31 Years of Waiting

George and my dad played golf together the week we were home. One of the days they met up with my dad’s friend Bill. Bill’s son, Mark, and daughter in law Jill also played with them. Conversation as usual led to the wedding. My dad found out Mark and Jill also got married at Landfall. Mark and Jill shared some ideas they had at their wedding. So of course, that night at dinner, my dad gave a wedding idea.

D: I have a great idea for the wedding! I thought of it today.
M: Oh, great. What is it?
D: I think you and George, and the entire bridal party, should meet at the beginning of the 18th hole. I will have golf carts lined up waiting for you. On cue, you each get into a golf cart, drive up the golf path, to the guests, waiting for you at the cocktail hour. What do you think?
M: That is a good idea. But, um, I don’t foresee that working. The girls will already be at the cocktail hour, so they would have to leave to come back, and then we have the piper situation. I think it’s too much.
D: Well, I thought my idea was great.

I turn to look to George and my mom for support. All I see is George shaking his head with his eyes closed and my mom seething with anger.

You may remember the cabi tax post. Well, Fran is back!!
I overheard him tell my aunt the URL for our wedding website was www.tietheknot.com.
Bless his heart, the man is trying!

I can't seem to walk away from the computer or put down a bridal magazine. Over the last two weeks I have sent my mom over 100 emails about the wedding. Feeling bad, I thanked her for letting me bombard her inbox. Her response was, "You know you can never call or email enough." Isn't my mom the best?!? I love her!!

The battle of the pipers continues. By day five of my trip Fran had broken me. We were haggling over the amount of pipers like we were at an auction house.

D: So. Pipers. Have you decided?
M: Dad, for the record I am okay with having pipers. It’s the amount of pipers that kills me. 15 bagpipers are A LOT!
D: Okay, how about 14 then?
M: No. 5.
D: 13.
M: 5.
D: 9.
M: 4 pipers for ten minutes. Deal? Shake on it.
D: Uh, uh, uh, 4…god,
M: Shake on it, dad.
D: Okay I’ll take it. Deal.
M: We shook on it, so 4 or less for 10 minutes. That’s it.
D: Okay, maybe five, but I’ll talk with Andy.

George and I met with our minister when we were home. Barbara is very sweet, open to listening to our ceremony ideas, and loves love. The only downside Barbara has is her inability to remember George’s name.

Over the course of an hour she called him: Greg, Jeremy, Gregory, Christopher, Bo, and Henry.

I wonder who I will be marrying in April?!?

Woo hoo!! My photographer, florist AND reception site were featured on Weddings Unveiled! If they all worked this well together on Amy and Chris' wedding, I'm DYING to see how my wedding looks!!!

AHHHH!!!!! I'm almost there!!!!!