Tuesday July 5, 2011

 

Rehearsal For

Nathaniel & Abby’s Wedding

Thursday Evening, June 30

 

 

Visiting as we wait for everyone to arrive.

 

 

Abby sees her maid of honor for the first time in several weeks, as Jolene just arrived from Maine.

 

 

Nathaniel praying before rehearsal.

 

 

Abby arranging everyone for where they will be standing at the wedding.

 

 

Jim and Ron – the ministers

 

 

Special rehearsal bouquets from our yard

 

 

Abby making sure everyone is spaced correctly.

It appears that she is telling someone to move a bit to their left. Each person had a penny to mark their spot.

 

 

Dale (Nathaniel’s dad), Brenda (Ron’s wife), Luanne (Nathaniel’s mother) enjoying something that is going on.

 

 

Left to right: Lydia, Hannah, and Elizabeth (Abby’s sisters), then her friend Jolene, Abby, (ministers in the background), Nathaniel, his friend Wes, then Nathaniel’s brothers Joram, Sam, and Benuel. 

 

 

Abby’s wedding practice bouquet

 

 

Jim and Ron checking the program.

 

Nathaniel ushering his future mother-in-law to her seat.

 

 

 

Walking his parents down the aisle.

 

 

 

 

The mothers will light candles.

 

 

Lydia

 

 

Hannah

 

 

Elizabeth

 

 

Jolene

 

 

 

 

Our son-in-law walking Abby down the aisle

 

 

Mark pretended to sneeze – very loudly – indicating this is how he will behave at the wedding. 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim and Ron discussing the proper way to place their hands on Abby & Nathaniel’s heads.

 

 

 

 

While the finishing touches were being attended to, Nathaniel’s mother, Luanne, was preparing to bake homemade soft pretzels.

 

 

 

 

 

Nathaniel’s sisters Adrielle and Stephanie preparing strawberry milk shakes.

 

 

 

 

Yum!

~~~

We (Abby, Jolene, Diane, Elizabeth, Hannah, Lydia, and me) spent the Friday morning being pampered (manicures and pedicures). After that we made sure everything was ready for Saturday morning.