Okay, okay, y'all can stop pestering me now! :)
The rehearsal and rehearsal dinner went well. Very informal, had sub sandwiches, veggie tray, potato salad and strawberries & whipped cream on angel food cake.
The wedding was scheduled to be held at DS's house. Bret had worked all spring and summer getting the yard and house worked on in preparation for The Big Event. Alas, Mother Nature intervened. It poured at his house that morning and one of the groomsmen said they had trouble getting their trucks out of the yard. Luckily, we had a Plan B, which was to get married at our small, rural church.
Picture-taking was supposed to be in a park but then we had to look for someplace with a roof. We moved it to a gazebo in town and just as we got there it quit raining. I got some nice pics there (hope to get some posted this week, will let you know when they're up) and then we all moved to the church.
DS's wedding was, in one word: short. Took all of 17 minutes. It was very nice, though. They did something I'd never heard of: a sand ceremony. Rather than a unity candle, they had sand in their colors (pink & green) and poured them together into a vase, the idea being they are joining their sand/lives and it would now be very hard to separate the two. The vase will be sealed with wax.
There were just enough guests to fill our little church.
They also had a balloon release following the service, which was nice. The weather by this time was beautiful and we were able to take the family pictures in the churchyard.
The reception was good and they had a really good DJ, who played a nice mix so there was someone dancing the whole time. They used small cakes as centerpieces for each table, all made and decorated by her mother! She said she's not going to make another cake for a looooooooong time! lol
As they say, "A good time was had by all". :)
They didn't go on a honeymoon. They are going to try finish their house, first.
I'm now a MIL! :)
Joan