Friends and Family 2017

Weddings

Friends and Family	Las Brisas, Huatulco	Vernon with Pierre and Lynn
3 Weddings	Scotland with Laura	Ted's best photos

Sam (Kuchera)
and
Wyatt Warawa

Kevin
and
Kate (Schaefer) Roth

Kit (Kusler)
and
Justin Serhan

Sam (Kuchera) and Wyatt Warawa.
Sam and Wyatt
Louise and I have known Sam Kuchera since she was born. Our kids grew up with Sam and her brother Zak, spending many days boating together and enjoying annual Canada Day celebrations. Sam and Wyatt were married July 15th, 2017 at the Camrose Catholic Church. The bride and groom were then "whisked away" in Papa Wilf's (Sam's grandfather) 1929 Sport Coup for photos and eventually to the reception. It was my honour to be the MC at the reception which was held at the Camrose Performing Arts Centre. We had a wonderful meal, and were entertained after the proceedings, by Sam's brother Zak, who is a professional DJ.	Best Man (Wyatt's brother) Colton, Sam's brother Zak, and Wyatt ... watching Sam sign the register.
Proud parents, Lori and Jim (at the rehearsal)	Sam's grandfather, Wilf, with his 1929 Sports Coup
Walking up the aisle	Proud little (actually his is bigger) brother Zak

Wilf stored his car in Spencer's garage. It looks pretty good with Spencer's Victory Vegas 8-Ball Motorcycle

Kevin and Kate (Schaefer) Roth
Kevin and Kate
Louise and I have also known Kevin Roth since he was born. Neal and Sandy Roth, Kevin's parents, are good friends of ours who run a farm in the Rosalind area. Neal also worked with me (Ted) at the City of Camrose for many years. Kevin and Kate were married in Osoyoos, BC, not far from where Kate grew up. It was a beautiful day, but very warm. The wedding was outside, on the lawn of the Walnut Beach Resort. We enjoyed the wedding, and also going down to the lake for a swim to cool off between the wedding and reception....	Proud parents, Neal and Sandy with Kevin before the ceremony
Kevin and Kate	Kate and Kevin
Sandy with her grandaughter (their daughter Emily's daughter), Isabelle	Kevin's Grandfather, (Sandy's Dad) with his wife Leone.
Kate's side of the family is very Musical. Her mother's brother and two sisters are in Suite 33, a band based out of Lethbridge. The entire band made the trip for the wedding, and Kate's mom, backed up by the band, and sang a special song she had written during the service. Suite 33 played at the reception. They were one of the best we have ever heard. We had planned to pull our "senior card" and leave early (as we had a long drive home the next day), but the music and dancing were so good that we ended up staying until the Suite 33 last song. If you ever get a chance to see Suite 33 perform, I highly recommend you do it!
Kate's aunt, lead singer, Nicole Freeman, and uncle Marc Belisle, lead guitarist for the Rock Band Suite 33 playing during the ceremony.	Kate's mom singing a wedding song for the couple, with the band Suite 33

Kit (Kusler) and Justin Serhan
Kit and Justin with Father Peter Boote presiding
On November 4, 2017, well after the crops were in, my sister Micky's daughter, Kit, married Justin Serhan in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. Kit is the first of my Mom's eight grandchildren to get Married. We all braved a winter storm to get there - but eventually everyone arrived safely. There was some stress when the groom's grandparents flight to Medicine Hat was cancelled - and they were stranded in Calgary. Fortunately they were able to find a bus, so were picked up in Medicine Hat in the morning. They arrived with lots of time to spare for the wedding.	Kit and Justin
Proud dad, Darcy, walking Kit up the aisle.	Kit's sister, Anne, watching the register being signed.
Patty's daughter, Rebecca (Kit's cousin) with Chase (groomsman)	Patty's husband, Ross, and son Graham, helping to block the door during the ceremony!
It was the first time in years that all eight grandkids had been together, so the reception was a lot of fun! The only people missing from our side of the family were my Dad (grandpa), who wasn't feeling up to the journey, and my brother Brian and his wife (who stayed home so they could drop in and check on dad each day). I think Mom really enjoyed the wedding and reception. She outlasted Louise and I, staying at the reception until about 12:30pm. The wedding had some Harry Potter elements - with each of the four houses represented. Justin and his groomsmen, who are all hunters (or at least Justin is), had unique boutonnieres made with spent shotgun shells.
All of the Bride and bridesmaids' shoes had magical sparkles on the heels and their respective Hogwarts House Emblems on the soles.	The Groom and Groomsmen wore socks representing their respective Hogwarts houses.
Shotgun Shell boutonnieres	The Grandmothers!
A toast to the Bride
Mom with her eight Grand Children Rebecca, Anne, Graham, Kit, Spencer, Devon, Fallon and Laura.


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