Sluglife

As I mentioned before, one of the things that's keeping us super busy has been Rachel's impending wedding which is going on... here. And it is just about upon us. Tomorrow, Saturday, is the big day, but last night Rachel, Shawn, and Rachel's fam showed up and preparations began in earnest. Here we tested out the lights strung over our backyard -- some are left up (and repaired) from the "80th birthday" party last year, but the ones over the driveway -- which feature some of the longest runs we've done -- are brand new. The only glitch came from the sets of lights which had been the most used and the most reliable -- the ones over the patio. Half of those are out. We're working on that.

Inside Rachel and her sister finished up assembling the favors:

And Anna worked on the cake:

Me? I stayed out of the way. But, seriously, watching Anna make that cake was impressive. She's done it a few times, but just the level of planning for everything... okay, she is an event coordinator at her job, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised. Surprise isn't correct -- amazed. Like watching the internals of a fine clock move. It just does. To a level that I couldn't imagine emulating.
So that was last night. Tonight we have setup, the rehearsal, the rehearsal dinner, cake assembly... everything. :)
One last cooking picture: