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Ok, no one knows this except the Butterwicks, Nathan, and myself (and maybe our son who hears us go on and on about our love for these guys)… but barely bupkiss beats a Butterwick wedding! And yes, sitting for hours and hours on the computer during wedding season leads to lame hobbies like inventing tongue twisters about my favourite people!

We met Alyssa and Danny at Britt and Brett’s wedding… Danny is Brett’s brother, and of course, when they contacted us we jumped up and down because barely bupkiss beats a Butterwick wedding! ha ha ha! Seriously! The Butterwicks and the people they marry are simply good people: fun loving, easy going, and GREAT dancers.

Thank you a thousand times over for having us there. Both families gave us great hospitality, and we are so thankful for everything, from you both and your families and friends!!! Of course taking photos of you guys was about the easiest thing ever! And we are the luckiest photographers in the whole world!!!!

It is rare we put a family formal shot on the blog… but this may be the cutest little family ever!

One more of the boys… just because I love it:) ha ha

And here is my favourite shot of the whole day!

At this point in Confederation we were all dying from the heat and went to get slurpees. We stopped for a few more shots in the t-bird:)

Catherine and Mike had one of the most incredible weddings I have ever been to. They had two tea ceremonies, followed by a reception at the Lougheed House, and a reception at the Regency Palace. This is not what made it so incredible. Chinese weddings are a bit chaotic — we love them because it is the greatest challenge for a photographer; you need no make art and capture the story without having almost any control of what is going on around you. There is to time to move people around, it is fast, and exciting!!! This is also not specifically what made it incredible; for me what stood out was the family and friends we met that day, and of course the bride and groom.

We don’t always get a lot of time to really talk to the family, and for this wedding we had aunts, uncles, brothers… Catherine’s mom and family kept us fed, and everyone was so kind. I am really thankful for that. Catherine and Mike are kind, strong, and calming. Even in the chaos you couldn’t really feel any stress — I still feel that calm when looking back at the photos.

Thank you guys!!!!

For those of you reading the blog and have not seen some of the traditions at a Chinese wedding, the groom and groomsmen must pass a series of tests created by the bridesmaids, this is so the groom is allowed access to his soon-to-be bride. Here they had to eat pop rocks with soda, and… wax their legs! I am happy to say, tests were passed with flying colours and a beautiful wedding followed.