Katie And Ian's Wedding

3 Weeks To Go

2008-05-05T14:32:00.000-07:00

It's approaching! Our meetings that we had over the past couple of weeks have gone well. Everything seems to be sorted out with our Marriage Commisioner (Gisa) and Mayfair Lakes.

We also had our engagement photos yesterday. Here is Ian's and my favourite photo.

What we have left is mainly grooming things. I am re-dying my hair the same colour in the next few days just to make sure it's fresh. And, I'll be having my hair consultation on May 11. (I'm exctied to see what my hair will look like.) I still don't really have much of a clue of what I'm going to do with it, other than it being up.

Ian and I are going for a massage today and I also have a manicure booked for me and Heather, Ian's mom, on May 23. So like I said, it's mainly grooming stuff.

As for partays, I have my bridal shower on May 9 (this coming Friday) of which I'm told there are games planned. This semi-scares me as I don't know what they are. Ian's bachelor party will be on May 11 and he seems pretty stoked about paintballing.

I think that's about all that is new with us since the last post. Being close to the end, it's kind of nice that our list is so short and most things are pampering things that need to be done. (Well need or want, whichever.)

20 more days to go!
Katie

The Final Countdown!!!

2008-04-12T09:01:00.000-07:00

It's the final countdown (Insert theme song here). 43 days and counting. The usual questions are being asked. Is everything done? Is everything done!!! Of course it is. I'm a perfectionist (Right Katie). Are you nevous? Am I nervous!!! Of course not. I'm marrying the most loving and caring girl in the world. Plus, I have nerves of steel!!! Although, I can't guarantee that will be the case when I see Katie walking down the isle.

Although everything is done, we still have some more meetings / consultations.

Tuxes: We (Myself, Troy, Jordie, Bryan and my dad) had our tux fitting last Sunday at Moores. Apparently we can't lose any weight between now and the wedding. That's okay with me...I wasn't planning on giving up beer and chicken wings. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Ceremony / Reception: We have a meeting with Jana (Wedding planner @ Mayfair Lakes) and Giza (Marriage Comissioner) on Sunaday, April 20 to go over the final details.

Photo's: We have a meeting with Ji Hong (Photographer) on Sunday, May 4 to do engagement photo's at Deer Lake Park / go over the final details.

http://www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/cityhall/departments/departments_parks/prksrc_prksan/prksrc_prksan_drlkpr.html

Hair: Katie, the maid of honor, and the bridesmaids still have to do a hair consultation, but I have nothing to do with that. All I have to do is shave my head. Just kidding!!! Don't worry Sweetie, I will get a proper hair cut for the wedding.

Other than that, all we have to worry about is the bachelor / bachelorette parties. We're both very low key people, so we don't want to do what everyone else does. As for me, I suggested we do something different. PAINTBALL!!! Yes, paintball. I thought it would be fun. What happens after paintball is up to Troy, Jordie and Bryan, but I suggested a BBQ. But, we'll see what happens. I have learned not to trust those guys. I said BBQ, but they probably heard strippers. As for Katie, I don't know what her Maid of Honor and Bridesmaids have in store for her, but it's probably something she doesn't want to do (don't foget to take pictures :-) ). Good luck sweetie.

http://www.nspaintball.ca/

Well, that all foks.
Ian

Tuxes

2008-01-27T13:14:00.000-08:00

Guess who back...back again...

Yes, you guessed right. It's me. I'm back with "Moore" news. Katie and I went to Moores last Sunday to pick out the tuxes. We decided to go with a black (what other color would it be) single brested suit with a white vest and tie for me and a silver vest and tie for the best men. Hopefully we'll look good. But, not as good as the ladies. Especially the bride (I can't wait to see you in your wedding dress sweetie :-) ). We have to go back for a fitting, but other than that, we are done. One more thing to check off the list.

Here is the tux:

Flowers, Hairstyles and Stuff, Oh my!

2008-01-25T11:53:00.000-08:00

This post is really only about Flowers and Hairstyles, but that's okay. I needed something to make it an "Oh, my" statement. Anyways, I'll start with hairstyles. So, I finally got a hairdresser who will come to the hotel and do mine and my bridesmaids hair. One of my friends from high school/elementary, Whitney, agreed to do them for me! Yay! It's so awesome because it's someone I know and trust to do my hair. I haven't talked to her in a few years, but thanks to Facebook we have been talking a bit more lately. My mom is relieved that the hair situation is sorted out. She was stressing about it way more than I was. Now all we need is someone to do make-up.

As for flowers, Ian and I have a meeting with Tapestry Florist on Tuesday to have a wedding consulation. I looked at their website and they have a lot of recommendations from past couples. So, that's part of why I chose to go there. We figure, and the place told us, that we really didn't have to be worrying about flowers yet. But, with me in school and what not, time is very precious. This is the best time that Ian and I could go.

I think that's about all that is new since the last time. So, until next time, I bid you adieu.

Katie

Invitations, cakes and flowers

2008-01-05T12:11:00.000-08:00

Well, this is my first post. Why has it taken until now??? Because my lovely fiance is a better writter than me. Plus, I can't spell. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Anyway, on to the actual post. We have finished our invitations. We spent December 30th working on them. We actually had friends over on the 31st to help, but we finished them on the 30th. Unfortunately, Katie recieved some bad news on the 30th, so we decided to finish them to keep her mind off things. I must say...they're beautiful!!! Just like Katie. We'll post pictures of them once we have mailed them.

As well, we are in the process of looking at cakes and flowers. As for the cake, we have a friend at work who has offered to make it for us. We're just trying figure out what we want.

Here is a cake he made for someone else:

Until next time.

Ian (aka the fiance)

Gift Registry #2

2007-11-18T19:44:00.000-08:00

Ian and I finished all our gift registry stuff! Yay, go us! We're going to have this wedding all done before you can say whosiwhatsit? That's right. So, the other actual registry we have is at......

DRUM ROLL PLEASE (Ian is making drumming or train sounds I'm not sure. Now, it's a video dance party.)

The Bay:

Go to - http://www.hbc.com/registry/find.aspx?gs=GIFTREGISTRY&site=bay&langid=EN
Type in either my name or Ian's name and voila!

We would also be cool with gift cards to Ikea as well. It's not really a registry, but a suggestion.

Peace out homie g's.

-Katie

Another Update

2007-11-12T19:55:00.000-08:00

Hello fellow people,
Let's see, what have Ian and I done since the last update. Well, there are two things that I can think of. We have completed our gift registry at Linens and Things, we still have to do one at The Bay and Ikea, but that's okay. The link for Linens and Things is:

http://canada.lnt.com/registry/index.jsp?clickid=topnav_giftr_txt
Just type in either my name, or Ian's and you can find our registry.

The other thing that we have done is we got our rings. I'm going to attempt attaching a picture here, so bare with me.

Here is mine:

And, here is Ian's:

That's all that we've done since our last update. So, until then, I bid you adieu.

-Katie

Honeymoon

2007-10-27T16:56:00.000-07:00

So Ian and I finally found a place for our honeymoon. We knew that we wouldn't have time to go to a very far away place because he has to be back at work and I am hoping to be writing the Candatite's Questionaire for Dental Hygiene on June 6th(Yes, I know that's Ian's birthday). So, we were toying with places around B.C. We started off with the Island, and then decided that that would add up in cost because of ferries. Then, we thought of Harrison Hot Springs and other places in B.C. We narrowed it down to two choices, both spas, in Harrison Hot Springs and Whistler.

We ended up going with the Whistler one because it was closer, and let's face it, it was nicer. So, here's the website for the place we'll be staying at. No stalking people. We'll be in the master suite. How cool, eh? How canadian I am.

http://www.whistlerinn.com/home.html

Just click on Guest Rooms and scroll down to the bottom. (Yes, I choose to give you instructions.)

Katie

Wedding Dress

2007-10-09T14:39:00.001-07:00

So, my wedding dress was supposed to take 4-6 months to come in after we had ordered it. My mom and I ordered it somewhere around end of July/beginning of August, and yet I got a letter in the mail today that the wedding dress had arrived. That's only 2 months! I have 30 days to go and pay for the rest of it. I have the money, but I have no shoes or anything. It amazes me that it took way less time then they told me. Oh, well. I'll have it with me in about a month. Then, I'll have to find a hiding place so that Ian won't be able to find it. Not that he'll go looking for it.

That's about the only other thing that I can think of that's new since the last update. I've been pretty busy with school so we haven't had time to do much else. I know that my mom's friend's daughter is letting me have the veil that she just used for her wedding and that one our co-workers (Beto) is going to bring in cake samples to work so we can try it and see if we want him to make our cake. My sister's boyfriend's mom apparently does flowers, but we'll see if she does our. Other than that, nothing is done.

Peace out!

Wedding Update #1

2007-09-06T18:40:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

Ian had this idea to create this blog to keep everyone updated on our wedding planning. Now, with me in school, we have actually accomplished quite a lot. We're trying to avoid the whole planning while I'm in school thing. I guess the most important info to let everyone know is the date; May 25, 2008. Time: But, what else is important? The location of course.

Drum roll please...

*insert drumming noises here*

Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club in Richmond
http://www.golfbc.com/courses/mayfair_lakes/event_planning/weddings

There's the url for any curious minds that would like to know. Now, since the wedding will be during the morning/early afternoon, no evening weddings for us, it's going to be a cocktail style reception. We haven't quite worked out all the details with the place since it's so ruddy early! But, we will most likely have no dancing and no booze. Who wants to dance in the middle of the day/drink during the day? If you answered; I do! to either of these two questions, you might want to think about DA or AA. Just a suggestion.

As for the other things that we have all sorted out; photography, wedding dress, marriage commisioner. If you have ever worked at the aquarium, then you won't be shocked to hear that Ji Hong (http://www.jihongphoto.com/wedding_gallery.htm) is our photograper. If you look closely enough at the website, you are sure to find some familar faces from around the fish sanctuary. (Yes, that is what I have now dubbed the aquarium.) We're really looking forward to seeing pictures that we didn't even know were taken. It should be quite an adventure.

As for the wedding dress, I can't say much because obviously it's going to be a surprise for Ian. But, I'll say that it's fabulous and I look fabulous. And, yes, I cannot pronounce that word properly as some of you may know.

Finally, marriage commisioner is all booked. We met with her and we really like her. The reason that we chose to go with this person is that she is a lot like us. She has that carefree/laidback attitude that Ian and I are using at the attitude of our wedding. We're confident that she will be the perfect kind of person to officiate our wedding. I'm sure Ian may have more to add on that because the words are not coming to me.

Well, that's about all that is set in concrete right now, so keep checking for constant/not-so-constant updates.

Until next time,
Katie (and Ian who didnt' write this)