kate & simon, and their niagara winter wedding

katie and simon's winter wedding at queenston heightsi recently read an essay by a well known novelist where she shares her insights about how she puts together the stories she writes. she painted a picture of a city street, and all the subplots that are going on all in the same scene. the birds slicing between buildings, the people hurrying across the road, the twenty stories of apartments each containing people, their babies, their dreams. there are so many layers, all existing simultaneously & contributing to the overall experience.this is the story of a canadian couple who met in new zealand; the story of them coming home from where they now live in germany, to get married. it's the story of a family reunion, and of seeing friends they never get to see, all in one place. the setting -- queenston heights in niagara. the basic plot -- by the end of the day, they'll be married.but there's more, there's always more. this is also the story of six sisters, all grown up and back together again in the same place. it's south african accents and jewish traditions, mixed in with a traditional maori greeting & a ring warming. it's a cold day in december where a pair of snowboarders hope for snow. it's the family dog, it's a beautiful new blanket, it's a nephew's fifteenth birthday, it's handmade books, mulled wine, a shotski & finally getting to call simon 'uncle simon'. it's stories shared and cherished of the early days and everything that lead up to this celebration. it's dreaming of what's to come. the subplots layer on top of each other to make the bigger story.it's advice like this for a happy marriage, from katie's neice -- 'go to the highest point on the highest mountain & enjoy the view'.the layers intermix and the result is a great story, the kind you pay attention to.katie greets her dogdog on wedding morningkatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 003katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 004emotional getting ready photoskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 006tears over the bridesmaids' giftsemotional getting ready images of katie's bridesmaidskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 009simon getting ready in niagara fallskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 011katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 012katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 013putting on the wedding dresskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 015katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 016katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 017katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 018katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 019katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 020groom getting ready with his friendskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 022laughter as groom gets ready in niagara fallskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 024katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 025champagne toast in the limothe first look at queenston heightsthe wedding day reveal at queenston heights in niagarathe wedding day reveal at queenston heights in niagarablack and white wedding photo of katie and simonwinter wedding image of katie and simon's first lookkatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 032winter wedding photo with blanketwinter wedding photo with blanketunposed couples photos of katie and simonsmiling and laughing bride and groomkatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 037fox cuff links for groomwedding images amongst the treeskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 040katie and simon at queenston heights on wedding daygreeting the family before the ceremony #3greeting the family before the ceremony #2blessing the rings to start the ceremonyring blessing tradition before niagara wedding ceremonyring blessing before the ceremony #3katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 048father and daughter embrace before the ceremonynon-traditional wedding ceremonyemotional wedding ceremony photos of katie's sistersreading their own vowskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 053exchanging the ringsmazel tof simon breaks the glass at his niagara wedding ceremonykatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 056the hongi a traditional maori greetingkatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 058katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 060katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 062cocktail hour images at queenston heights restaurant #1cocktail hour images at queenston heights restaurant #1cocktail hour images at queenston heights restaurant #1unique table assignment chart with map of worldentering the wedding reception niagara wedding photographykatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 068the horah at katie and simon's wedding at queenston heights #1the horah at katie and simon's wedding at queenston heights #2the horah at katie and simon's wedding at queenston heights #3katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 072laughter during wedding reception games #1laughter during wedding reception games #2laughter during wedding reception games #3katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 076the bride and groom toast the wedding guestskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 078sister of the bride speechcheers after wedding speechesfather and mother of the groom wedding speech in black and whitebride and groom's emotional reaction to parents' speecheskatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 083katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 084parents of the bride give their wedding speechkatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 086katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 087nieces and nephews offer wedding advicekatie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 089katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 090katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 091katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 092the bride and groom speech katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 094father daughter dance at katie and simon's wedding at queenston heightsdragged shutter dancing photos streaky lights in dancing photos at niagara weddingstreaky lights in dancing photos at niagara wedding of katie and simon #2streaky lights in dancing photos at niagara wedding of katie and simon #3katie simon wedding photography niagara jenn dave stark 101the shot-ski game to get the bride and groom to kissstreaky lights in dancing photos at niagara wedding of katie and simon #4 

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