Wedding day!

My oven obviously didn’t reach temperature because my pies were filled with liquid – tasty liquid, but not what I’m used to seeing. It also made things hard to transport. We got to the house around 9AM along with most everyone else. There was still a lot to do, so most of us worked right up to the noon wedding. Right before the ceremony, my mom was a little panicked because someone had forgotten to make coffee. She tasked me to do that. My sister Mindy had also arrived overnight and was tasked with cooking 500 shish-kabobs plus a lot of potatoes and bread. She couldn’t do it alone so I helped her out. I took care of the coffee, potatoes and bread in the kitchen. I also washed dishes so Mindy could reuse them to hold the completed shish-kabobs. We worked right through about 15 minutes of the ceremony until we could leave things alone for a while. I still saw most of the wedding. It was simple and lovely – right out on the deck of my parent’s house overlooking the lake. With the wedding done, Mindy and I kicked it into high gear. We also had the three sisters to help us, since their job was to serve during the wedding reception. They transported stuff and put everything in fancy silverware while we continued cooking. Dinner was served and it was very delicious. Everyone raved about my blueberry pie. I was surprised that no one touched my apple pies, even though I thought they were the best pies out there. The shish-kabobs were awesome too, so good job Mindy, Monique and Patrick. Patrick was to cook crepes later on, and he did try, but he set the fire alarm off at the apartment while attempting to do so, and the building had to be evacuated. There would be no crepes. It was OK though because we were stuffed. We worked a little of that food off with dancing. We learned some swing dancing and then learned some traditional French dances. It was so fun being around all these French people. In the evening, Barbara and I left the party to go and pick up Jeffrey at the airport. The drive was no problem and Jeffrey quickly arrived. It was so nice to see him again. We got home at midnight and went to bed.