So much to do to get ready to host a wedding at your house. The gardens, the food, the decorations, the tent, the table settings, the spare bedrooms, the wedding cake, everything takes time and time and time. Lynda and Eddy took care of the wedding part of things, the minister, the photographer, caterers, music etc. (Lynda even made her own wedding cake!!) and my parents worked hard to get everything ready at the house. It paid off beautifully. By Saturday, everything looked spectacular. We all helped out as much as we could. Grace would not tolerate a whole lot of me running around but I did get in a few good nights of decorating maple syrup bottles, putting together centre pieces for the tables, painting, etc. Everything for this wedding was made by family, which gave it a nice feel, including the candle holders, the bouquets, all the decorations, the centre pieces, the maple syrup gifts, the dinner, everything. The rain we've had this spring and summer did not help with the preparations however. Because it was so wet down by the pond, my dad built a platform overlooking the water with a pergola on top. He also built benches for all the guests to sit on since chairs would have sunk two feet into the ground it was so soft. He added a flagstone walkway from the steps to the pond for Lynda to "walk down the aisle." Here is part one, the "Before shots". More to come (including the actual wedding!!) over the next couple of days.
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| Grace using an allan key to assemble the table. She's even smarter than I realized!!!! |
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| Fixing Carolyn's hair, a favourite pastime of Grace's |
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| One salt and one pepper on each table A!!!! |
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| Grace, always trying to help out... |
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| Daisy, taking in all the commotion |
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| ICE CREAM BREAK!!!!! |
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| Even the guests had to help out! |
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| We need how many of these things carried into the tent??? |
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| Not everyone was hard at work....... |
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| Building benches |
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| Choosing flowers for the tables |
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| S. doing jobs he never thought he'd have to do..... |
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| Just two cousins chillin' together! |
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