Sat 01Oct2011

Folks were up and doing their respective jobs.

Sarah headed to Duncan soon after 10:30. She was going to have coffee with Guy and Sue (?)

Jeff headed to Duncan soon after 11AM, but forgot his tux at home. Jeff stopped at his office and picked up a monitor for the slide show (since he couldn't find the projector). Then he went to a beauty salon to get his nails done (!). He grabbed a wrap at Safeway and went to The Quamichan Inn a little after 1PM.

(The chairs were already set outside, so there was no question the ceremony would take place there.)

While he was there, he set up the music (his laptop and an iPod dock), slide show (Kate's laptop and the LCD from his work), the table signs, and the to-be-signed frame. He also helped Colleen arrange the tables to accommodate the seating plan.

Ken arrived around 2PM with Jeff's tux and the flowers and set to work on planning the music. Karen Goreas arrived about the same time to drop off a present from the running group. Helen and Lew arrived with Kelly and Rob and the cake. Other guests started arriving about the same time.

The wedding party (Kate, Sarah, Sam, Liss, and Megan) arrived in the limo at about 3:40PM and slipped upstairs. Ann Brunnet and Kathy Paton both arrived around that same time.

The wedding ceremony started soon after 4PM when the ladies started walking out: Liss, then Megan, then Sarah, then Guy and Kate. Jeannie started the ceremony with a reading. The ceremony went beautifully as the sun started breaking through the clouds.

After the ceremony, Gord asked that guests go into the building for hor's dourves and drinks while the wedding party stayed outside for photos. After photos, the wedding party mingled with everyone else for a short time before dinner.

Dinner was served at about 5:30PM, and it was fabulous. The volume was very high as everyone seemed to enjoy the conversation at their table. As dinner was wrapping up, speeches were made: Gord announced them, then Peggy toasted the bride, then Gord toasted the groom, then Jeff toasted the bride, then Liss spoke, Guy spoke, Megan spoke, and Terry Burgess spoke.

The room erupted into conversation again until it started to peter out at 11PM. The few people left (those staying at the Quamichan, plus Gord+Jeannie+Montana) were there as Jeff carried Kate across the threshold.

I won't say what happened after that.