One Week To Go!

Wow, Jason and I will be getting married next Saturday! We'll be celebrating with everyone on Sunday! (Good thing we cleaned the house - LOL!)

How would you like to know some similarities between us?
- We both have blue eyes
- We both have type O blood
- We both had German Shepherds as children (Kelly for Jason, Ginger for Fred)
- Neither of us dye our hair
- Neither of us have a favourite colour

Hint: You should remember some of these if you'd like to see us to this at our celebrations:

Four weeks to go!

Today is officially four weeks until our wedding! And four weeks plus a day until our reception!
If you're reading this, it's probably because you received an invitation from us and are busy filling in your RSVP to tell us if we get the pleasure of your company.
We hope we'll see you on our wedding weekend!

I'll post a photo of our rings for your viewing pleasure:


The one on the left is Jason's, the middle is our engagement ring, and the one on the right is Fred's.
We got all of our rings from Birks, and the people there have been very nice to us.

A few of you have asked if we are planning a honeymoon...
Well, yes and no. We are planning to go to New York sometime in 2009, probably in the spring, but we won't be taking a trip right after the wedding.

See you soon!

Meow!!

Did you know that Fred and Jason have the world's cutest cats?

Meet Binna:

Her full name is Arabinose
(it's a sugar found in the non-woody parts of plants)
She was born in spring 2008
And she likes to bite our faces.

Meet Chitin:

Her full name is The Chitin
(it's a complex carbohydrate in the exoskeleton of an insect)
She was born in spring 2007
And she likes to preen her beautiful shiny fur.

Get Your Trivia Hat On!

If you're coming to our wedding celebrations and you'd like to see us kiss, you'd better brush up on your Fred and Jason facts.
We have already mentioned some interesting facts about each of us, and us as a couple... And we'll be dropping some more clues along the way. A lot of these little tidbits will turn up in our trivia, and some will just be surprise questions.


We'd better warn you though... It won't always be us doing the kissing!!

Busy Summer!

We met with our photographer this weekend to take engagement photos, and we are very happy with them!
We'll share a few with you.

Our Third Favourite.

Our Second Favourite

Our Favourite!

We registered at The Bay, and here's a new photo

We certainly don't expect anyone to give us gifts - all we'd really like to for you to celebrate our wedding weekend with us - but we decided to register with HBC for anyone who would like to use it. We registered at The Bay, mostly for kitchen items, and we'll add some linens and so on from Home Outfitters in the fall.


Fred's family had a nice dinner together because her uncle was in town, and we really liked this new photo of us. So we thought we'd share it with you!

More for the curious...

Many of you may only know one of us, and we thought you might like to get to know the other.
So here are a few facts about each of us!

Full Name: Lindsay Louise Gray, better known as Fred
Birthday: December 23, 1981
Hometown: Saskatoon
High school: Walter Murray
Post Secondary: BSc in Biochemistry from the Uof S; currently in graduate school in Biology at U of S
Some movies I like: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Love Actually, Sound of Music
Some music I like: Modest Mouse, Corb Lund Band, Toby Keith
Last time out of Canada: Drove to Mexico in 2006
Number of siblings: Two older brothers, an older sister and three stepsisters
Favourite unusual thing to cook: Chiles Relenos
Favourite place to eat that I don’t go to very often: India Palace or Sushiro
How I take my coffee: One cream, one sugar
Favourite sport to watch: Hockey!
How I’d describe Jason in three words: Smart, sarcastic and patient

Full Name: Jason Kent Berry
Birthday: January 27, 1978
Hometown: Saskatoon
High school: E.D. Feehan
Post Secondary: Computer Systems Technology at SIAST
Some movies I like: Terminator II, Bloodsport
Some music I like: Velvet Underground, Guided by Voices, Pixies
Last time out of Canada: Cuba in February 2008
Number of siblings: One younger brother
Favourite unusual thing to cook: I don’t cook, especially unusual things.
Favourite place to eat that I don’t go to very often: Sushiro
How I take my coffee: Black
Favourite sport to watch: Baseball
How I’d describe Fred in three words: Considerate, disagreeable and loving

Feels like we go way back now, doesn't it?

For the curious...

Some of you may be wondering "Hmm, how did this couple meet?"
Well, the funny thing is, we don't know!

We estimate that we met in spring of 2002, but we really aren't certain. We know we met through Clayton, who went to high school with Fred and to SIAST with Jason. We suspect it may have been at Clayton's housewarming party, but are really not sure.

We have photographic evidence that we knew each other on December 31st 2002:

(my goodness, do we look young!)

and we recall that Fred gave Jason a ride to a May Long Weekend camping trip in 2003, but we really have no idea when we first met!

If you know how we met, you should tell us! Whether you know the real story, or would like to make one up, email your theory on how we met to landjberry@gmail.com. If you keep it G-rated, we might even post it on here for others to see.

First Update

Wedding planning is coming along quite nicely!
We have a place to get married, someone to marry us, Fred has a dress and Jason has a suit. Even if everything else goes wrong, we'll still be married at the end of the day on November 22 2008 and we'll look good while we do it!

We're looking forward to celebrating with our friends and family on Sunday November 23 from 1 to 5, at a come-and-go reception at our home. Click here for a map to 7-111 St Lawrence Crescent, Saskatoon.
Anyone in need of a place to stay can get our wedding rate at the Saskatoon Inn. If you think you might stay there, let us know and we'll give you the information you need to book your room.

Engagement!

On April 26th, an otherwise typical Saturday, Lindsay (also known as Fred) and Jason headed to Birks in downtown Saskatoon to pick up their engagement ring...
We picked up Aaron (Jason's 9 year old son) later that day and the guys had the following conversation:
Jason: "Do you know what it means when a guy gives a girl a diamond ring?"
Aaron: "Um... Maybe it means for happiness?"
Jason: "Yup! Do you know what else?"
Aaron: "Hmm... For friendship?"
Jason: "Yeah, that too! Anything else?"
Aaron: "Maybe that they might get married?"
We really like Aaron's version of what an engagement ring means and wanted to share it with you all.

We have tentatively chosen November 22nd for a private ceremony and November 23rd for celebrating with family and friends at our home. Over the upcoming weeks and months we will have more information and stories to share with you, but in the meantime, we have lots of work to do!