Upper Deck to Lower Deck

Yes, our wedding was yesterday, but I have decided to catch up on some postings anyway!

Sarah, Mark and Jeremy on the Mar

As you are aware per this previous blog posting, we hit the high seas (or at least Halifax Harbour) with some friends and family on the Thursday before our wedding. We were pretty lucky that there was enough breeze to actually sail for the first half of the trip.  It was a nice chance for our parents to meet some of our good friends from Calgary.  Aside from being a little chilly (though the staff had lots of blankets to help with that), everyone had a great time!

Eric, Shauna, me, Susan

After the boat ride, a bunch of us went to the quintessential Halifax bar - the Lower Deck.  Having a bridal party consisting of folks who don't live in Halifax, we thought we would get off pretty scott free as far as pre-wedding shenanigans go.  Apparently we underestimated our Matron of Honour and Best Man.  While wearing a fun get-up which included gargantuan foam cowboy hats (a tribute to where we met each other and all of these friends), we had to complete a list of tasks - which were conveniently written on laminated sandwich boards!  Among the tasks... "re-enact your first make-out session on the dance floor", "request a song and ask a stranger to dance", and "eat as many hot wings as you can in two minutes" - turns out Eric and I suck at speed eating!

Both parts of the evenings were a lot of fun (from what we can recall), and it certainly set the stage for great party on our wedding day.... IF we have enough time to recover...