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Chad & Lisa's wedding

Well the weekend began Friday night in Hoquiam at Alexanders Bar and Grill. Everyone in the wedding party and some family met for dinner before rehearsal which followed immediately after. Alexanders is a fairly new restaurant in Hoquiam and has very good food and friendly staff. Rehearsal was done about 8:30 or so and off we all went to our places of abode.
Saturday dawned with sunny skies, I could hardly believe my eyes what a beautiful day we were going to have. Family had to arrive at 3:00 for pictures which took about 1/2 hour and then we waited while 40's era music played in the theater. The wedding started pretty much right on time and was very very nice. Several have commented to me later that it was one of the nicest weddings they had been to. Lisa will be glad to hear that when they return. They departed the wedding in an old car of some kind and headed to the reception hall in Aberdeen. The dinner served by the local O'Brien Catering was delicious. The caters themselves have many food allergies so all there catered food is cooked like they themselves where going to eat it. So there was no dairy in the mashed garlic potatoes, or in the sauce on the chicken, nor in the absolutely super delicious chocolate fudge dessert they served. They also had gluten free choices there too. So it made it really nice for those of us that can't do dairy, wheat etc.
The reception went very well, it was nice to see the big number of relatives on our side that showed up. Some we haven't seen for awhile. Lots of music and fun was had by all. I even got my husband to do a slow dance with me!!!! I had a very nice day. After a very emotional week.....which started out with the stomach flu and a slight shift in hormone levels!!!! everything straightened out and I could enjoy myself greatly. We had everything cleaned up and were home by 10:30, it took awhile to settle down before we could go to sleep but not as late of a night as I had thought it might be.
The kids left Sunday for Vancouver, WA for the night and then on to Sisters, OR until Wednesday and then possibly over to the coast and up the coast and home on the week end.
Sunday after meeting some of us that were still in town met at our house for left overs from the reception and then everyone was gone by 4:00. I was so incredibly tired I couldn't not even stay awake. It was like I was drugged.
Today, we were over to Eric and Tara's for a Memorial Day BBQ. That was a large group of Eric's and Tara's friends and co-workers, our family, and the Dickey and the Barene families.

MISC....

Well it's about 3 weeks until the first wedding! Lisa said tonight that they had 196 people respond that they are coming.
Last Saturday Tara and Linda put on a shower for Lisa, it was a good turn out and I believe that fun was had by all. Lisa got some nice things, one being the coveted fleece blankets that Linda makes.
Chad is working on the old Ranger getting it up and running again, with diesel at $4.45 he's decided driving the big truck to work every day is a bit spendy.
We have found the perfect "golden slipper" for Tara's wedding party to wear. Good ole Chadwick's had them. I ordered a couple pairs to see if we would like them or not and we did so ordered the rest of the sizes yesterday. Saturday we go to have another fitting and possibly pick up Tara's wedding dress. We have been working on all the little stuff. There sure is a lot to think about.
I am so ready for some sunshine and warm weather. It is making me crabby and blue. I think we may have turned the corner on winter as I haven't heard the "S" word in the forecast for awhile. Oh, "S" meaning snow not sunshine!
I have taught my dear friend Eileen to knit socks. When I left her on Sunday she had a good start on her first one. Later report is that she is now addicted to knitting and her sock is looking very good. We will have another knit-a-long on Sunday afternoon. Possibly we could look for an update about her sock on her blog???
Well enough rattling on I must pick up as you know what Friday is....house cleaner day...Yeah!