Caravan complete

We roared up the road, motor home towing Jeep, Honda following, through the rain and got to the woods home about four. Unloaded most of the things and cleaned up and on to the rehersal. Controlled chaos, really, people coming and going, but the wedding party was there. The one logistical snag was that when we arrived to set up the personal touch Aleene had worked so hard on, Weight Watchers was there weighing in their flock...so that cramped us into a back room in order to get things ready. But that was only momentary. When the rehersal ended the caterer had been there, set up and had lots of steamy food.

The wedding party is small: Mary, Trisha (her oldest daughter) and Karli (who is in 8th grade); Jeff, Judge Cooper, Paul (youth director). Kaleb, Mary's youner son is presenting his mother and walking her down the aisle. The ushers are friends and Mary's brother. They think they might have upwards of 200.

Reverend Naile (pronounced nail) is a pro and it will go well.

Back to Jeff's to get Asher down and Truman unwound. They slept in the motor home and at last look were still doing so. They looked cozy to me.

The big day is here...first to arrive were words of wisdom from Brother Dave (who has married four children) in an email (he knew I would look) and then about noon the parade begins as people show up in the north country. Talked to Nancy Lutz...all six were packed in the van and some place south of Lansing at 4 yesterday. They all will spend the night in Houghton Lake and parade up her after lunch and relocate to a motel. J&N's daughter Shannon (Amy's age) was driving from Cincinnati yesterday to meet up with mom and dad.

This is so cool. The Holland area folk will be in this afternoon.

Tomorrow the brunch and then they all scatter again. More on that later.