13Jul05 - Packing, Moving and the Wedding

Well it's been a while since the last post. I'll try to do a succinct "catch up" post.

Everything got packed and moved on the 27th of June. We kept the airbed and pillows along with our necessities and the dogs kennels. Unfortunately Rayne was unsuccessful at the INS office getting the TN Visa early so our stuff was in storage until the 3rd of July (in Vancouver). We spent the next 2 days trying to make the place as clean as possible for George and Lori (our fabulous tenants) while sleeping in an empty apartment on our airbed.

Our last supper was with our good friend Bryan and we headed to the island the next day. Thank goodness we took the Tsawwassen ferry (let's see that on the National spelling bee!) and not the Horseshoe Bay (where a ferry lost power and crashed into the dock causing massive delays).

The next couple of days (or maybe just one, it's all a blur) were spent preparing for the wedding at Rayne's parents place. Apparently I would make a horrific wedding planner, everytime Rayne went to pick out food I would grab more because we were feeding 20 people. By the time we were finished there was enough food for 50! Oh well, we don't like anyone to go hungry.

The day of the ceremony was great. Unfortunately our good friends Russ, Jay and little Jake couldn't make it from Claresholm, Alberta (nasty flooding, poor folks) but other than that we had a great group. We had everyone walk down to the beach and the wedding commisioner was fun (sort of a pixyish woman who told us about a witch wedding she had just done....weird but cool), the ceremony was quick and fun and I didn't say awfully wedded wife....

We went back to Ron and Dene's ( Rayne folks) for a barbecque and some beverages. Ron managed to setup enough space in the dining for everyone to have a sit down dinner. There were a couple of toasts and some good stories. Rayne got inducted into the Whittaker inlaws club (my brother inlaw Jim is president and Rayne is now head of foreign affairs.) Rayne and I had a great time and received some great gifts, thanks to everyone for attending and I hope you had as good a time as we did.

The next day we did some packing inpreparation for our flights(s). We had a nice brunch with some of my family and Rayne parents and went home for a little rest before we began the journey to Wethersfield. We picked a red eye on purpose to disrupt the dogs routines as little as possible.
We headed for the airport for 6:30 to catch an 8:00pm flight.

Next time....a bumpy ride, an unexpected car rental and how to survive without hot water.