Rebekah & Nick's wedding #1- preparation

 Our daughter's wedding day was wonderful. She and her best friend got coffee and went to the church to begin getting ready. The rest of the family went to my parents' house to visit extended family and to have brunch together. It was a sweet time seeing my brothers and sister. 

After brunch, we went to the hotel to set up the reception. My sisters-in-law, mother-in-law, and nieces came to help. My sister and her family came too. My husband and son set up the sound system. Our friend who made the cake came and set it up too. It all came together really quickly. It was fun! 

The centerpieces on the tables...

My sister and her family put the place tags on the tree...

Setting up the cake...

My dear friend did Rebekah's hair and make up, it was fun to catch up with her!

Starting on the hair...

A pretty braid...

Putting in the baby's breath...

Doing her makeup...

The girls getting ready... Mallory braided part of Bethany's hair!

Her dress hanging and ready...

We sure love this beauty!

Getting the wedding dress on...

It was a joy to be together with all of the girls. We snacked on lunch, pressed dresses with a steam iron, listened to music, sewed different combs onto the veil, helped the photographer, and more. After this, the photographer took lots of pictures! I relaxed a little and cleaned up the room. It was chilly outside where they took pictures, but at least it was sunny!

The next post(s) will be more of the wedding!

Matthew 22:1-14  The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.  He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

“But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.

“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”