Dear Readers;
I am a bit late entering this most recent wedding to our blog posts...it was the 300 apple trees which arrived a week ago which had our attention when we weren't working on Corey and Sarah's wedding preparations. But they are all planted now, and with today's gentle rain their chances of surviving the driest winter and spring we can remember improve with every mm that falls.We planted 100 Amrosia, 100 Gala and 100 Golden Delicious and with luck may even have a few apples from each tree in 2011.
But back to Saturday - It was supposed to be a miserable rainy day but the weather gods smiled on this wedding with bright sunshine and wonderful late spring mild temperatures. We set up for the wedding at the lake. We have been encouraging everyone to use sites on the same side of the road as the barn - but there are still quite a few at the lake for 2010. As a note, because of privacy concerns and the higer costs associated with having weddings by the lake we will be raising the price for this one site by $200 effective with all new bookings - otherwise our usual rates, unchanged since 2004, remain in effect.
Corey and Sarah's grandmother had been a great part of the planning for the wedding and her participation continued as she brought in the flowers she had grown and arranged for thw wedding. Two hanging baskets and two potted flower arrangements decorated the wedding site - later to be moved up to the barn. Corey and Sarah had live musical accompanyment for the service which was a nice touch. After the service everyone headed up for the reception. A light punch prepared by us, and appetizers, prepared by Treena, awaited them.
The Barn looked great - okay we think it always does - but this couple chose a minimalist approach with very little added to what the barn already offers. Flowers from the wedding site were placed near the head table.
A very Canadian touch was the use of maple syrup as a gift for each attendee.
Food was prepared by BBQ on Wheels from Stirling Ontario. They prepared a tasty simple BBQ dinner - they even had corn on the cob (not likely from Stirling where the corn is still just a few inches high). The Wedding cake was cut up and served and - well this doesn't often happen - but it was almost completely consumed by Corey and Sarah's guests! Must have been good.
The DJ was also very good. We hadn't seen Adam in our facility before but his 705productions system played a diverse mix of music and, from what we saw, he was most attentive to the wishes of the wedding couple - no wonder he is so fully booked for the rest of 2010!
As the evening drew to a close, Treena brought out a late night snack - again it was consumed almost completely. Now we are not saying that this was a hungry crowd - they just seemed to really enjoy all the food that was presented to them.
Corey and Sarah spent the night in our suite in the Main House - they had the place to themselves - then Sunday it was off to Sable Beach - plans to go to Greece on hold because of the political issues that country is dealing with.
So, with the help of a very energetic Grandmother (now on her way to Lake George on her Goldwing) and some smart choices made by Corey and Sarah, they had a very successful wedding (from our perspective of course). We wish them all the best.
Sincerely Lynne, Bethany, John, Mekenzie, Kailey and Mark