Married 3 weeks already….wedding flowers not all dead yet, amazingly so….honeymoon spirit still intact!

Here are some of my favourite shots from the wedding day:

The joy of the day for us was very evident!

All of our honoured guests!

A creative pose, suggested by our wonderful photographer, Jillian Bolender of Focused Photography:

Here’s more inspired shots:

The wedding flowers were so beautiful…..

The honeymoon was supposed to be only for a couple of days, but we found ourselves having so much fun, we extended it for 10…..

Our first night was at the Village hotel where we had our dinner and reception:

Then we went to the Little Inn, in Bayfield:

Home of the best sunsets in the world, according to National Geographic:

After that, we stayed in Elora a couple of nights, at the Elora Mill Inn:

Then we were off to Niagara on the Lake, to stay at one of the top 500 hotels in the world, right in our backyard (so to speak). Who knew?

When we saw the dragonfly lamp in the corner, we knew we were going to take the room, no matter what the cost (and it was pricey, but worth it!):

Even the pool was opulent:

We had our first B&B experience, in Maryhill (definitely not the last!):

Yummy yogurt parfaits, followed by caramelized french toast…..

We went back down Niagara way again….this time to the Falls themselves (view from our room at Embassy Suites):

We did the typical tourist things….the Maid of the Mist boat ride never gets old:

After coming back home for a week, we were off to Dubuque, Iowa for a work trip (we called it part of the endless honeymoon…). With an unexpected quick tour of Chicago when we missed the flight to Dubuque (thanks to American Airlines) and had to rent a car to actually get there in time for my meeting…..
We definitely want to get back to Chicago for a visit!

Dubuque (below) is a beautiful town on the Mississippi River….worth a visit if you are in the area. The trouble with work trips is that there is very little time for exploring wherever you are, usually. Dubuque has many beautiful buildings, a rich history, and the National Museum of the Mississippi, not much of which we got to see….wah!

And now to start married life….for real! (And to FINALLY open our wedding gifts…I can’t believe we haven’t even had time to do so yet…..)