So, my visit to Canada was quite hectic at times, quite relaxing at others, and all-in-all a very successful venture.

T & Bri's wedding and reception were both awesome; everything seemed to go off without a hitch, but that's an observation from an outsider who really didn't take part in the pre-wedding preparations. It was a great time and a good chance for the family to be together again.



Here's a picture of three generations of Sakaluks. Back row (l-r): Uncle Evan, cousin Jesse, Aunt Donna, moi, John Sak / Front row (l-r): Aunt Bonnie, Mary-Lou (an honorary Aunt), and Nan.

Aunt Donna, my mom and I went to Shoppers Drug Mart for some film on the day of the wedding. We discovered in the process that the cosmetics personnel give free make-overs! Consequently, Aunt Donna completely forgot about the film (we had to go back later), and the two of us ended up looking a bit clown-ish for the wedding. But it cost a grand total of zero dollarz, so whatevs! Everyone was looking at the bride and her lovely bridesmaids (including my stunning cousin Corrie) anyway!




The ceremony, which everyone expected to be a lengthy, tear-jerking affair, was actually very short and sweet. Bri somehow managed to keep it together, which prevented the river of tears that threatened to ruin all the ladies' make-up. People seem to be very susceptible to tearing up whenever Bri starts to lose it, I've discovered!




After the ceremony, most people went outside for a breather; this picture was taken in front of a fountain outside the banquet hall that T & Bri got married in. It was very windy out, so the fountain messed up quite a few of these pictures whenever we got sprayed! After that, one of my uncle Tom's old friends had us over to his house for some pre-reception drinkage. We sat on the back patio for about an hour just chatting about the ceremony and relaxing.




This was one of several photographic attempts to duplicate a picture from Aunt Donna's first wedding to now ex-husband Gord. She got married on the Chief Commanda (a rentable yacht on Lake Nipissing in North Bay), and there's a fabulous picture of her in her wedding dress and her two brothers, my dad and my uncle Tom. In this picture, you can see the tables from the reception hall. Pretty fancy stuff!




Here's a picture that I requested to have with my youngest first cousin on my dad's side, Jesse. I was his favorite cousin before he figured out he had a penis and therefore should probably stay away from icky, cootie-ridden girls! His voice has dropped about eight octaves and he's grown at least four inches in the past year. I can't believe he's already fifteen!!




Here's the father and mother of the groom, my Uncle Tom and Aunt Mary. They gave an incredible speech together about T's amazing character, which has remained constant since he was a young kid. It made pretty much everyone blubber!




Here's John Sak (my little brother) dancing with Nan. I aided in getting John drunk enough to want to hit the dance floor at the reception. And now he is immortalized slow-dancing with his grandma...




And his sister!! Actually, by the point this picture was taken, I was considerably more trashed than the younger sib.




This picture of myself with my brother and sister would be a keeper, were my tit not hanging out almost to the nippage. I guess I kind of lost track of my bodacious tatas in all the drunken revelry...




Here are Corrie (my cousin) and Pablo (her boyfriend) -- generally known as C&P. They didn't get to see much of each other throughout the day until the speeches were done at the reception, since Corrie was part of the wedding party as a bridesmaid. Pablo sat at our table, though, and we tried our best to keep him entertained. He bet me $20 U.S. that I wouldn't eat a heaping spoonful of horseradish. Too bad I'm not a pussy!!




Here is an almost standard cake-shot, made sweeter by the fact that T is obviously trying not to mess up his bride's face with cake. How considerate! If I ever get married, and if I decide to have a traditional ceremony/reception (two very big and somewhat unlikely "ifs"), like hell am I going to be careful with the cake! The groom is going to be CAKED 2 D MAX.

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