Fragments from My Weekend

Wedding Reception:
One of my "other oldest daughters" was married. Wasn't she beautiful?

The reception was absolutely gorgeous. Tons of help from tons of people, and it all came together swimmingly.

Here's what's still hanging around our house since the reception:

Last-minute idea for the backdrop to the receiving line--tons of candles and a floor-length mirror (I did take our family picture down so the Denton clan wasn't staring down at them every moment).

We took all the furniture out of the living room for the receiving line and all the furniture out of the family room for dining tables and a place to watch the wedding video. It was cold (for here), so some tables were outside as well. I figured I wouldn't put the furniture back if I could get the carpet cleaned this week. So we'll enjoy our own personal light-saber ring until Thursday!

A few straggling dishes borrowed from friends and four remaining flower arrangements. Wish you could see the calla lilies in the center and the floating cranberries.

Coffee table and lamp from the family room are still in the entry. Too tired to move them anywhere else, and who are they hurting, really?

We did have a momentous birthday this weekend as well. Miss Evie turned one. I can't believe it's already been a year. Bean bags from Aunt Amy, . . .

. . . a rattle from Aunt Katie, $ from Grandma T, and, of course, her cell phone. She loves that thing.

I don't have a single picture of her with her cake, but hopefully I can get this video to work. She would not touch it. So, why does her cake look like the above picture? Because Mom's been stressed out. And Mom loves frosting.

Pardon our tone-deaf family. It really is bad, isn't it?