Dec 2006

Today we headed out to Paul and Sheila's house for brunch and the present opening. Brunch was fantastic and then the present opening was heaps of fun as we watched the bride and grooms faces light up with each present. We stayed the remainder of the afternoon and played cards and board games until the early evening before returning home where we played cards again until late evening!

Today was an early morning as the brides and bridesmaids (including Kylie) had to be at the church at 8am to get their hair done. Katie had the role of ‘personal attendant’ to the brides and bridesmaids and ensured that had everything they needed throughout the day. Photos started at 11am and went right through to the beginning of the ceremony which started at 3:30pm. The ceremony was beautiful and even better Kylie managed not to stack in on her way down the aisle. The reception was held at a Casino were a lot of fun was had by all.

Katie was rather sick this morning and spent the morning sleeping to try and recover. We think all the late nights are starting to add up as we are both so tired! We spent the remainder of the day organising photos and emailing family and friends before we went to the Rehearsal dinner at the Church followed by the ceremony rehearsal. We decorated the Christmas tree in the church so it would be ready for the wedding and we also met the remaining bridesmaid Mary. All the bridesmaids and the bride returned home with us and we spent the night playing cards.

This morning we went with Lois (Sheila's aunt) to Watertown to buy Sheila and Paul's wedding present. We actually found what we wanted to buy them quite easily so after finishing up we went to the Sports Bar for lunch before sorting out some photo issues and getting copies put onto CD. We headed home to do more chores (like washing!) and later in the evening we went to Paul and Sheila's house to surprise them with some of the larger wedding presents. Sheila's family had bough the pair some furniture and when we arrived Paul and Sheila were not home so we moved all the furniture into the house before they arrived and got a huge surprise! After the festivities we went to dinner in Pipestone for Pizza and played arcade games until it was time to go home to bed.

This morning after breakfast we went to Sioux Falls for Kylie's bridesmaid dress fitting and some shopping. Linda (The mother) drove us and we also met Dawn one of Sheila’s other bridesmaids. After the dress fitting we went shopping and then we had lunch with Gale (the father), Linda and Dawn at a place called Hu Hot which is a stir-fry place where you make your own stir-fry. It was really interesting! You get a bowl of meat and noodles and then a bowl of vegetables from a buffet so you make all your own choices and then you choose your sauces and then the restaurant cooks in on this huge BBQ like hot plate before giving it back to you to eat! YUM! While we were at lunch it began to snow so Kylie was very excited cause she loves snow! We drove back to White after lunch and spent the evening with the family learning a new card game called Phase 10 which we both loved.