Thursday: My parents and Tim's parents got in Thursday morning. My Maid-of-Honor Jamie and our friend Roger got in Thursday morning as well. Jamie and I got our nails done, picked up my dress, and then met Roger for lunch. We went down to State Street, ate at BW3, and wandered around for a little bit. Later, we went to Tim's softball game, where we met up with Tim's parents, my parents, and Tim's uncle and grandmother. Then most of the wedding party, my parents, and some of our college friends all went to Essen Haus. My friends Roger and Jamie made our group shirts that said "Final Fling, Before the Ring!" with goofy pictures of Tim and myself on the front. They were hilarious! Tim and I had special ones that said Groom and Bride. We drank, and partied, and had a great time! The night got blurry, but it was awesome!
We had a great group, and it was a lot of fun!
Jamie, Tim, and my parents drinking from the boot!
The end of the night was very fuzzy.... ah, another good night Essen Haus!
Friday: We all got a slow start to Friday morning, considering our activities of the night before ;o) We headed over to Lake Windsor Golf Club to help set up. This involved setting up the room, gettings things ready and in place for the next day! We also had our rehearsal practice, where we ran through the entire ceremony. We were missing 2 groomsmen, but we made do!
Roger and Diana helped us put the tulle up on the ceiling to decorate, and Julia and John took care of removing all spiderwebs and nastiness from the gazebo.
The rehearsal, and our rehearsal guests! When we were saying out "I Do's" I threw in a "Maybe", just for fun. Tim was mildly amused (everyone else thought it was hilarious!).
Everything ran smoothly. Then we went to the rehearsal dinner at Frescos restaurant. Tim's parents took care of all these arrangements, and it went perfectly! The food was delicious, Tim's dad made a wonderful toast, we gave our wedding party their gifts (miniboots for the men, chocolate gift baskets for the girls), and we mingled with our guests.
Then we headed to the hotel for the meet-and-greet with all of our out-of-town guests. It was wondeful. Jennifer and her friend Carol did a wonderful job, and went above and beyond to make the rooms we used look amazing! Jennifer, her sister Jody, and Tim's cousin Abby presented us with a scrapbook made from photos and memories of our friends and families! It was beautiful! There were stories that people shared in letters pasted onto scrapbook pages with photos of the past and present. There was stuff from friends, family, stories of the childhood, stories from college, poems, collages, everything! It was amazing. Here are a few shots from the night:
We mingled for the night, and had a great time! It was a long day, but it was a really good day! The next day was our wedding!
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