Vacation...Day Four

Friday started out with a quick grab of breakfast as we headed out the door to Dawn's church to set up for the reception. When we got there we found, much to our surprise, that the room had not been readied for us. So, we searched around for extra tables and got it all set up. It took a lot of effort, but we were able to get things all set up and the reception area looks beautiful!

After setting up the reception we headed downtown to the "Tipsy Teahouse" for a ladies' luncheon. The teahouse was a little cluttered and not quite the right atmosphere for a tea party, but the food was out of this world! I had a fruity and aromatic tea named Casa Blanca. To eat we had a fresh fruit tray, warm scones with clotted cream and raspberry preserves, and amazing little cucumber sandwiches. Deana and I asked for the recipe from the shop owner. Since we were both from out of town she gave it to us. It's such a tasty recipe that I think I'll have to have a tea party before the summer is over just so that I can make them! And for dessert we had an assortment of baked goodies- brownies, raspberry bars, fudges, etc. It was a lovely break in the busy day.

After the tea I headed back to Dawn's place for a little bit. I took a quick cat nap for about 30 minutes before getting ready for the rehearsal. I was glad I did! The rehearsal was quite stressful! I am a person that doesn't enjoy conflict and I had lots of people telling me that I was doing things wrong. I did things the way that Dawn had asked me to, but others seemed to think I was trying to do it all my way, which was not the case at all. I came home just emotionally exhausted from so many people being upset with me. I wanted to fall straight into bed, but then someone called and needed help at the church with unloading some food, so I went with a few others to do that.

When we returned form that I was able to visit with others a bit and then head to bed at a fairly decent hour. Saturday is the wedding day! I'll let you know how it all turns out!