On Saturday, June 26th one of my closest friends Sarah Hutchison got married to her fiance Johannes Elter. I was honored to have been asked to be in the wedding party which gave me great insight into all the behind the scenes planning which go on during a wedding. Many of these insights will help guide Dave and I on our big day. It was such a wonderful day and Dave and I wish Sarah and Johannes all the best as they start their lives together in Germany.

Oh yes! Yesterday, June 26th Nathalie and I attended the wedding of Sarah Hutchison and Johannes Elter.

Nathalie was a bridesmaid (looking good) and Dave... well, I was telling typically horrible jokes from the sideline with Geoff Hamm.

Congratulations Sarah and Johannes!

... more pictures to come....

I believe that the key to a successful marriage between Nathalie and I will be my ability to make sure that I provide a consistent supply of "slummin' it" chocolate to Nathalie.



You see, there are occassions in which high quality, expensive chocolate will not satisfy Nathalie's need for chocolate. Instead, she must consistently have cheap, dirty, low-brow, slummin' it chocolate to get Nathalie to her happy place :)

Attention to detail is everything.

On Saturday we had our friends who will be helping us out as volunteers and wedding party on July 24th for a BBQ and a "casual drink".

The result...

Too much food, a few extra drinks, and a lightsaber.

Here is the visual evidence.

Nick Dargus and his invisible beer...

Special thanks to Bitch Liam who came all the way from Philadelphia to spend the day with us... He will be the emcee on the 24th, despite his irrational loyalty to the Blue & White.

Lindsey on the left will be our bartender on the 24th, she's tremendous so bring your wallets and tip the bartender!

Quote Nathalie LaCoste: "Gimme... Gimme gimme gimme" ... She loves her lightsaber and can't stand Kate taking it away from her.

Once again beer proves to be an equally effective tool to a death weapon from the future.

Special Delivery of the Day... Cam delivers an ironic death to The Dudar.

Inappropriate? Perhaps.

Perfectly sober.

Defender of the bedroom.

A special thanks to everyone who came out, it was a crazy amazing awesome night!

I would like to thank the group of swimmers that I coach at Toronto Swim Club and all their parents for an incredibly generous series of gifts for Nathalie and I for our wedding!







I know what you're thinking... "Dave, you wear that Seahawks jersey in a lot of these pictures".... and I'll tell you that you're right, it's very comfortable and it's a Matt Hasselbeck jersey and the shelf life of Mr. Hasselbeck is not all long so I better wear it out before it's completely irrelevant.

On a more relevant note... Nathalie and I are looking forward to seeing my swimmers out at Knox for our wedding on July 24th. They will be the good looking kids that will be respresenting as my extended family!

Nathalie and I would like to thank everyone who attended her Bridal Shower and supplied us with the gifts to go to The Bay and purchase beautiful new towels.

We could not be any more excited because these towels are super fluffy and comfy!



Yes... yes, we went with family brand loyalty. The quality of these towels is fantastic, we can not recommend them highly enough.

Thank you all so much!!