A special dedication to Isabella at People's Jewellers, Bayshore Mall, for the wonderful assistance in helping us select our engagement and wedding bands.

A special dedication to the staff at Build-A-Bear, Bayshore Mall, for the enthusiasm they showed in helping to build the stuffed, and talking, German Shepherd `Buddy`for the special occasion of our engagement.

A special dedication to wedding specialist Christina at itravel2000.com for helping to arrange all of our travels and accomodations for our wedding trip to Aruba for ourselves and our guests.

A special dedication to wedding consultant Mindy at David`s Bridal, Ottawa, for guiding Francine to her wedding gown selection in only 20 minutes before store closing, and for creating the excitement at the memorable moment of the ringing of the bell after she said `YES`to the dress.

A special dedication to gift registration consultant Claudia at The Bay, Bayshore Mall, for the wonderful and enthusiatic service, and for encouraging us to attend the special registry event which led to us winning a spectacular prize.

A special dedication to Nashette, our awesome wedding planner at Bucuti Beach Resort, who has been expertly guiding us in making the multitude of choices for all our wedding details.  We`re looking forward to meeting her in Aruba!

A special dedication to our great friends CoCo & Pete for hosting a marvelous surprise party with many of our good friends to celebrate our pending wedding in Aruba.

An incredibly big thank you to CoCo and Pete AGAIN for outdoing themselves by once again hosting spectacular parties...the bridal shower for Francine at Biagio's, and the bachelor party for Stu at the Elliott's party room...you guys are AWESOME!!

A special dedication to Judy Kirk for helping CoCo with the fantastic decorating job for Francine's bridal shower.  The setting was stunning.  Thanks Judy!

A special dedication to our out of town guests at the bridal shower and bachelor party:  Lisa & Jim (Montreal), Brenda (Cornwall), Nancy (Arizona), and Juney D (Otter lake) for making the trip to join in the fun.  And to those who couldn't make it (Richard!!!!Cyndie!!!!Suzanne!!! to name a few), you missed a good time.