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Events > 2023 > Marriage Madness Party
On July 22nd we hosted the "Marriage Madness Party" which was a fancy way of saying a party to celebrate our wedding with all of our Canadian family and friends. (USA Wedding).
You know how we just mentioned Canadian family and friends? Well we were fortunate enough to have friends from the USA and Australia travel to be at our wedding party.
We sent out these invitations by email and had everyone confirm their attendance by completing a Google Form. After a week or so we had ~40 people confirm.
SYMPOSIUM CAFE RESTAURANT
The party started in the Symposium Cafe Restaurant in Brantford Ontario. We all met for lunch around 12. Slowly everyone trickled in. We had the entire corner of the restaurant to ourselves. For the first hour or so we all socialized. Everyone was encouraged to sign the photo and scan the QR code to play the table game to win the table prize.
Eventually we all sat down where Vrendy made a toast. It started off with some humour but the overall message was well perceived. Franklin was tearing up a little during it. We all raised our glasses.
Then the food started coming out. First a salad, pasta, chicken and vegetables, and then our wedding cake. Throughout the entire restaurant experience everyone was building lifelong memories. Franklin and Dana said a thank you speech and encouraged everyone to head back to the house.
AFTER PARTY
After lunch everyone headed over to our home. We had everything setup and decorated. There was QR codes on the fence for everyone to connect to WIFI and share photos. We had snacks and desserts on the tables.
Before some got changed out of their nicer clothes, we took these series of nice photos with Dana and Franklin. We took them with each family or friend grouping.
Everyone continued to socialize and toured the house. Despite the large number of people it didn't feel overwhelming. It was just a ton of fun. Later at night we had BBQ where we made burgers and hotdogs.
WEDDING CAKE
TABLE GAME
Grace and Anna said that we needed to come up with a table game to giveaway the lanterns. Franklin quickly said he would take care of it. They suggested asking questions about Danklin and picking the winners by the answers. However Franklin decided to go in a different direction. he created the Later Gator game based on the longstanding inside Later Gator joke.
It was a great success! Everyone was playing it. Okay not everyone but a lot of people. The screenshot scores below is the final scores as of the end of the party.
PARTY PLANNING
This section of our Marriage Madness Party is the most important. We took possession of our new house on June 21st 2023. (We were still in the USA when we closed the house).
We hosted this party on July 23rd 2023. That gave us less than 31 days to turn our completely empty house from a house to home. The first few days we had almost nothing in any rooms. It didn't feel like home.
Through the endless support from Franklin's parents, aunt Anna, uncle Rocco and Rob and Nonna, the house started coming together quickly. Everyone pitched in and supported us. Franklin's parents came by the house nearly everyday to get everything in order. From small repairs to bigger ones, our house quickly became a home.
However it was not just the home they all helped us build. They planned the party out. From the decorations to the cake to BBQ. Early Saturday morning, Anna came our to help transform our backyard into the Marriage Madness Party.
For all the help and support Franklin's family provided, we will forever be grateful. Thanks a ton for helping our new family start off with success.
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