Rehearsal for the big day!

The day before the wedding we loaded up what seemed like the entire house and headed the three hours to a beautiful part of Arkansas, almost as beautiful as the part we live in!

I must say the Days Inn in Mountain Home is most accommodating.  They were fantastic and let us do whatever we needed to to get ready! We were mixing up pasta salad in the lobby - wish I would have remembered the camera for that. (Picture is really small because I didn't take it)


We headed out to Lydia's Weddings for the rehearsal.

Everyone is trying to figure out where to go - Nick thinks the sun is too bright!

This is Michael escorting me to my seat.  Every picture someone took of me, I am in some awkward stage of moving.

Tyler being the ever dutiful cousin, holding Kaylyn's bag, yet maintaining his macho image (Captain Morgan pose).

My Dad and Granny look quite nice in their matching white. The great place about Lydia's Weddings, lots of places to sit!

Jim was being his usual self so I had to step in and make sure we got through this rehearsal in a timely manner.  Notice Tyler (filled in as groomsman during rehearsal).

Michael saying, "Whoa, slow down Abby!"
Brother of the groom and sister of the bride.  Abby got there a little late so Michael is explaining how things go. Her first time in a wedding and she was not quite versed in how things went, but she caught on fairly quickly and didn't trip once!


The rest of the night was a blur.  We drove an hour back west for the rehearsal dinner and then back an hour east to the hotel.  A little time by the pool with family and then to bed.  I am surprised I slept that night, but I did (only about 3 hours).

Family

It has been forever since I posted. Things have been a bit busy around our house. Our youngest daughter was married on July 9th and the two weeks prior to and the week after are just a blur.  Over the next week I will be posting different aspects about the event.

The first is Family.  Family can be that in which you are born into and that in which happens as a group bonds as family, that would be my church family.  Both were instrumental in making the wedding fantastic!

My sister, brother, sister-in-law and nephews went above and beyond in helping with the wedding.  They helped prep all the food, cook most of it and serve and clean-up all of it for the buffet dinner at the wedding.  I will be ever indebted to them all...still makes me tear up when I think about all they did.

My nephew, he was also one of the ring bears and runs the household most of the time!

The twin cousins - often mistaken for brother and sister. Tyler doesn't quite have the olive complexion Kaylyn (the bride) has, but they have the same noses and smile.

My brother, the chef, and all his minions.  Actually his wife, Jill, might be telling him how to cut the veggies.

It was a busy kitchen.  My sister, wearing the Razorback shirt, was sporting a new haircut. Jim is instructing the boys on something, though I am not sure it had to do with cutting veggies.

This all took place Thursday before the wedding.  We had another prep party at about 10pm that night and again early Friday morning.  We then packed up the house, so it seemed, and headed 3 hours away to the wedding venue.  A destination wedding in Arkansas!

To follow will be rehearsal and wedding day prep.