Thanksgiving Weekend 2008 part 2: Friends

The whirlwind continued in outline form:

Friday:

• 5:30am: Keren gets up and starts sewing her dress for Megan's wedding the next day. (It was not finished because the weekend before, I went to sew the skirt into the bodice and it didn't quite close. I had cut out the pieces a month before, with what I thought was grow-room....but was apparently not enough! The new plan was to insert a large piece of the trim as a panel down the front.)

• 8:00am: Jon leaves for the airport. (Keren continues sewing)
• 9:00am: We all have breakfast, then Erik and Cat leave. (Keren continues sewing, her ankles keep swelling)
• 11:00am: Keren and Jonathan leave to drive to Danville, where Megan and Peter's wedding rehearsal is that night. (Dress is still not finished, so the sewing machine goes into our trunk with the overnight bag) It is discovered that long car rides are not ideal for deflating swollen ankles.
  
• 3:00pm: Music practice, wedding rehearsal.
• 6:30pm: Rehearsal dinner at Chinese Buffet.
• 8:30pm: We find our hotel room and praise God's providence in providing a large table to set up the sewing machine on. Jonathan watches TV while I sew.
  

• 11:30pm: Dress finished--ankles huge. I try on my boots that I plan to wear with my dress for the wedding the next day and they will not zip up. I decide to use my pillows for my feet instead of my head.
  
• 12:00pm: Bed! Sweet Bed!

Saturday:

• 5:30am: We get up and shower. I immediately put on my boots, they will zip closed, so I don't take them off again. This makes getting my jeans on a little tricky, but at least I won't be wearing tennis shoes as Megan's matron of honor!
• 6:30am: arrive at Megan's aunt's house to make the flower bouquets.

• 7:15am: The girls from Seattle arrive to help Megan get ready and meet Peter for the first time.
  

• 8:30am: Flowers are finished
• 9:00am: Keren and Jonathan practice wedding music with Denny, who's playing the guitar for us.
• 11:00am: We begin playing the prelude at the Wedding Hall
• 12:30pm: Megan officially becomes a Green--she and Peter are officially hitched!
  

• 1:00pm: We all celebrate with toasts and luncheon.
• 2:30pm: We leave with the girls to drive back to Saint Louis.
• 6:30pm: Turkey dinner left-overs for all in our apartment.
• 8:00pm: At this point we are all draped over the furniture in the living room. Jonathan serves tea for everyone on a tray.
  
• 9:00pm: Bed! Sweet Bed!

Sunday:

• 7:00am: Keren wakes up and starts making cinnamon rolls for breakfast.

• Much tea is consumed by all as we wait for them to bake. It is commented that Keren in the kitchen while cinnamon rolls are baking equals a lot of buns in the oven--13 to be exact!
  

• 9:30am: Breakfast with my girls!..these are the good times!
  

• 11:00am: Morning prayers together.
• 12:30pm: We take Abby to the airport...sigh!
• the rest of the day: we discuss different ideas of doing something off and on, but mostly try different positions of lounging while we recover on the couch.
  
• 6:00pm: We order pizza and watch a movie.

Monday:

• 6:15am: Emily and Janelle leave for the airport....sigh!
• 10:30am: Judy comes with me to my pre-natal checkup.
• 11:30am: Soup for lunch at the Saint Louis Bread Co., better known to you as Panera.
• 12:30pm: I take Judy to the airport...sigh!
  
• about 6:00pm: Jonathan wanders into the kitchen to tell me he's lonely. The apartment is really very empty now! And we have no more Thanksgiving left-overs to sooth our pain. We discuss how fun the weekend was, how nice it is to sleep. God is Good!