Matt and Karine's Wedding -Rehearsal Party and Early Wedding Day

Hey everybody! I know it's strange for me to do a post on Matt and Karine's wedding a month and a half after the fact. I've been meaning to do one for awhile now, but I was waiting on pictures, I've been procrastinating (as usual), and this site has been giving me lots of grief uploading pictures.

Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me for the event, so I had to rely on friends and relatives to share pictures with me. Before I get started I have to give a big THANK YOU to Brian and my step-sisters Jen and Jody for these pics. Thanks guys! :)

This'll be a two-part post (hopefully it won't be backwards this time..eh Kim?). I decided to start out with some pictures taken on Friday night at the rehearsal party which was held at Matt and Karine's house, and end with some earlier wedding day pictures. The next post will be more "late-night" pics...a little nastier too! Heh heh! Since I already talked about the wedding in a previous post, and most of you have probably read Matt's entry, I'll just get right down to the nitty gritty!

Friday night after the actual rehearsal (which was held at the Brookstreet Hotel), everyone headed back to the house. Karine, her family and bridesmaids came over for a quick hello, and then left for Rockland for the night. This is a picture of Karine just before she left...

Here's a nice picture of Jen and Jody, both were busy looking through a stack of pictures..

Gene and Tony hamming it up...

There were more pictures from Friday night, but most were very similar to the ones on Matt's MSN page so I didn't bother. So, moving on to the actual wedding day now!
This was taken in the hotel (waiting for the elevator)..we were either headed to the wedding or the reception, not sure which. From left to right is Dad, Donna, Kari, Nick and myself.


I didn't include any pictures from the ceremony (again..Matt has lots of those). Afterwards the family moved outside for some group shots..I had to include this one of Matt and I. I really like this picture!

This is a group shot of friends taken in the lobby of the hotel. I'll try to name everyone; front (l to r) Mike Melanson (usher), Gene Fowler, Tara Fowler, Paul Bingham, and on Paul's lap is Karine's sister (maid of honour) Marieve. I hope I spelled her name right! Back row (l to r)Leslie Melanson, not sure who he is(sorry), Matty, Gary? - Yolande's boyfriend, Yolande Martin and Brian.

Here's a nice pic of Dad and Donna having a waltz, in the background you can see Mom dancing with her brother Tom...

I love this picture of Matt and Karine trying their luck with the hula-hoops! They both did a great job of it! I should mention that instead of tinking your glass to make the bride and groom kiss, you had to get up and hula..and make it last for at least 5 seconds. Lots of people were up for the challenge too, so there was lots of smooching goin' on! The funniest part was when the head table decided to change the rules a bit. If any of them managed to succeed at the hula, they got to choose any two people that they wanted to kiss. Tony and Mike got up, did great at it, and then requested that Gene Fowler and Paul Bingham kiss. They actually did too! Wish I had a picture of that! LOL

This is some people who were sitting at the "fun table"..Tara, Jen and Jody. Kari and I were convinced we would have the best table, "Table 6"...somehow it didn't turn out that way eh Kari? Maybe if I had of stopped crying long enough..I was an emotional wreck the whole day! Oh well, it's not every day that your little brother gets married!


That's it for this one! There's still more to come, but I must warn you all, the pictures won't be so tame! Stay tuned!

Lissy :)