Celebrations

Last weekend was a busy one. Abbi's wedding was on Saturday. Abbi and Grace have been friends since they were babies and Grace was a bridesmaid for Abbi. Grace and Dallyn came down on Thursday evening and spent all day Friday helping with wedding setup. The ceremony was at Abbis' new in-laws' acreage just outside of town, a beautiful place. The weather forecast was not great, but they decided to go ahead with the original plan and do it outside. The girls came over on Saturday morning to get dressed; the wedding was at 1:30 and when Geoff and I left here at 1:25 they still weren't dressed. The photographer spent quite a bit of time getting photos and they spent a lot of time out in the yard. She had them hanging their dresses on on the clothesline and took one of Abbi's dress hanging on the trellis with the climbing roses which had just come out the day before. Anyway, the rain mostly held off until the ceremony was over.
Jude came on Friday, she wanted to get in on Kane's birthday party.
Betty Anne and Greg were in town for a school reunion, so they stopped over in the afternoon before we left for the reception and dance. We weren't expecting them but it was nice to have a bit of a visit.
The dance was fun, we sat with people we know and caught up with them. Stayed until 10:30!
Our minister is on holidays and Geoff was leading the service on Sunday. Somehow he roped me into agreeing to give the message. Will, I could never do your job.
Tim and Courtney had planned a birthday party for Booboo on Saturday. His birthday is not actually until August but they seem to think they will be busy then. However, they postponed the friends part until Sunday - Courtney's family came down Saturday afternoon and they had their family celebration. We were going to drop in but Betty Anne and Greg came over, but Jude went and got to meet the family she hasn't met yet. We went over on Sunday after church, they had some friends over and we enjoyed a barbecue in the sun on Tim's beautiful deck. Jude gave Booboo a bubble lawn mower, which was big hit. He ran around the yard with it and the other kids chased the bubbles he made.
Now we are looking forward to Will and Mom arriving and having more family time next week.
Courtney goes to the doctor on Monday and is hoping she doesn't have much more waiting time for the baby. Can't wait to see him. Who will he look like?