The Bride

Name: Megan Emily Saari

Birthday: October 3, 1983

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Engaged (I'm going to be the Bride!)

City currently living in: Toronto

Occupation/ Area of Study in School:
Muskoka Woods - Registrar of Summer Programs/ Wilfrid Laurier University - Honours Bachelor of Business Administration, concentration in Finance, with a minor in Psychology

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
Australia, Fiji, Belize, China, and Kenya

Favourite Bands:
U2, Imogen Heap, Snow Patrol, The Bloc Party, The Cranberries, and Mat Kearney

First time you met your Fiancee:
I was in the boathouse at Muskoka Woods, Andrew was getting ready to lead worship that morning, and I thought to myself, "wow, he's hot!" I asked someone how old he was, and then learned he was 19, but it didn't matter. Everything else is history

Favourite moment with the groom:
My favourite moment with Andrew was, when after a leadership meeting, at Muskoka Woods, we were exiting the music hall. It was raining really hard, and I wanted a lift back to my cabin. I thought about a golf cart, but then saw Andrew's back. At this point I thought to myself, should I? or shouldn't I? And then I did. Yes, I jumped on his back. He was not ready for this leap of faith, so because of this we both went tumbling down to the ground, which resulted in me getting a black eye

Your favourite thing about cheese (different eh?):

When you've got cheese, you've got choice

The Groom

Name: Andrew Brendan Snider

Birthday: August 13, 1986

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Engaged (I'm going to be the Groom!)

City currently living in: Toronto

Occupation/ Area of Study in School:
Muskoka Woods - Coordinator of Summer Programming/Tyndale - BRE-Youth Ministry (Graduating this Year)

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
Italy, Australia, Iceland (Because it's Green), and Greenland (Because it's Ice)

Favourite Band:
Mute Math and Mat Kearney

First time you met your Fiancee:
I met Megan on June 4, 2006 and fell in love at first sight. "She had me at hello, "literally!

Favourite moments with the Bride:

My favourite moments with the bride actually took place throughout the entire summer of 2006. You may be wondering what moments could possibly have lasted so long...let me tell you. Throughout the summer, Megan and I spent lots of time together, but never in view of anyone. That may sound bad, but it's true because throughout the summer Megan never wanted to be seen be with me. You could say that she was embarrassed of me, but that's not true. The real reason is too long to tell, but I'm sure if you had been walking remotely close to us, you would have seen me on one side of the road and her on the other. She just didn't want anyone to know about us. Jokes on you Megan because you are with me till death do us part...Are you ready?

Your favourite thing about cheese (different eh?):

The thing about cheese that I so desire is the fact that you can add it to anything and everything

Sister of the Groom/Junior Bridesmaid

Name: Leah Jane Snider

Birthday: February 18. 1996

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Single

City currently living in: Barrie

Occupation/ Area of Study in School:
Prince of Wales, Extended French

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
England, Mexico, Australia, Alaska, North Pole

Favourite Band:
Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana

How long have you know the bride/groom/where you met:
Meet Andrew on February 18, 1996 when he held me at the hospital where I was born.
Met Megan in June 2007 when she came home from Japan.

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
Megan: Good luck with Andrew!

The Groomsmen - Part II

Name: Stephen John Thomas Wray

Birthday: 12/11/1985

Country born in: Canada or so I was told

Marital Status: Unmarried, but one day perhaps

City currently living in: Toronto, at the moment, Lindsay during the summer, and Kitchener some nights

Occupation/Area of Study in School:
Real estate office, gopher, sign boy, flyer boy and the occasionally bookkeeper, currently trying to study business at Tyndale

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
The north pole, its beautiful, white, cold, and nobody around for miles, except Santa of course

Favourite Band:
Well Petra when I was young, DC Talk growing up, and now Disciple, and pretty much anything you can head bang to

How long you've known the bride/groom/where you met:
Well I can't remember all the details, but I met Andrew in my first year of university, which was about three years ago, can't remember the first time we actually met, but I remember him being loud and for some reason I wanted to be his roommate the second year, as for Megan, I would have said hello for the first time over a year from now, in front of a webcam, as she was in Japan and I was at Tyndale with Andrew, we later met in person the following school semester

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
Some advice for Megan, do you know what your getting into? Andrew is crazy, I've lived with him, I know. Hey all jokes aside, you two remember to enjoy yourselves and try to have a little fun, its your day, so make it the way you want it and it will be awesome, well that last part mostly goes to Megan, Andrew sorry you don't get a whole lot of input in this

Ring Bearer

Name: Ryan Alexander Money

Birthday: January 27th, 2007

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: A single baby

City currently living in: Jerseyville (close to Ancaster)

Occupation/Area of Study in School:
ABC's, 123's

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
The toilet (for training)

Favourite Band:
Raffi

How long you've known the bride/groom/where you met:
Megan, since the day she moved home from Japan./The Airport.

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
eat, drink, sleep. like me. take it easy.

Sister of the Bride - Part II

Name: Michele Katherine Money

Birthday: April 19th, 1972

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Married

City currently living in: Jerseyville (close to Ancaster)

Occupation/Area of Study in School:
Neuro/Trauma ICU Nurse/Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
Hawaii

Favourite Band:
Barenaked Ladies + Matchbox 20

How long you've known the bride/groom/where you met:
Bride: forever Groom: September '06 (Dinner on the farm)

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
Do not leave on the honeymoon the next day...leave yourselves a bit of time.

Best Man (Brother of the Groom)

Name: Jason Snider

Birthday: December 23, 1984

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Married

City currently living in: Toronto

Occupation/Area of Study in School:
Church Ministry / Bachelors in Religious Education: General Ministry

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
Fiji

Favourite Band:
Delirious?

How long you've known the bride/groom/where you met:
Bride = Summer 2007
Groom = August 13, 1986 (Met the groom in the hospital)

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
Don't think about it.

The Groomsmen - Part I

Name: David Daniel Kentie

Birthday: March 11, 1986

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Single

City currently living in: Toronto

Occupation/Area of Study in School:
Female Relations/Singer/Songwriter, but seriously B.A. in History/Philosophy

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
England (or anywhere in Europe)

Favourite Band:
Death Cab for Cutie, Sufjan Stevens, Coldplay, Imogen Heap, Stars, Snow Patrol, The New Pornographers, Cold War Kids, Postal Service, and U2

How long you've known the bride/groom/where you met:
Known the Groom 3 Years, he was at urinal 1 I was at urinal 2

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
Brown looks really good on me!

Flowergirl

Name: Serena Margaret May Gillespie

Birthday: Feb 13, 2007

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: single (for a long time)

City currently living in: Waterloo

Occupation/Area of Study in School:
talking and walking

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
Anywhere my granna goes

Favourite Band: Raffi

How long you've known the bride/groom/where you met:
we met in June 2007

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
Play with me a lot!

Sister of the Bride - Part I

Name: Milja Robyn Gillespie

Birthday: March 13, 1975

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Married

City currently living in: Waterloo

Occupation/Area of Study in School:
Marketing Manager, BMath Degree from University of Waterloo

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
Scotland

Favourite Band:
Stabilo

How long you've known the bride/groom where you met:
Since October 3rd, 1983 (24 years)

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
To be nice to your sisters :)

The Bridesmaids - Part II

Name: Hayley Joy Millard

Birthday: June 26th 1986

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Single

City currently living in: Guelph

Occupation/Area of Study in School:
University of Guelph – Commerce, specializing in Hospitality and Tourism Management

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
Today it’s Bora Bora

Favourite Band:
Bloc Party, Coldplay, Craig Cardiff, Deathcab for Cutie, Feist, The Fray, Imogen Heap, Metric, New Pornographers, Snow Patrol, Stars, Straylight Run, Sufjan Stevens

How long you've known the bride/groom/where you met:
I met them both at Muskoka Woods, but I’ve actually known Andrew longer than I’ve known Megan…that’s funny. I met Andrew in the summer of 2003 when he was just a young fellow with long hair and a neon orange cap. I then met Megan in the summer of 2006, when we not only shared an office, but many common life interests of which we discussed on a regular basis and decided we were friends.

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
Don’t get too caught up in the trickiness of the planning, and take time to enjoy all these moments!

The Bridesmaids - Part I

Name: Rosilee Nicole Sherwood

Birthday: April 8th, 1983

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Married (yay!)

City currently living in: Kitchener

Occupation/Area of Study in School:
supply teacher/masters in philosophy

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
yikes. I'm trying to teach myself not to want to travel, since flying is so bad...but let's be serious, GREECE!!!

Favourite Band:
The Killers ("the stars are shining like rebel diamonds, cut out of the sun")

How long you've known the bride/groom/where you met:
Really, Meg and I met at Camp Crossroads, where she took a picture of me and my cousin on twin day or something. But we officially met when she phoned about living with my cousin and I in first year university. We met at Montabello park by the gazebo. Then we lived together for a while and became amazingly good friends!

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
Just be yourself. I would say have fun, and you definitely should, and I would say don't stress out, and that's also good advice. But the key thing is to just be who you are, feel what you're feeling and really experience the whole thing. Yes, that's it - take a minute, every once in a while, and stop and consciously notice everything. Then it'll be stuck in your memory for later.

Maid of Honour

Name: Natalie Marie Marchionda

Birthday: Nov. 2 1983

Country born in: Canada

Marital Status: Single

City currently living in: weekdays in Burlington, weekends in St. Catharines

Occupation:
French Teacher @ Guardian Angels in Milton

Where you want to travel to most (your dream destination):
Would love to go back to Ilha Grande, Brazil

Favourite Band:
U2, Barenaked Ladies

How long you've known the bride/groom/where you met:
I've known Megan for just over 10 years. We met on the first day of high school. We sat next to each other in Religion and she pointed to our day planner with the list of all the teachers in the school and said, 'You see the name Mr. Saari, the math teacher? Well, that's my dad.' And we've been best friends since :)

One piece of advice through the wedding planning for the bride and groom:
Just always keep in mind the big picture :)

Wedding Party Bios

Hello all,

So, it's about time for us to figure out who's who in the wedding party. Stay tuned for the Wedding Party Bios!!

And so it begins...

December 28th 2007 marks the start of something new for Andrew Snider and Megan Saari.

I was in my pyjamas. But he didn't care. He couldn't wait.

I kind of thought it was coming, but then again I was sure that he wouldn't do the ultra-cliche New Years proposal. And so there it was, quick, to the point, and all I ever wanted.

And so here we are now, engaged, and ready to tell the world about our up-and-coming public commitment to each other.

Please follow along with us at your leisure and keep in touch.