A day to remember

June 24th, 2014

in thePortland Oregon Temple

Our youngest son and his beautiful bride were married.

The reception took place at Multnomah Falls on a gorgeous

sunny day, which for Oregon, is saying a lot. 

Brothers

His oldest brother, sister in law and nephews.

Everything ran perfectly smooth and was so beautiful, 

her family couldn't have done a better job.

It truly will be a day to remember.

Then came the open house.

 I called it an open house but in reality it

was a garden reception.

I rented a tent for shade as our lawn doesn't have any.

The tent builders came the day before the open house to set it up.

So far, so good.

The weather was predicted to be in the 70's  with some cloud cover - even better.

In the early morning the forecast was right on target, so like busy bee's my mother, sister and I and many of my friends began preparing for the event.

My sista

My mama

I left my sister and mom to slice and dice the veggies and fruit while I headed for town to take care of some last minute errands.

My amazing friends had their own assignments. Flowers, salads and food were all being prepared.

In the afternoon we began decorating and everything was falling in to place.

Just as we were finishing up, the unannounced rain, accompanied with wind blew in.

We quickly gathered everything we could and began putting them under the tent. Pictures, the cupcake table, the sign in book, the Apothecary jars filled with candy. To say the least, if it was out, we gave it shelter.

After a wild and frenzy time of trying to keep everything dry, the weather gave us a break and things began to look up.

 At least we did and saw a promising sky.

Our neighbor and her son were a huge help, not only did they assist in saving the decorations, they helped in bringing them back out again.

It wasn't until we had the tables looking lovely and ready for the guest is when the clouds decided to test our patience.

The wind and rain came back for another round.

Back under the tent, the tent which was ordered for shade, everything went.

More neighbors came over to help my Mother In Law dry the chairs.

Who woulda thought? Rain was not in the forecast.

Finally, 15 minutes before showtime the joke was over and the weather behaved.

Guest started arriving. Food was served, the bride and groom looked spectacular 

and the evening was wonderful.

I couldn't have been more pleased

 and once again,

it is a day I will never forget.