What a wonderful day we had yesterday. Kathleen and I started helping Blair make her bouquet and other bouquets. Blair had bought 6 5-gal. buckets of dahlias at a dahlia farm. They were so beautiful. I will upload pictures when I get home on Tuesday, I left the cord I need at home to do it today. After that we came back to the house and started rotating in and out of the shower....only one shower and eight of us. Then Blair and her maid of honor and another girl friend came and got dressed here. At about 2:40 pm we left for the wedding in 3 cars. That's important as only one of them got there before the original start time of the wedding. That was the car Blair was in. The other two cars went to the wrong entrance to the park, which sent us on the detour to the right entrance and got us to the park (along with about 4 other cars who ended up at the wrong entrance) at about 3:10 and then we had to walk back to the wedding site...which was about a 1/2 mile. Kathleen wearing high wedges and Gary's 92 year old mother weren't able to jog....so we walked as fast as we could. But a lot of other people were still coming after we arrived. So it wasn't as bad as we thought....they didn't start without the mother of the bride. It was a very casual affair and only about 50 people gathered (mostly family). Beautiful wedding and then we all headed for a neighborhood coffee shop for the reception. The walls had been decorated with the pinwheels we made on Thursday night and pictures of the bride and groom. Then a ledge that ran along one wall had the vases of bouquets. Her dad did all the food, which was an array of appetizers. As one would get emptied another interesting tray would come out. There was a counter with about 6 or 8 big trays to choose from. Her friends helped with the serving and made sure the wine and beer flowed freely. Her friend Becka made the cake, and individual cheese cakes for dessert. They had a photo booth set up where everyone could go back and have wild pictures taken holding sticks with mustaches and bow ties and eye glasses on. Can't wait to see how they turn out. All in all it was a very beautiful, casual and Happy Day!
Today, Kathleen and Gary are hosting a brunch here and the bride and groom will open their gifts. Looking forward to another great day.
Love and prayers, m
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