Tagged from my sister and my cousin...here's my wedding info:

1)What was your wedding date? August 29th, 2003

2) How long from "I will" to "I Do" - 2 months...exactly. why wait?

3) Where were you married? Cardston Temple

4) What were your wedding colours? Black and White and then my flowers were orange and pink

5) Who was in your wedding party? everybody...I had six sisters to choose from plus friends, so I decided to be diplomatic and choose the unmarried sisters only. Sam, Sarah, Janeen, and Kari. Dude was on his mission, otherwise I would have chosen him to be my maid of honor. Tyler had his brother, Jason, his best friend growing up: Cory Williams, a mission companion, Dan Rock, and a newly acquired best friend, Gabe Kane.

6) Honestly, could your bridesmaids REALLY have worn the dress again? yes, and they did. fortunately my bridesmaids were mostly 14 and younger...so it made it a bit easier.

7) Did you LOVE your gown? Would you choose the same gown again? I did love it...and I think I would choose it again, but I wish I had tried more dresses on.

8) Flowers: Real or Silk? real

9) Reception: Full meal or Calling reception? both. we had a full meal with all the family, and then a calling reception afterwards

10) Dance or no dance? definitely a dance. Tyler and I started our relationship at the Saturday night dances, so we had to have a dance. I was way more excited about that then the other traditional things...like cutting the cake and stuff.

11) What would you have done differently? not a whole lot. We would have allotted more time for taking pictures with the family that couldn't come down to Cardston.

12) Any disasters? not any that I knew about. It was freezing cold the day before and we were worried because the reception was planned for outside, but it ended up being a beautiful day. When I was sitting in the back of Tyler's car after we had gotten married and we were heading back to Cochrane from Cardston, my dad chose to clean part of Tyler's car at that moment and ended up getting my dress dirty...but fortunately he also knew how to make it clean again...so it was no big deal.

13) Best Gift you received? We got a lot of gift cards, so we were able to buy a TV, microwave and vacuum with that money...not exciting, but definitely useful. Tyler's parents bought us our bed and I still love it.

14) Strangest gift you received? I can't think of anything...I don't think we got any strange ones.

15) Most Memorable moment that day? most of the memories were inside the temple, which I can't really say much about. My brother sent a letter home from his mission that was sweet and hilarious. I requested it, but I'm glad he followed through. I remember specifically coming out of the temple together and seeing pretty much every member of our family so excited to see us and a loud cheer going out. I think a lot of people breathed a sigh of relief when we finally got married...mostly my mom.


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Hoppy Easter

This past weekend was filled with family, food and confections. We started out the weekend with a blast by heading to the zoo Saturday morning for Alison's birthday. Any Ken Bourne family member who was available was in attendance, as well as the rest of the city of Calgary. Apparently there was some Easter program happening that were unaware of, but everyone else seemed to know about. It was 'a zoo' to say the least, but the kids still enjoyed seeing their favorite animals and spending time at the zoo with cousins. Max felt brave for a moment and took a picture with someone dressed up as a wolf, but then soon came to his senses and watched from a distance. I'm not really sure why they were there, but the kids enjoyed seeing different feline and canine characters larger than life. We headed back to my parent's house afterwards for naps and snacks and winding down until Easter Dinner. Mom treated us with her fabulous turkey dinner with all the fixings and then the kids enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs and presents. The best part about the Easter egg hunt is all the kids put their eggs in one basket (I've heard a warning about that before), and go on looking for more. While their backs are turned to their treasure, the adults grab handfuls and re-hide them, so the egg hunt lasts a little longer. They think they're bringing in a huge haul, and have yet to figure out that the number of eggs found is not equal to the number of eggs received. Grandma got each of the kids a new pair of pajamas (and t-shirts for Cy, because he's ten and doesn't really wear character pajamas anymore). All the kids decided to have a fashion show and put on their pjs right away. Then we turned on some tunes and let the kids dance it out for the last few minutes they were together. We were amazed by Emma's Robot, Jilli's Worm, and Lucy and Max's...let's call them "Return Missionary" dance moves (ie. they don't have much rhythm, but a lot of heart). The next morning (Sunday), we headed to church and enjoyed the Easter Sabbath. Max had so much fun in nursery with his new teacher, Grandma Janielee, that he got mad at Dad when he tried to clean up the toys to go home. Janie made a chicken wing dinner, because Tyler had complained that both families planned Easter dinners for days that he would be working and unable to enjoy Easter dinner. We played games and hung out, and let the kids show the Williamson family their dance moves that they had perfected the night before. It's one of their favorite things to do, so the kids and I dance a lot. Max loves the song "Pokerface" by Lady GaGa and "Kung Fu Fighting" because it reminds him of Kung Fu Panda. Lucy enjoys "Our Song" by Taylor Swift, and "Just Dance" by Lady GaGa. Our kids are very current.
Monday morning saw more Easter festivities. We had a great waffle breakfast at Ma and Pa Williamson's house, and then headed outside for a windy/sunny/snowing/blowing/raining/all-of-the-above Easter Egg Hunt. This time, there was no need to re-hide Eggs as treasures were hid all around the property and kept the kids going for at least an hour. (This was not a gift for Easter, we've had this truck for about a year, but Max got more excited about it here, then he did when we got it). We got LOTS of candy and a few toys and some new clothes. Sarah got a skipping rope in her loot bag and that started a skipping competition that ended in getting as many people skipping at once as we could. We headed inside for some hanging out, playing (The Game of Life - which Lucy takes too literally), and Easter dinner at the Williamsons. Ham and Scalloped potatoes (Janie knows the key to my heart). Tyler ended up breaking a way from work to eat dinner, so he actually scored himself 3 Easter dinners, instead of the usual 2. We had a pretty awesome/exhausting time. Thanks to all the family who made it perfect.