Well -- our second daughter is now officially married. She and her groom are off to Hawaii tomorrow morning for a honeymoon, after spending the night in a swank downtown Chicago hotel suite. Good for them.
As for the day - it was -- well ... it was EVENTFUL and hardly boring.
We were checking www.weather.com every 12 minutes throughout the day, predicting rain all day and hoping for a break in the clouds and wet - and getting none. We kept praying ... but the rain kept coming. At one point, we gathered in the bedroom with both sets of parents and bride and groom to make a decision. INSIDE or OUTSIDE? 'INSIDE' meant in our living room with 150 guests standing toe-to-toe. 'OUTSIDE' meant potentially drenching everyone. We chose OUTSIDE, flying in the face of everything my mother used to say when I went out in the rain: "You're going to catch your death .... "
Shortly after we made the decision to be OUTSIDE, I looked from my bedroom window to see one of the limos stuck in the ditch across the street - successfully blocking both sides of the road, preventing cars from passing in either direction. It was that way for a good 30 minutes, until a beneficent driver-by with an Excursion managed to pull the limo out of the ditch. More drama.
It rained pretty much all day ... but at least it didn't pour. And in the end, nearly every guest brought an umbrella for the anticipated outdoor event. Other than all THAT, the wedding went without a hitch, surrounded by lanterns hanging from a dozen trees and the fairy tale came to life in the enchanted forest that is our yard.
The bride was radiant - and the groom was appropriately speechless.
Seven huge and delicious wedding cakes (cappucino, chocolate fudge, marble, lemon, pumpkin spice, Italian creme and red velvet) were placed outdoors under tents and we were forced to turn our own garage into a reception area to keep everyone dry. C'est la vie.
But she's married now - it's OFFICIAL - and to a great guy. And the rain all added this wonderful, hard-to-beat ambience to the whole atmosphere. I won't look at rain the same way again.
Congratulations, Allison & Darren. You'll hardly care about any of the above while laying on the beach in Kauai this week.
And be blessed.
As for the day - it was -- well ... it was EVENTFUL and hardly boring.
We were checking www.weather.com every 12 minutes throughout the day, predicting rain all day and hoping for a break in the clouds and wet - and getting none. We kept praying ... but the rain kept coming. At one point, we gathered in the bedroom with both sets of parents and bride and groom to make a decision. INSIDE or OUTSIDE? 'INSIDE' meant in our living room with 150 guests standing toe-to-toe. 'OUTSIDE' meant potentially drenching everyone. We chose OUTSIDE, flying in the face of everything my mother used to say when I went out in the rain: "You're going to catch your death .... "
Shortly after we made the decision to be OUTSIDE, I looked from my bedroom window to see one of the limos stuck in the ditch across the street - successfully blocking both sides of the road, preventing cars from passing in either direction. It was that way for a good 30 minutes, until a beneficent driver-by with an Excursion managed to pull the limo out of the ditch. More drama.
It rained pretty much all day ... but at least it didn't pour. And in the end, nearly every guest brought an umbrella for the anticipated outdoor event. Other than all THAT, the wedding went without a hitch, surrounded by lanterns hanging from a dozen trees and the fairy tale came to life in the enchanted forest that is our yard.
The bride was radiant - and the groom was appropriately speechless.
Seven huge and delicious wedding cakes (cappucino, chocolate fudge, marble, lemon, pumpkin spice, Italian creme and red velvet) were placed outdoors under tents and we were forced to turn our own garage into a reception area to keep everyone dry. C'est la vie.
But she's married now - it's OFFICIAL - and to a great guy. And the rain all added this wonderful, hard-to-beat ambience to the whole atmosphere. I won't look at rain the same way again.
Congratulations, Allison & Darren. You'll hardly care about any of the above while laying on the beach in Kauai this week.
And be blessed.
4 comments:
Congratulations to Allison and Darren! They will love it in Hawaii! I've been to Maui, it's beautiful! Many blessings to them both...
Sounds like it was a wonderful day and how cool for a girl to have her dad marry her off :o)
It rained??? I never noticed.
PK...that was one of the most beautiful ceremonies ever. (Aside from my OWN girls of course (~:) Everything was beautiful and it was an honor to be present at this most intimate of ceremonies. Thank you so very much. We felt warm and welcomed and my only regret was I didn't take the chance to hug Joelene!
I agree, I will never look at rain the same...but, not only that...coffee beans...and all those left over glass slippers from Beckie's wedding are coming out of their boxes...at least ONE of them...thank you so much for THAT visual! PRECIOUS!
Now...breathe...
Thanks so much for coming. Yes, after a fairly full day of 'clean up' - again - in the RAIN -- I am at last finding time to breathe about 6 p.m. right now.
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