The Tilsons

Admittedly, we have let our website slide since the wedding. The task became rather daunting when I realized that we hadn’t finished the wedding pages or put up photos since the engagement! Today, I have updated all of the wedding pages, changing their order and content to allow room for our new life together. This evening I will learn how to upload zip files of photos and then I will be posting photos from the Wedding and Honeymoon. You can look forward to seeing how we are incorporating our desire to lighten our footprint on the earth in future updates. Thanks for tuning in!

Oh! A wee update on thank-you cards, we now have the cards sitting on our table, I have compiled the list and we are planning to have those out as soon as we make it through the giant pile! Phew. Know in advance that we are so gracious to all of our guests - friends and family who support us in our commitment together. Your gifts were overwhelming and have helped us tremendously through the first part of our journey together. Thank you all!
Love Lisa and Justin Tilson

Due to a 100% chance of rain and cold weather we have decided to move the wedding indoors. The wedding ceremony will now begin at 4 pm at Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co. Please arrive between 3:30 and 3:45. The reception will follow immediately.

There will still be a small civil ceremony at 2 pm at our apartment as the officiant’s schedule is inflexible. Our immediate family and wedding party is required to attend so please arrive at the regularly scheduled time. Bridesmaids 9 am. Groomsmen: 11 am. Don’t forget to bring accessories like socks, hair gel, etc.

Tim posted his pics of our stag to his flickr site.

Kayaking was awesome. Dinner was simple and nourishing. Snatam’s concert was uplifting, dancing was fun and sleep was most welcome when I finally crawled in the door at 2:30 am. Thanks everyone for your generosity and sharing the day with me, it was perfect.

Our last couple of weekends have been action packed. We have been training for 600 kilometers of biking up the Sunshine Coast and Gulf Island hopping. We made a successful 80 km round trip to Delta to visit Lisa’s mom followed by a 160 km round trip to Mission for Lisa’s sister’s wedding. Both trips had their share of challenges.

Delta was navigationally challenging as the bike paths were convoluted and impossible to manage without help in areas. I was wiped by the end as we chose to take a “short cut” which added about 10 km of gravelly riding alongside Delta’s scenic Burn’s Bog.

Mission was a much more substantial test of our physical and mental stamina as the distance was a little beyond our comfort zone. The way home was a balmy 7 degrees celcius with a steady cold rain that permeated almost every nook.