Our wedding will have a Celtic-like medieval flavor to it. Renaissance period, you can say. But it’s not a themed wedding, and there won’t be any kilts. (Sorry, Spanky!)

But we wanted something less traditional and wedding-like, because we were both married before, and this is a celebration for an extraordinary love between two people — so we chose an “extra-ordinary” wedding.

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Yesterday, we met with Stacey, our newest wedding planner. She owns her own wedding planning company called Marry Me Productions right here in Ottawa.

Stacey, who’s also exceptionally beautiful since I’m a sucker for brunettes with light-colored eyes (Rish’s hazel eyes make me melt each time I look at them!), really has “got it together.” She knew exactly what she was doing.

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Sylvie and I decided that, in one year from now, we’re moving to beautiful Vancouver, British-Columbia. For a variety of reasons, the most important of which is that we hate the cold. No more winters! No more snow! (Well, Vancouver does have mountains with snow. But the beauty is that we can rollerblade down the streets and go to Whistler to ski, all in the same January day.)

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Here are a few pictures of us with friends taken at the last Big Seminar. We were, er, busy. And we freaked out the kids when we came back we these photos!. (Yes, there were so many babies and pregnant couples at the last event, we got the "itch." So here's the good news: in a year or so, we're planning on having a baby! Yup.) Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.

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Here are a few pictures of us with friends taken at the last Big Seminar, during a "networking" evening. Er, I guess we all love karaoke… There’s Sylvie singing with the women on one side, and me playing drums on the piano, with the men, on the other side. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.

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Here are a few pictures of us with friends taken at the last Big Seminar, the industry-leading seminar and one put together by a member of our wedding party, Armand Morin. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.

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Since we were both married before, we thought that a "bachelor" or "bachelorette" party would be a bit odd, although we're not totally against the idea. So we’re doing something special.

We decided to combine both, at the same time, and have a "prewedding party." Call it a "bachelordom" or "bachelorhood" party. Either way, it's going to be a lot of fun!

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