rehearsal and the best rehearsal dinner ever

We had the rehearsal promptly (!) at 5:00 on Friday evening. Holly was pleased that everyone was there on time and that we only ran through the ceremony twice :) We heard the harpist, flute, and violin play for the first time and it was only a beautiful glimpse of what was in store for Saturday night. Then the real fun began! The rehearsal dinner was held downtown at the Brick City Center for the Arts. It was such a beautiful night and the weather was cool and crisp. Daddy made sure the city kept the downtown white Christmas lights on and the scene was spectacular. We had music by cousin Steve and his many talents and we danced the night away! We had yummy food catered by the House of Forest (go cats!) and it wouldn't be an Edenfield party without fresh Apalachicola oysters! Hands down, best rehearsal dinner I've been to!

practice makes perfect

I love, love, love this picture of michael escorting mom...doesn't she look fabulous!

doing my job...I'm so good at what I do ;)

almost!

the art deco venue

inside...

...outside

the hosts renn and gary

m&d with holly

amy, lane, and courtney

brothers jake and marcus

we sang a song to h&m...it's a tradition in marcus's family for all the aunts to write and perform a song for the couple...it was hilarious!

we brought our boogie shoes and got down!

this time tomorrow they will be mr. & mrs. edenfield!!

day before: january 11, 2008

The boys golfed...

while the girls brunched!

Ms. Becky and Heather hosted Holly's bridesmaid brunch at their lovely home filed with fresh flowers and wedding memorabilia from Holly and Marcus's families. If you haven't noticed, Holly is a fan of brunches! Once again we had cheesy potatoes and mimosas along with a delicious quiche and spring greens salad. And we mustn't forget the desserts and coffee!

heather, holly, and ms. becky

~celebrate family, friends, traditions~

the bride with her bridesmaids

bridesmaids' gifts!

~the goodies inside~

gladly accepting my multiple maid of honor gifts

lane and I in our wedding planner garb...on to the next event!

fiesta, fiesta!

The wedding week was finally here! To kick things off we hosted a party for all the family and out-of-town friends that were in town on the Thursday before the wedding. We had such a fun time! The food was from Latinos Y Mas...need I say more? It was good. Let the countdown to Saturday begin!

grandmother ME enjoying Latinos's famous salsa

rian and chris meadows and courtney~we couldn't have done it without you

the tomsins came all the way from france!

kisses for the bride

our good friend kelly and her husband barry traveled to ocala to do all the flowers for the wedding. they set up shop in our garage and worked so hard all weekend...and kelly was 5 mos. pregnant! here's one of the many buckets that were stored in the our garage turned flower shop...I wanted to camp out in the middle of it all!

wedding prep

holly: voted most organized bride of 2008

holly's bachelorette soiree!

We celebrated by taking a flashy limo to Orlando to eat at Season's 52. The ride to and from were the most fun! I was a trooper...I had come down with a bad sinus infection that week and felt the worse on that Friday night. I had a fever and I ached but I tried to make the best of it. I refrained from posting the picture of us from dinner because I look like a sick dog. At the restaurant, I did not eat but instead laid myself down on the booth and slept through dinner. I hated to miss all the fun but I hear everyone else had a grande time! After dinner we sat around the piano bar until it was time to call it a night. In just a few weeks Holly's bachelorette days would be over!

the girls

me and lane in the limo

I think this was her favorite gift...you better believe she wears it!

tallahassee par-tay!

Friends and family gathered to celebrate both Holly and Marcus as we dined on paella and fresh Apalachicola oysters on the half shell. The party was hosted by several of Renn's good friends, also known as the teacher friends and the proud members of the BBMC...the bad boys mothers club :)

holly and marcus

with jake, cara, and lucas

the fun and crazy hotesses

renn and mom