everything, oh yeah, and Burns still needed to pack.
We had everything together and then I thought, oh hey, where is Burns' passport? I had mine, but where was his? We then spent the next half our searching the Heninger's house high and low. We got people out of bed who may have seen it, we called people who were sleeping, I was starting to panic a little. Okay a lot. Stephanie said that she gave it to me that morning but I had absolutely zero recollection of the hand off. I didn't even believe her! We kept searching and searching.
We then decided to search the room I got ready in once more. I looked in the garbage, and as I was looking up from the garbage, my eye spotted something that I hadn't noticed before. The printer/scanner. Ah yes. I had found Burns' passport.
I had asked Stephanie to get Burns' passport for me that morning so I could scan it and send it to my mom in case anything happened. Apparently I didn't take it out of the scanner. I, to this day, don't remember receiving his passport from Stephanie. I remember scanning it, I remember sending the information, but for the life of me I cannot recall Stephanie giving it to me. I'm so sorry to everyone I inconvenienced that night. Thanks so much for all your help looking for it.
After we found the felonious passport, we had a little time to open some gifts with some family around. It was then time to go to the airport. Thanks so much to Luke and Mandi for sending us off.
I was scared that it wouldn't be, but it really was the best day of my life.
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| Waiting for our flight. |
I sincerely am so thankful for everyone involved in our perfect day. I'm so sorry if I didn't mention you by name, but know that Burns and I are so grateful for your contributions.
And now it is time to retire my gageofpaige blog. To me this blog represents my single life. You can read about our married life adventures on my new blog that I named, simply, Harris.
Thanks for reading!
