Thursday we had more errands to run. It seems like there is a never ending list between the wedding and finishing up Dad’s estate. But it keeps us busy.
We went by the monument place and picked out Dad’s headstone. Before we got there we were thinking that we would get a pretty shiny black one. But the more we looked at them, the more we felt that the light gray (more traditional) one would fit Dad’s personality more. We just got a simple one in a medium size. It says “In loving memory” and his name, with birth and death dates on it. At the bottom of the front is a tractor. Who knew there would be 87 tractor designs to choose from. Crazy! Sandy was doing fine until time to write the check. She signed her name and then gave me the checkbook to finish writing it. She was crying. After we left, we ran by the cemetery and I left a little butterfly on a stick on his grave. Then we stopped by Dad’s house for another bathroom break. (his house has sure been handy for when we are in town). Colten was very cranky, so we headed on home.
Stacey got her nails done on Thursday evening and then joined us at the house. I helped get a few more things ready for the wedding and Stacey packed her suitcase for their honeymoon in Jamaica. Woohoo
Stacey and Colten I went to town on Friday morning and ran a bunch of errands. We barely got done in time to get home and change clothes for the rehearsal. Thank goodness that the church is only 5 minutes from the house!
The wedding rehearsal was really crazy. Rob was like a stressed bride and Stacey was just going with the flow. There was the usual craziness of the last minute before the wedding stuff going on. Colten was wired and running everywhere. At 2 years old, he doesn’t have the concept of a wedding, so he was loving running through the building and especially up and down the aisle. He was to be a ring bearer with Conner, who is 5. It was interesting to see him ‘practicing’.
One of the bridesmaids had to cancel out at the last minute of the rehearsal. Thankfully, a second cousin agreed to step in and we figured out that we could ‘adjust’ the gown and camoflage the pins and such. Stacey took it all in style. She’s was the very opposite of a bridezilla!
After the rehearsal, we all went to dinner at Johnny Carinos. It was yummy and fun. Then we all got home late. Sandy and I stayed up until 1am baking cookies and muffins for the wedding party to munch on during the morning before the wedding pictures got started. We ended up with extra grandkids at the last minute, so I slept on the couch downstairs and we finally got everyone in a bed of some kind. It was a crazy night.
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