Slice of Life Day 17 - Lydia's Wedding Part IV

The day before the wedding we started cutting up fruit at 8:00 a.m. I think.  We got it all done and took it, the punch and punch bowls, the Chex mix and the flowers to the Church so Lindsey, another High School friend of our daughters, could start putting the arrangements together.  We had never been part of making floral arrangements, so we were really nervous about how they were going to look since we had ordered fresh flowers.

At the Church, all of the bridesmaids were busy ironing table cloths and setting up the tables for the reception.  We ordered pizza for everyone and everybody had a great time together.

Another thing we had made is the backdrop for the reception table.  We made it by cutting long strips of white, lavender, blue and purple tulle and tying it around a rope.  Then we strung white lights over the rope.  It also turned out to be very pretty.

It rained that afternoon and the dress rehearsal was scheduled for five o-clock.  We had decided that we would just have to have the dress rehearsal in the main sanctuary at the Church and then we would still hope to have the wedding outside the next day.  We were all very disappointed because we wanted to have an outdoor wedding.  We knew the pictures would be so pretty with the green grass and trees as a backdrop.  It also made us  nervous to practice at the Church and then not know what to do if we went ahead and had it outside.

We had hired a sound person to set up a sound system outside for the music and for a microphone for the  pastor and we were going to use a generator for the electricity and just use a long, long extension cord so that we could put the generator far away from the wedding, surrounded by hay bales to muffle the sound.

On the way to the Church for the dress rehearsal, we noticed that it was clearing off!!!  So, we went on to the Church and our sound people were already there and had brought all of their equipment into the Church.  At the last minute, we decided to go ahead and have the rehearsal at Shoal Kirk.  They just loaded up their equipment and didn't take it down there but they just came and went through the rehearsal with us so that they would know what song to play when.  They were fantastic to work with.

The rehearsal went great and then we went back to the Church for the rehearsal dinner prepared by Ryan's family.  It was a delicious chicken pasta dish with salad, green beans, bread and cheesecake, my favorite.  After the dinner, I drove to my mom's house in Joplin to pick up the candles that my brother-in-law had bought in Kansas City, then home to get ready for the big day.