Katie and Chuck wedding weekend- Part 1

Well, we did it. We got through a whole wedding weekend without any major disasters!  The weather was wonderful with the drop in temperatures Friday and Saturday. I don't think it got hotter than 85 degrees all weekend, which was such a blessing.  The humidity was still a little rough, with the rain passing through here and there, but at least we weren't getting scorched by the sun!  Friday morning we had Katie's bridesmaids luncheon at the botanical garden's cafe.  It was nice to have that time just with the girls, sipping on tea, eating a delicious brunch.  Chuck's aunt and one of her church friends hosted the brunch, and they did a great job.

 Katie and her bridesmaids (minus Whitney...you were missed!)

After lunch, we had a few hours of downtime before heading over to the rehearsal out at Matthew's Manor.  The rehearsal went well, with just a little bit of sprinkling rain.  Katie was so calm all weekend.  She and Chuck have waited a long time for this day to come.  There wasn't much that could spoil their fun :)

The rehearsal dinner was at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.  The Abbey's had it all decorated like a tailgate with Alabama football decor on the tables and we all ate BBQ.  Katie had a slideshow of pics of her and Chuck...and considering they have been together for 8 years, there were lots of funny older pictures from high school!  Katie also made a special slideshow in honor of our mom, and of course, put us all in tears with her beautiful speech.  We truly are blessed with a wonderful mother. She is the rock of our family, and I don't know what we would do without her.  I hope she knows how much we love and appreciate her!

 

After the rehearsal dinner the guys all went out for a little bachelor celebration for Chuck, and the girls all headed over to Katie and Chuck's town-home to spend the night together.  We stayed up way too late of course chatting as always.  But it was nice waking up the next morning all together and ready to begin the big day! 

Update: the pics are here! :)
Pictures would really make this post so much better!  But again, the pics are mostly on my mom or Katie's camera (since they have the fancy shmancy one).  I really need to start claiming Greg's fancy camera as half mine and use it more.  That's what marriage is all about right? "What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine.....the more we share, the more the sun will shine!"   hahaha, ok please tell me at least one person knows that lyric reference.  No?  It's from a song in All Dogs Go to Heaven. Childhood classic.  lol.

Aaaaand with that, I'll be back later with all the fun details of Katie and Chuck's day! (and more pictures!)