Wedding Preparations

We had lots of fun getting ready for the wedding. The girls went to Steel Magnolias in Homer for hair styling and pedicures, while the guys took care of getting rid of bugs and mosquitoes in the yard. Ginger supervised all activities and kept everyone on task!

I have to give a special "shout out" to a few people for all of their help in making our wedding a dream come true!

Carey Sullivan, the greatest wedding coordinator ever and an amazing friend. She coordinated our meeting (a blind date), so I guess it was only fitting that she coordinate our wedding! She claimed ours was the first and last wedding she would coordinate, but I somehow doubt that. Carey was truly a lifesaver. She kept all of the trains running on time, took care of all of the little details that I never even considered, and was really the glue that made everything come together. Her backpack was stocked with anything we could ever need, including kleenex, lipstick, snacks, pepto, a sewing kit, etc. She was so organized and made everything look easy. Thank you so much, Carey, for being so patient, helpful, loving and utterly fabulous!

Monica Miller, an amazing friend of ours who flew in from Denver to help my mom the entire week before the wedding. She did everything from make cream puffs to unpack and prepare cases and cases of flowers to take care of random crises that came up in the days leading up to the festivities.

Tiffany Clason, one of the most kind-hearted people I have ever known. Tiffany ordered all of the French baguettes for the wedding dinner from her former employer, La Brea Bakery. She baked them herself the morning of the wedding. We even used one for communion during the wedding itself. Tiff also helped with lots of details and errands in the days before the wedding.

Barbara Neill, an incredibly generous friend who is a talented decorator and floral designer. Barbara helped us with our flower order and many other "decor"-related issues for the wedding.

Mandy Kilgore, a special friend and florist. Mandy did an amazing job with the flowers. We had buckets and buckets of loose flowers, and she somehow made them all come together in beautiful bouquets, table arrangements, wreaths, vases, etc. It took hours of work and lots of talent to make everything look so lovely, and Mandy deserves lots of thanks!

Lori, John Monzingo, Miss Ruby, Miss Cora, Junior, and all of the great staff at Tall Timbers, for making our party absolutely wonderful. In addition to the actual wedding dinner, they worked so hard in the weeks and days leading up to the Big Day, and I can't thank them enough for all they did for us.