MARRIAGES

JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE MARRIAGES I HAVE WITNESSED.

LET ME START WITH MY OWN MARRIAGE:
I WAS MARRIED ON SEPTEMBER 7 1968 IN DUNDEE SCOTLAND( HOME OF MY WIFE MARY BISSET MATHIESON SNEE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD LEFT THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT AND THE FIRST TIME ON AN AIRPLANE. DUNDEE IS AN OLD SCOTTISH TOWN ON THE EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND. THERE WEREN'T ANY MODERN BUILDING EXCEPT THE CHAPEL. THE SCENERY WAS BEAUTIFUL. WE FLEW FROM TORONTO TO GLASGOW; THEN TRAIN TO DUNDEE. THE HILLS WERE BEAUTIFUL WITH ROLLING HILLS AND LUSH GREEN GRASS.
I WAS INTRODUCED TO MARY'S FAMILY. THERE WAS BILLY ( OLDEST BROTHER @ HOME) ALAN, IAN AND SHEILA (TWINS) AND FIONA AND OF COURSE MOM AND DAD. THAT NIGHT I WAS TAKEN TO UNCLE BOB'S ( WHERE I WAS TO STAY).
WE NEXT HAD TO POST BANDS @ THE CITY HALL; SO IF ANYONE KNEW WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO MARRY COULD OBJECT. MARY TOOK ME TO MEET SOME OF HER FRIENDS. TOOK A TRIP TO LOCH LOMOND. THE DAY B4 THE WEDDING I RENTED A MOURNING SUIT AND HAD MY HAIR CUT(then i had reason to mourn) THE BARBER HAD CUT MY HAIR TOO SHORT.(SEE MY WEDDING PICS) WE RENTED A TAXI TO DRIVE MARY TO THE CHAPEL . THE WEDDING WAS VERY SPECIAL WITH HER BRANCH PRESIDENT PERFORMING THE CEREMONY. BILLY WAS MY BEST MAN, AND KATHY ROY AS MAID OF HONOUR AND PAM FISKEN(NOW DUNSTALL) AS BRIDESMAID; WITH SHEILA & FIONA SNEE AND DEBBIE WYND AS FLOWERGIRLS. NOT SURE IF IAN WAS THE RING BEARER BUT I THINK BILLY HAD THEM IN HIS POCKET.
WE HAD A WILD RECEPTION DOWNTOWN WITH SINGING AND DANCING.
WE THEN TRAVEL TO EDINBURGH AND STAYED IN A HOTEL THEN ON TO LONDON TO THE TEMPLE TO BE MARRIED 4 TIME AND ALL ETERNITY. WE GOT LOST AND WENT DOWN THE WRONG ROAD LOOKING 4 THE INN TO STAY @. FINALLY FOUND IT AND WOKE UP THE HOST. NEXT DAY WE WENT TO THE TEMPLE. I WAS VERY NERVOUS. (if u want to know y ask me privately) WE STAYED THERE 4 3 DAYS AND THEN WENT AND MET TOMMY (AS HE WAS ON HIS MISSION IN ENGLAND). WHEN WE CAME BACK TO CANADA WE HAD ANOTHER RECEPTION 4 OUR FRIENDS HERE.

NEXT WEDDING WAS MY SON IAN

MY SON IAN MET THE MOST WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY AND PLANNED A SPECIAL ENGAGED EVENT. WE HAD A FRIEND WHOSE BACKYARD FACED THE TORONTO TEMPLE. IT WAS WINTER AND THERE WAS A SMALL HILL OF SNOW IN THE BACKYARD. MY FRIEND HAD A CANOE(adrienne wanted to be proposed to in a boat) SO IAN PUT THE CANOE ON THE HILL FACING THE TEMPLE. THEN HE BLINDFOLDED ADRIENNE AND DROVE AROUND SO SHE WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS. HE THEN TOOK HER INTO THE BACKYARD AND SAT HER IN THE CANOE AND PROPOSED WHILE TAKING THE BLINDFOLD OFF.
ON THE WEDDING DAY , HER PARENTS HAD RENTED A HORSE AND CARRIAGE WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE. ADRIENNE WAS SO SURPRISED. PAT (ADRIENNE'S DAD )AND I WERE THE WITNESSES 4 THE CEREMONY. THEY WERE SO GORGEOUS!!!
THE RECEPTION WAS @ THE WANLESS CHAPEL. IT WAS SO SPECIAL.

NEXT WAS ROBIN

HER WEDDING WAS IN THE CHAPEL @ THE STAKE CENTER. IT WASN'T QUITE AS FANCY.
I GOT TO BRING HER DOWN THE AISLE AND GIVE HER AWAY. THE RECEPTION WAS GOOD WITH DANCING AND GREAT FOOD. NOT AS MANY PEOPLE !!!

KELLIE WAS NEXT.

SHE HAD WAITED A YEAR SO TREVOR AND HER COULD BE MARRIED IN THE TEMPLE. A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY LENT HIS OLD FASHION CAR TO DRIVE THEM AROUND. BACK @ THE STAKE CENTER TREVOR'S FAMILY HAD A SCOTTISH PIPER PIPE THEM IN TO THE HALL.
WE HAD A BALL.

BECK (THE STARLET)

WAS ALSO MARRIED IN THE TEMPLE. THE RECEPTION WAS A PRODUCTION WITH THE BRIDESMAID AND HER PUTTING ON A SPECIAL MUSICAL NUMBER 4 ADAM. THE DECORATIONS WERE GRANDE (OF COURSE)

LAST( BUT NOT THE LAST I HOPE) MARK.
MARK MET JO UP NORTH @ LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY. THEY WERE BOTH VERY COMPETITIVE. SHE PLAYED ON THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND HE WAS ON THE WRESTLING TEAM. WE MET HER SEVERAL TIMES AND GREW TO LOVE HER VERY MUCH. ON MARK'S BIRTHDAY THEY WERE MARRIED 2007. THEY WERE MARRIED IN AN OLD CHAPEL IN LONDON, ONT. IT WAS SO SPECIAL(check out melissa's or kellie's facebook for pic) SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL ALONG WITH HER BRIDES' MAIDS AND MARK AND HIS GUYS WERE HOT!!!
THE RECEPTION WAS IN A COUNTRY COMMUNITY CENTER. THE DECORATIONS WERE SPLENDED. THE MUSIC WAS GRAND.