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I'm finally making the official announcement:
Over a month ago Philippe John Duprey asked me, Rebekah Joan
Lanteigne, to be his wife. I agreed.
on January 25th, my 21st birthday, Phil brought me to a ranch in the
Fraser Canyon near Boston Bar. It was a misty day with a bit of a
chill in the air, typical of BC's winter. The moss was dripping and
the mountains were shrouded in wisps of fog. The trees gleamed with
moisture as we walked beneath them through the forest to where the
ranch manager had told us there was a waterfall. We could hear the
roar, and soon we saw a broken-down, moss covered shack beside a
rushing stream, backed by the falls. There was an old, small cement
dam, and everything was green and mossy. We stood looking at the
waterfall for some time, then Phil turned to me and dropped to one
knee.
The ring he chose is amazing. My birthstone (garnet) is set in yellow
gold and surrounded by studded white gold, with a small diamond (his
birthstone) set on each side. He chose it because it signified me
surrounded by his love.
That evening we dined on lobster by candlelight, and the next day we
rode horses through the canyon under a clear blue sky. The Fraser
River was unnaturally clear, and we played on its bank with our host's
german shepherd. It was a wonderful birthday present; I couldn't have
asked for anything more.
We are getting married around 10:00am, Saturday, August 25th. It will
be our second year anniversary of dating.
You are all welcome! Please, we would love to see you. Consider this
your official invitation, and feel free to forward it to anyone who
knows and loves us. We are having the ceremony in a park in the Fraser
Valley between Vancouver and Abbotsford (specific location yet to be
decided) and the reception is going to be a potluck. We will be
setting up a website with details, food suggestions, and much, much
more.
To anyone in the Vancouver/Fraser Valley area, if you have room and
are willing to host an out of town guest, please let us know! We will
need all the help we can possibly get. There are lots of people
planning to come out. They are all wonderful people, too, we wouldn't
be friends with anyone who wasn't, so this should be a great
experience for all of our family and friends to get to know each
other, even if it's the only time many of you will meet.
Phil and I are both students and have very little money, so if you
can't think of anything to give us, you could help us out with the
wedding. If you don't have money or a gift, then please PLEASE be
assured that just coming and supporting us is more than enough. We are
going to be so excited to see all of you... we're happy if you just
bring food and yourselves.
That said, we are planning to set up a gift registry or some sort of
wishlist. That, too, is TBA on the website.
Thank you all for the impact you've made on our lives so far, and we
are thrilled to invite you to be a part of this.
Over a month ago Philippe John Duprey asked me, Rebekah Joan
Lanteigne, to be his wife. I agreed.
on January 25th, my 21st birthday, Phil brought me to a ranch in the
Fraser Canyon near Boston Bar. It was a misty day with a bit of a
chill in the air, typical of BC's winter. The moss was dripping and
the mountains were shrouded in wisps of fog. The trees gleamed with
moisture as we walked beneath them through the forest to where the
ranch manager had told us there was a waterfall. We could hear the
roar, and soon we saw a broken-down, moss covered shack beside a
rushing stream, backed by the falls. There was an old, small cement
dam, and everything was green and mossy. We stood looking at the
waterfall for some time, then Phil turned to me and dropped to one
knee.
The ring he chose is amazing. My birthstone (garnet) is set in yellow
gold and surrounded by studded white gold, with a small diamond (his
birthstone) set on each side. He chose it because it signified me
surrounded by his love.
That evening we dined on lobster by candlelight, and the next day we
rode horses through the canyon under a clear blue sky. The Fraser
River was unnaturally clear, and we played on its bank with our host's
german shepherd. It was a wonderful birthday present; I couldn't have
asked for anything more.
We are getting married around 10:00am, Saturday, August 25th. It will
be our second year anniversary of dating.
You are all welcome! Please, we would love to see you. Consider this
your official invitation, and feel free to forward it to anyone who
knows and loves us. We are having the ceremony in a park in the Fraser
Valley between Vancouver and Abbotsford (specific location yet to be
decided) and the reception is going to be a potluck. We will be
setting up a website with details, food suggestions, and much, much
more.
To anyone in the Vancouver/Fraser Valley area, if you have room and
are willing to host an out of town guest, please let us know! We will
need all the help we can possibly get. There are lots of people
planning to come out. They are all wonderful people, too, we wouldn't
be friends with anyone who wasn't, so this should be a great
experience for all of our family and friends to get to know each
other, even if it's the only time many of you will meet.
Phil and I are both students and have very little money, so if you
can't think of anything to give us, you could help us out with the
wedding. If you don't have money or a gift, then please PLEASE be
assured that just coming and supporting us is more than enough. We are
going to be so excited to see all of you... we're happy if you just
bring food and yourselves.
That said, we are planning to set up a gift registry or some sort of
wishlist. That, too, is TBA on the website.
Thank you all for the impact you've made on our lives so far, and we
are thrilled to invite you to be a part of this.