The one who is a wedding coordinator

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Woowza! What a whirlwind weekend it was. I am still recovering and it's Wednesday! This weekend was my first official duty as being a day of wedding coordinator. What does this entail? Running the rehearsal, set up day of decor, coordinating vendors, dealing with any issues and making sure the wedding stays on schedule. If you recall on Friday I was off to run the rehearsal dinner. I thought this would be a little harried, but thankfully all but two people had been in weddings previously! Whew! Everyone pretty much knew what to do and how to stand. Easy for me, especially because I needed to gather my scattered thoughts to align with the task at hand, as opposed to the task on Sunday. Details were spinning through my head. After an hour everyone was good as rehearsed. The bridal party, friends, family and myself (yay) went to a local Chinese restaurant and gorged on orange chicken and toasted to the couple. I got to hang out with my dear friends Mr. and Mrs. A and their cutie pie daughter. It was wonderful to be included in this whole event and be treated like family with them. I feel like they are an extension of my own family and am so happy for the couple!

Sunday was the big day. I got up bright and early to make sure I looked decent for the whole day. Er....well my hair had fallen flat by the time the sun went down, but really that's not any big surprise. I didn't need to look pretty, right! Once on site I got straight to work pulling out all the decor, making sure everything was there. I spent the next couple of hours staging and getting everything set for the bride and groom. I neglected to take finished photos because it was ceremony time, guests were arriving and I needed to head out to the ceremony site to make sure everything started on time.....which it did! Shocker!!! Even my own wedding didn't start on time! Hopefully I can link you to the photographers site when the photos are up with detail shots. I'm excited to see everything.

Everything went according to plan, except for a couple of seating snafus, some broken glass on the dance floor, and some last minute time adjustments. When does any wedding go exactly to plan?! The thing that was the coolest was the sparkler send off (which we did early to get a good crowd and great photos) The gifts were picking citrus in the orchard (the venue was a huge lemon orchard and it was gorgeous!) The bride and groom danced until the very last song and were just so grateful that their family and friends came out to celebrate them. I am so glad I was able to help give them their fairytale wedding and to make sure that their day ran as smoothly and stress free as possible.

Congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. G!!!!

Stay tuned for update photo's when I can get access to them!

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Happy Birthday!

I wanted to write two posts today because it's not just any other day. I want to wish my wonderful mother-in-law a very happy "39th" birthday! You do so much for all of us; your children, their spouses and all of your family and friends that I just wanted to recognize you for that! We always appreciate everything that you do from dog sitting, to lunches and talking, to anytime that we can just be together. I am glad when we can sit down with a glass of wine and chat, or take a drive, or walk through Michael's for hours at a time finding new and creative things to do! Always remember that even though we (your children) are grown up and adults that we will always need you to be there for us. To support, to encourage, to celebrate, to honor and to love. We will continue to do the same for you! I am very lucky to have a wonderful mother-in-law that I can count on to be there for me for all the journeys in life.

I hope that your birthday is filled with love and memories, a blue drink, time on the lake and maybe some slots! Have a great visit with your parents and remember to relax as it is your day!

Happy Birthday!!!!!

"If I could give you diamonds

For each tear you cried for me.

If I could give you sapphires

For each truth you helped me see

If I could give you rubies.

For the heartache that you've known

If I could give you pearls

For the wisdom that you've shown.

Then you'll have a treasure, mother,

That would mount up to the skies.

That would almost match the sparkle

Of your kind and loving eyes.

But I have no pearls, no diamonds

As I'm sure you're well aware

So I'll give you gifts more precious

My devotion, love and care"

Let Freedom Ring!

Wishing all of you out in blogland a Happy and Safe Independence Day America! Today is a day to celebrate all of our freedoms that we as a nation get to have! It is also a day to thank anyone in the Armed Service, Police and Firemen for keeping us safe everyday at home and abroad!!

For me there will be some of this:

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Seriously....I am close to being that white!

A lot of this: 

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Maybe a couple of these:

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or these:

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Stuffing my face with these:

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Watching a lot of these:

All while being with my favorite people:

Happy Independence Day!!!!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New Year's Eve. Ours was great and really low key. We had a quiet dinner together and then moseyed over about 20 feet to our neighbors to play some games and watch the ball drop. We played LCR and Battle of the Sexes! D actually won a game of LCR. Whoop! Of course the ladies were pulling ahead in BOTS, but as the evening grew on we all got tired and decided to call it and just watch the MTV New Years special. When the ball dropped we had our own private moments and celebrated with new friends! It was a wonderful night! May 2013 be the luckiest year to you all!

I have some craft posts in the pipeline so stay tuned for those!