I am happy to announce my marriage to my beautiful bride, Roxana Palacios. June 15th was the BIG day with around 100 guests. We had friends and family from both sides in attendance to help us celebrate, which made it a perfect wedding.

We had a fabulous honeymoon, 18 days in Europe visiting 5 countries, UK, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, and France. It seems like a lot in 18 days but being so used to living out of a suitcase and getting through congested airports, we have no regrets. Not a day went by where we didn't get rained on except for the 5 days on the French Riviera, where the weather was amazing! If you enjoy beautiful weather, beaches, restaurants, nightlife, and breathtaking scenery, we highly recommend the French Rivera!!! That is as long as you're not offended by topless sunbathing...
We stayed in Cannes, but visited Nice and Monaco, rented a small car and I quickly learned to drive French style, FAST!!!

We had the pleasure of attending a horse jumping event in the Port of Monaco. What a venue for a horse jumping show, with 30 million dollar yachts as the backdrop!

Every place we visited in Europe was truly unique and amazing!!! Our initial motivation for our first stop was to attend the "Royal Highland Show" in Edinburgh, Scotland. What a fantastic show! We went there mostly to get shots at the Charolais Congress show but also got to see other beef breeds as well as horses and smaller livestock. There were quite a few Canadians at the show, Neil Gillies, GM for the "Canadian Charolais Association" who was traveling with Garner Deabold, long time promoter of Canadian Charolais. Neil gave a presentation to the Supreme Champion Bull and I had the privilege of taking the official photograph. Dawn Miller Wilson, owner of the famous Canadian herd "Miller Wilson Angus" was also in attendance with her husband Lee, watching the Angus show, and was interviewed by a local TV station. I'm not sure what the interview was about but it just goes to show how well known and respected Dawn is on the global market.

We had also planned to attend the Royal Show in the U.K., however unfortunately the show had to be shut down due to heavy rains and flooding.

I must applaud my wife, Roxana for being such a good sport, being dragged around to stock shows on our honeymoon!