A preview of the church and order of the ceremony, meeting Sophia's extended family and seeing Daniel's friends from high school was really fun as was the party afterwards! I was so hoping the rehearsal dinner would go well and it certainly did! We had the Mardi Gras theme, Louisiana cuisine, cajun music playing on the sound system and drinks to bring the party to life! The food was SO good - chicken and sausage gumbo, seafood jambalaya, garlic bread, Natchitoches meat pies, Louisiana crab dip with crostinis, fresh asparagus and New Orleans bread pudding with rum sauce with a full open bar. It was a wonderful evening and everyone said what a great time they had. I was quite relieved when the evening went off without a hitch and was over so I could enjoy the rest of the weekend!
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| Daniel, Cane and Shaun arriving at the church for the rehearsal |
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| Jared, Sophia, Daniel, Cody, Shaun and Chris awaiting instructions |
Then it was on to the rehearsal dinner...
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| I gave Katie my phone so she could take pictures for me. They kept these warmers full all night! |
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| My kiddos...so very proud of them both!!! 😍 |
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| Daniel and Mom |
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| Daniel and Dad |
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| Lincoln telling dad, Jared what he wants to order up at the bar!! |
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| The Mardi Gras masks were a hit!! |
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| I don't remember what Sophia was telling me, but I look worried!! And Daniel looks like he's about to line someone out...I assure you, neither was true! We all had a great evening!! |
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| Amber gave a very emotional speech about Sophia and Daniel and had everyone dabbing their eyes...so sweet! |
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| Handing out gifts to the parents and wedding party |
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| After the rehearsal dinner, all the people staying in the hotel gathered in the breakfast area and visited, drank and laughed until almost midnight. So happy I had this time to visit a bit because it turned out this was pretty much the ONLY time I got to visit with friends and family...I had NO idea I'd be so busy during the dinners and wedding. It was all pretty much a blur it went by so fast!! |
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| We had the room all cleaned up and ready for our breakfast the next morning...the wedding day!! And here's the groom handling wedding business while eating his breakfast. |
