Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Preparations for a Wedding in Pennsylvania

Our oldest grandchild was only eight months old when Wayne and I married almost 23 years ago.  Now she is a married woman.  We are both happy and sad.

We had received a “save the date” magnet from them over a year ago so we new it was coming.

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Then the official invitation arrived and there was no doubt that there would be a wedding.

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We flew to Pittsburg on Wednesday, December 12th for the wedding.  Michelle and Michael picked us up at the airport and took us to his dad, Mickey's, house.  We picked up our daughter, Nola,and Mike’s sister, Tiffany.  From there we drove to Primanti Bros. for dinner.  We had seen a program about their sandwiches on the food network.

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They are huge with French fries and sauerkraut inside the sandwich.  I though it was surprisingly good.

After dinner we drove to Seven Springs Ski Resort where the wedding party was staying.  It didn’t take us long to go to sleep.

We had a room overlooking the ski slopes.  The next morning the view was beautiful.  They were still making snow.

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Michelle, Nola, and Tiffany met us in the Slopeside restaurant for breakfast Thursday morning.

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The resort was decorated beautifully for Christmas.

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We went to the room to rest Wayne’s back but met them back again for lunch.  This time Michael joined us.

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Thursday afternoon we all met in the Tower’s lobby which was also decorated beautifully.

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We all pilled into a shuttle bus from the resort and drove to Somerset to the church. 

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The church was beautiful.

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After the rehearsal we piled into the shuttle and headed back to the resort to their premier restaurant “Helen’s.”  The room was set up beautifully.

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And we filled it to capacity.

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We started out with a glass of wine or beer.

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Then the chef had prepared an appetizer with lobster in it.  Then it was on to the main menu.

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By the time we got to the dessert we were all full.

Michelle and Michael presented everyone with gifts.  The maid of honor, bridesmaids,  and flower girl all got the jewelry that I had made for them.

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The ring bearer had already used the pillow I made for him that matched Michelle’s dress.

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After dinner Wayne took some pictures of the happy couple and the bridesmaids and the reader, Noemie who came all the way from Brussels for the wedding..

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  The Maid of Honor, Ashley’s, mother had made the paper bouquets from the wrapping paper at Michelle’s bridal shower.  Her daughter, Hailey, was the flower girl.  The bridesmaids on either end are Debbie and Melissa .  Next to Michelle on the right is Jana and then Catherine.  On the very right is Noemie.

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Here is the bride and her mother, Nola.

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The bride and her brother, Matt, and with her Uncle Todd.

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Off to bed in preparation for a big day tomorrow.

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