Rehearsal Dinner

The rehearsal dinner was lovely. We did, however, unfortunately find that the weather was going to be a bit chilly that weekend. And here we were wearing short dresses.

We practiced walking down the aisle and the "I dos" twice, to make sure Caroline and Jared didn't blunder and we didn't crash and burn in transit. Knowing my ability to trip over my own feet, it was probably very wise of the wedding directors to have us do the routine a couple of times.

Caroline looked stunning in her grandmother's shoes and hat (she was wearing a dress too, not JUST shoes and a hat). And Jared looked... well, goofy in his cowboy groom's hat. But then, we all looked goofy-- we were all commanded to wear different colored sailor hats so that we were color coded with the person we were meant to be skipping down the aisle with. Apparently there were too many of us to keep all of our names straight, so the directors color coded our hats for their convenience. Mine was black and had a maid of honor pin on it. I love it. It sits on my bed post I love it so much.

We had dinner courtesy of Mr. and Mrs Nenninger (senior) and enjoyed getting to know the groomsmen who had come into town for the occasion. And then... we danced. (We had to see if the dance floor was nice and sturdy.) It was a very fun night. Cold-- I pretty much sported goose bumps the entire evening-- but the dancing helped with that. I think we were all pumped for the next day. . .