I wanted to post this beautiful cake that my grandmother made for my parents' wedding. There are some beautiful flowers on top!

I found this picture on the internet and thought it was a great idea!!! Just kidding. I don't really understand the appeal of cutting up your own dress or eating a life size cake of yourself but I guess to each his/her own! I am curious though how many guests there were, that is a lot of cake!!! Nonetheless, it is pretty funny.

While I don't want to divulge all the secrets about the wedding, Dave and I recently decided upon a color scheme which would be used for the bridesmaid dresses, flowers and centerpieces. It will be a plum or dark purple color accented with silver and maybe some touches of lighter purple. This deep purple is so elegant and classic, I love it!

Here is a flower which helped inspire me. It is called a Cymbidium Leodogran orchid. It looks a little more pink here than I am looking for, but at least you get the idea.


While I am not set on the style of the dress, this is color.

Yes. Nathalie is still very tall.

Yes. Nathalie's bride's maids are still very tall.

Yes. My hair is still really blonde.

No... I'm not sure if that's supposed to be my brother beside me.

... and YES, those two little girls and the one little boy are evidently now in my wedding party so Nathalie can up the cuteness of the wedding pictures...

Look at how tall she is? Look at how small my wedding party is? Something tells me we have some details to fill in...

Neither of these were bought but it's amazing to see how amazing Nathalie looks in these dresses in her first wedding dress shopping venture from a few weeks ago.

Hopefuly there will be more wedding dress pictures in the coming weeks and months but there will be no premature pictures of the dress she ultimately chooses... sorry :)

For those of you who are not yet following up on Twitter... @july24th2010, you may not yet know that we have also added a Flickr account for this evening.

Follow this wedding in picture format at http://www.flickr.com/photos/july24th2010

As we ramp up to the wedding date we are going to open up this account for our guests to share pictures from the wedding so Nathalie and I can share all the photos and the event will be completely shared!

More on this to come, there is only one token photo up on the Flickr at this moment but stay tuned as I'm sure there will be many more to come!

From the rooftop of Richmond & Spadina.

On July 25th, 2009 Dave and I organized a potluck dinner with both our families to celebrate our engagement. The timing worked out perfectly as it was exactly one day less than one year away from our wedding date next summer! The evening was filled with great food and company! For the appetizer, Scott and Emily made a salad and served wine. For the main course, Karen brought her delicious Rigattoni and Macaroni & Cheese and my parents (&Nicole) brought my mom's famous Chicken Parmesan. For desert, I made a Chocolate Cake with a lot of icing!!

Overall, it was a delicious meal and everyone had a great time!

Quickie update today... July 24th, 2009.

Next year at this time, Nathalie will be getting her hair done and I will probably be trying to steal a couple winks of sleep before our big day.

Exciting!

As for at this time... Big family dinner tomorrow night!

This is an oldie but a goodie. From Scott and Melissa Briggs' wedding in the summer of 2007.