Let me introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Fortin! The wedding was absolutely beautiful. We will post our thoughts in the coming days — we are still grinning from ear to ear, and want to take some much needed time off.

But I wanted to quickly share some special moments with you. There are two sets of pictures (because there are so many, please allow the thumbnails to load.) Click on the thumbnails below to enlarge.

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Last night we had a party!

Here are a few pictures of us taken at Tucson’s Roadhouse, where the "bachelordom" pre-wedding party took place. The band was awesome, too! They’re called “Funktion.”

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Only a week left and counting! And we’re soooo excited, it’s unbelievable. The air is buzzing at the Fortin-Charrier household. We are all looking forward to the big day as things are quickly falling into place.

For example, we picked up the marriage license from City Hall. Our wedding planner has set the details for the decorations. The karoake DJ is getting his gear ready. Our seamstress finished the custom-tailored wedding dress.

(Sylvie just picked it up tonight. Apparently, it’s absolutely beautiful. I’m a little old-fashioned, so I don’t want to see it until the wedding day. But Sylvie is totally amazed.)

Nevertheless, now that final preparations are underway and the day is drawing closer, we have one more thing to ask.

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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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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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