Here are some more pictures from the wedding
Yvan's
Toto's
I am going to pick up the official photographs from our photographer tomorrow, so we will hopefully have some more pictures soon!
Married life is pretty good, it is still strange to see Geofford's finger with a ring on it, but it does really make me smile.
We had a busy few days over the past little while. Francis and Jaclyn had their blessing on Friday night, which involved the nuptial blessing as well as some food and drink. It was nice to see Jaclyn's family again. We also finally got to meet Justin - her brother who was away in St. Lucia doing some great work. On Saturday we went to DimSum with the Gannons and then on Saturday night we celebrated Stephan's 30th Birthday. I really hope that married life doesn't involve so much eating/partying because then I don't think that I will have time to get a job because I will be too busy trying to work out to keep off the extra calories.
I think that this week will be good because we will start settling into a more regular routine. Geofford working, and me being a housewife (I am no longer unemployed, I am a housewife until I find a new job). I hope I do find a job soon because I don't want to get too used to not working or else Geofford will be in trouble :)
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006
I'm Married!
Wow, it has been an amazing few days, but Geofford and I got married on Saturday, September 16, 2006. We haven't received our official pictures yet, but my dad posted some of his here, and I have attached one of our pictures from my camera. I was a little disappointed that I wasn't able to carry a camera all day, but I guess this way there are way more pictures of me :) Here are some more pictures of the day - some that I took, and others that I didn't.The day turned out to be a perfect day. It was crummy here in Ottawa for a while, but on Saturday morning, after the fog cleared, it was a bright and sunny day. After an early start with a 8am hair appointment, I arrived at the church a little early, and was able to get ready. My bridesmaids and I discovered that Tide to Go Pens actually do work. Some of the pollen/petals of my flowers got on my dress in a few places, so we used the Tide to Go pen, and there were no more stains, phew... The ceremony was perfect, and Father Joseph Muldoon spoke the perfect homily for us. He spoke about how it was such a great day and although we chose the auspicious day, it turned out to be a great day because it was also Geofford's paternal grandparents' anniversary. Overall I think that it was a great day for the wedding. I will post more pictures when they become available. Thanks to everyone for helping out to make this such a spectacular day.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Thank you to all!
Thanks to all who attended my bridal shower today, and thanks to those who attended in spirit - you know who you are. A huge thanks to Tracy, Kathy, and Lisa for making the day really special. I'm not sure that I really liked all the attention, but it was nice to get a little dry-run in before the wedding when I'm guessing that I will have a lot more attention. Fortunately on the wedding day, I will get to share the limelight with Geofford.
The wedding planning is progressing quite well. I have almost all of the details completed except the flowers - but I have picked the type of flowers, so that is a big step :) I am also meeting my seamstress tomorrow for the dress alterations, so that should be exciting, this means that I can't change my shape for the next 4 weeks. After Nationals (we leave for Halifax on Wednesday and I get back on Monday - Geofford gets back on Sunday), then it will be 4 weeks until the wedding, which means that organizing gets into high gear. I promise to update all of the wedding party and relatives on the tentative timeline and what everyone is responsible for.
I also didn't realize how many people secretly read my blog - but for the record David, I did post that we were registered at the Bay - and it was back on May 14 in the second last paragraph. Also for those who are interested in more information about the tea ceremony, you can click on this link. We are modifying it slightly and both the groom's and bride's families will be participating.
The wedding planning is progressing quite well. I have almost all of the details completed except the flowers - but I have picked the type of flowers, so that is a big step :) I am also meeting my seamstress tomorrow for the dress alterations, so that should be exciting, this means that I can't change my shape for the next 4 weeks. After Nationals (we leave for Halifax on Wednesday and I get back on Monday - Geofford gets back on Sunday), then it will be 4 weeks until the wedding, which means that organizing gets into high gear. I promise to update all of the wedding party and relatives on the tentative timeline and what everyone is responsible for.
I also didn't realize how many people secretly read my blog - but for the record David, I did post that we were registered at the Bay - and it was back on May 14 in the second last paragraph. Also for those who are interested in more information about the tea ceremony, you can click on this link. We are modifying it slightly and both the groom's and bride's families will be participating.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Pictures from Halifax (trip 1)
So if you click on the title above, you will see the rest of the pictures of the trip. It is a mix of the wedding, a trip to Peggy's Cove, Lunenburg and the post-wedding Brunch.
So, here is a picture of Geofford and I from the Francis and Jaclyn's wedding. I had curled my hair in the morning, but it looks pretty straight now...so I know that I am not wearing my hair down and curly for my wedding... oh well...
This next picture is also a nice one of the bride and groom with their maid of honour and best man. It pretty much captures my brother's personality - fun. He's the one that did the raise the roof after shaking hands with the governor general.
So, here is a picture of Geofford and I from the Francis and Jaclyn's wedding. I had curled my hair in the morning, but it looks pretty straight now...so I know that I am not wearing my hair down and curly for my wedding... oh well...
This next picture is also a nice one of the bride and groom with their maid of honour and best man. It pretty much captures my brother's personality - fun. He's the one that did the raise the roof after shaking hands with the governor general.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Francis and Jaclyn are married!
Wow, my baby brother is married, and I have a new sister. I have wanted a sister for a long time now, and I am happy to call Jaclyn my new sister. Geofford and I travelled to Halifax to meet up with my family (my parents, Damian, Uncle Lawrence, Aunt Betty, Aunt Hannah, Aunt Laura, Aunt Winnie, and Uncle Sammy) and to meet all of Jaclyn's family (her parents Jim and Cathy, and sister Jenna, and a multitude of aunts, uncles and cousins) to celebrate their wedding.
We arrived in Halifax mid-Thursday morning and waited around the airport to meet up with some other Ottawa arrivals so that we could be driven back to Halifax (the city - as the aiport is a far distance away) together. We hung out at the Gannons and met the family before going out to dinner with my parents and relatives at a chinese restaurant called ChinaTown. We were able to enjoy fish and lobster, which was very exciting...(as it turns out, this was the majority of the shellfish enjoyment for the trip). Thursday night we went out to a bar - can't remember the name to listen to Jaclyn's old band play. They were really good, but a little too loud for these old ears (but definitely not as loud as NIN - but since were up since 6am EST, it was pretty loud to our ears).
Friday morning, Geofford and I travelled to Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg with my relatives. Geoff had fun playing on the rocks - jumping from rock to rock in his sandals...and scaring me when he decided to try and go onto the coloured rocks (which were the ones that were wet from the waves...) Hopefully Geofford will post pictures soon from this part of the trip, as there were some incredible vistas from Peggy's Cove. After Peggy's cove, we travelled to Lunenburg, but didn't have the chance to see the BlueNose II, but did have some fabulous scallops and shrimp...(our second taste of seafood). We had to hurry back to Halifax in time to get ready for the rehearsal dinner/rehearsal/post-rehearsal get-together. We had a nice bbq before the rehearsal, which was a great opportunity to get to know the wedding party and Jaclyn's relatives. They were fantastic. It was a pretty early night because the boys (my dad, Geofford, and my two uncles) were getting up early (6:54am tee-time) to play golf.
Saturday morning - the day of the wedding - Geofford left the room around 5:45 to meet my dad and the uncles to leave for golf. I think I heard him leave the room, but I fell asleep soon afterwards. My mom and I had a hair appointment at the Head Shoppe (where the bridal party was getting their hair done), and I got my hair curled and my mom got her hair set and curled. It took Katie - my hair stylist - one hour to curl my hair, and due to the humidity and the persistent straightness of my hair, the curls definitely relaxed during the course of the day - to the point that one of the groomsmen he saw my hair before and after decorating the hair noticed the difference in curl. sigh...I know that I shouldn't get my hair curled for my wedding, but it was nice to have curly hair for a day - even if it meant having a ton of product in...
The wedding ceremony was beautiful - Jaclyn was a gorgeous bride and Francis was a handsome groom (I still can't believe he's married...he's my baby brother!). Father Gerard had a lovely homily - and it was very personal to them, which was nice. After that we went for pictures and then had dinner and danced the night away. It was a great night - except the fact that there was no a/c because it broke the night before, but fans were brought in, and we coped. There was a little bit of comotion at one point in the night, when the groomsmen ran onto the dance floor in their "uniforms" - which consisted of muscle shirts, red mesh ball caps, and shorts....to liven up the dance floor - and to get out of their tuxedos for a bit.
This morning was quite relaxing, after breakfast, Father Gerard said mass outside for those of us at Mount Saint Vincent University. There was a bit of a laugh about it because the mass today was as long as his homily yesterday during the wedding mass. After that Damian, Geofford and I ran some hills (there are a lot in Halifax) and threw the disc around. We then went back to the Gannon's for the post-wedding brunch/gift opening. One of the uncles made a fantastic haddock chowder and one of the aunts made a fantastic chili. One of the smart things that they did - which I will copy - or look into copying was that they rented all of the dishes for the brunch so there was no need to worry about washing. You just rinse and return...which is great because then we were able to spend a little more time talking, and there were less people in the kitchen.
We now have a bigger extended family - and Jaclyn's family has opened their hearts to us - they might even come watch Geofford, Damian and I play ultimate when we travel back to Halifax for Nationals in August - that would be fun to have some fans...
On the way back - as we really didn't have that much lobster, Geofford and I picked up a few lobsters from ClearWater Seafood to bring back to Ottawa to enjoy...It's probably a lot more expensive to buy it at the airport, but was it ever delicious.
People keep asking me how the wedding planning is going, and I think it's going pretty well. The only thing that I am a little worried about is the dress alterations, as the person that I was going to call - I seem to have the wrong phone number....eek! Other than that, I will really start worrying about all of the details after MixedUp and CUC Nationals...Ask me August 21st how planning is going :)
We arrived in Halifax mid-Thursday morning and waited around the airport to meet up with some other Ottawa arrivals so that we could be driven back to Halifax (the city - as the aiport is a far distance away) together. We hung out at the Gannons and met the family before going out to dinner with my parents and relatives at a chinese restaurant called ChinaTown. We were able to enjoy fish and lobster, which was very exciting...(as it turns out, this was the majority of the shellfish enjoyment for the trip). Thursday night we went out to a bar - can't remember the name to listen to Jaclyn's old band play. They were really good, but a little too loud for these old ears (but definitely not as loud as NIN - but since were up since 6am EST, it was pretty loud to our ears).
Friday morning, Geofford and I travelled to Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg with my relatives. Geoff had fun playing on the rocks - jumping from rock to rock in his sandals...and scaring me when he decided to try and go onto the coloured rocks (which were the ones that were wet from the waves...) Hopefully Geofford will post pictures soon from this part of the trip, as there were some incredible vistas from Peggy's Cove. After Peggy's cove, we travelled to Lunenburg, but didn't have the chance to see the BlueNose II, but did have some fabulous scallops and shrimp...(our second taste of seafood). We had to hurry back to Halifax in time to get ready for the rehearsal dinner/rehearsal/post-rehearsal get-together. We had a nice bbq before the rehearsal, which was a great opportunity to get to know the wedding party and Jaclyn's relatives. They were fantastic. It was a pretty early night because the boys (my dad, Geofford, and my two uncles) were getting up early (6:54am tee-time) to play golf.
Saturday morning - the day of the wedding - Geofford left the room around 5:45 to meet my dad and the uncles to leave for golf. I think I heard him leave the room, but I fell asleep soon afterwards. My mom and I had a hair appointment at the Head Shoppe (where the bridal party was getting their hair done), and I got my hair curled and my mom got her hair set and curled. It took Katie - my hair stylist - one hour to curl my hair, and due to the humidity and the persistent straightness of my hair, the curls definitely relaxed during the course of the day - to the point that one of the groomsmen he saw my hair before and after decorating the hair noticed the difference in curl. sigh...I know that I shouldn't get my hair curled for my wedding, but it was nice to have curly hair for a day - even if it meant having a ton of product in...
The wedding ceremony was beautiful - Jaclyn was a gorgeous bride and Francis was a handsome groom (I still can't believe he's married...he's my baby brother!). Father Gerard had a lovely homily - and it was very personal to them, which was nice. After that we went for pictures and then had dinner and danced the night away. It was a great night - except the fact that there was no a/c because it broke the night before, but fans were brought in, and we coped. There was a little bit of comotion at one point in the night, when the groomsmen ran onto the dance floor in their "uniforms" - which consisted of muscle shirts, red mesh ball caps, and shorts....to liven up the dance floor - and to get out of their tuxedos for a bit.
This morning was quite relaxing, after breakfast, Father Gerard said mass outside for those of us at Mount Saint Vincent University. There was a bit of a laugh about it because the mass today was as long as his homily yesterday during the wedding mass. After that Damian, Geofford and I ran some hills (there are a lot in Halifax) and threw the disc around. We then went back to the Gannon's for the post-wedding brunch/gift opening. One of the uncles made a fantastic haddock chowder and one of the aunts made a fantastic chili. One of the smart things that they did - which I will copy - or look into copying was that they rented all of the dishes for the brunch so there was no need to worry about washing. You just rinse and return...which is great because then we were able to spend a little more time talking, and there were less people in the kitchen.
We now have a bigger extended family - and Jaclyn's family has opened their hearts to us - they might even come watch Geofford, Damian and I play ultimate when we travel back to Halifax for Nationals in August - that would be fun to have some fans...
On the way back - as we really didn't have that much lobster, Geofford and I picked up a few lobsters from ClearWater Seafood to bring back to Ottawa to enjoy...It's probably a lot more expensive to buy it at the airport, but was it ever delicious.
People keep asking me how the wedding planning is going, and I think it's going pretty well. The only thing that I am a little worried about is the dress alterations, as the person that I was going to call - I seem to have the wrong phone number....eek! Other than that, I will really start worrying about all of the details after MixedUp and CUC Nationals...Ask me August 21st how planning is going :)
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