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From Nathalie: Melissa is a carpenter now turned bartender and I am a technologist in architecture. We met playing hockey back in 2006 when I was just 15 and Melissa was 21. It took us a little under a year to realize our feelings for each other were much more than just friendship and with a kiss, we got together. We’ve been by each other’s side ever since.

We knew we wanted to get married eventually and it was decided that Melissa would be the one to propose, the only condition being that I didn’t want to see it coming. She proposed on Valentine’s day two years after we got together and of course I said yes. We set the date for October 1st, 2011 and slowly began planning our wedding. We wanted to do a lot ourselves feeling it would make the day even more special and it did! It was a lot of work and planning but we ended up with a great result, even considering the obstacles we encountered (my dad refusing to come, threats from an uncle who didn’t get an invitation and having to change our reception venue with less than a week to go because of an electricity problem).

Our day started with an intimate ceremony of 30 people at the Schoolhouse. All 30 guests including Mel arrived at the ceremony on a city bus rented for the occasion by Mel’s dad. Everyone including us hoped on for the ride back to our reception area. It was a very cold day with a little bit of rain on and off but nothing could have ruined our good mood. We made a stop to take pictures on our way to the reception where we had more guests join us for supper and party (bringing the number of guests to around 120 for the reception). Our DJ did an amazing job and we danced the night away. Many of our guests said they’ve never had this much fun at wedding before! We are so looking forward to the vow renewal we plan on doing for our 10th wedding anniversary.