Sounds exciting. Post pictures!

So wonderful....I want to see all that bling!

Hope you'll post some pics to show how it all came together. It's nice that your daughter is working so closely with you.

Did you post a pic of her dress? Hoping you post pics of the veil too.

I bought my gown off the rack as a sample; it fit me beautifully. I kick myself for having alterations because she made it too short for my taste. I told her I didn't want it shortened; she did it anyway. Some times less is more.

I hope that by the wedding date; your injuries will have healed; allowing you to have the best day you've had (pain wise) since your fall.

Sounds like a lot of fun! My son swears he will never marry so I have to live vicariously through others. That means I need pictures!

The wedding of a daughter is another one of the biggest occasions in your life. Remember to relax and have fun.

I am looking forward to this wedding, even more than the one for DD2. This one will have a completely different vibe. I'm starting to get a little nervous that it's coming up so quickly and I have so much to do.

The venue is a good 2 hr drive away, so I must make sure I have all that we'll need ahead of time. I'm staying at a hotel the night before, but the night of the wedding I'm camping there-so I need to get THAT stuff ready too.

I'm pcing myself so I don't hurt myself before then, and so that I can enjoy myself. Glad we have the day before to set up, will give me time to relax the day of.

I will have loads of pics-it's going to be so amazing.

What a joyful time for you to look forward to !

I can empathize since I am 28 days away from my DD's wedding, if I think too much about it I get a little knot in my stomach, lolâ¦

We eloped and have strongly encouraged our three to do the same... When the time comes we will give them a ladder and a check :-) I do enjoy others people's weddings, though!

Congratulations! I don't know when the wedding is, but be prepared for the stress of that last week. My DD got married a few weeks ago. I was stunned at how stressed I was that last week leading up to the wedding. Like you, I had to travel and stay in hotel night before (and night of). The stress of making sure all the details came together and getting everything (including THE dress) to the wedding was a bit overwhelming.

I did promise myself that once the wedding started, everything I could do was done and I would relax and enjoy. Happy to say that I was able to do that. I really had a wonderful time, and so did the bride. It was magical. I am sure yours will be too. I hope you can relax once it starts and enjoy every moment.

Congratulations to you Jill! DD is getting married on August 16th, right around the corner. My younger DD was married almost 4 years ago, so I've been thru this once before. This time, however, the location is a couple hours away, so we're going to stay nearby and we get to set up the day before. There is camping available at the site, so I'm going to stay in a hotel the night before-and I will camp the night of the wedding (it's a good 15 miles to the hotel and I don't want to drive so late thru a forest!).

Today the girls and I went out for a few more goodies-first time I've been able to shop with the bride in a while. She showed me pics of the groomsmens outfits-and I got goosebumps! Very fun, skinny slacks, bright colorful shirts and ties. It's getting so exciting.

Today I picked up a bunch of boxes and packing material so tomorrow I'll start packing up the goodies. I plan to have each table in a box-everything is one-of-a-kind. The whole theme is Indian/global/Boho...vibrant colors and laid back. This is where the actual ceremony will occur

Not sure how to post mulitple pix...this is the color scheme we're working with, and I'm going to do a lounge area reminiscent of an Indian Mandap. It will have lots of pillows, cushions and I'm also going to put in an air mattress covered with lux fabrics. Have lots of lights, a chandy, and gorgeous gold candlesticks to use in the lounge.

How fabulous and fun! And exciting! Sounds like you're healing and able to get around better.

Should be a fab and memorable wedding.

Beautiful setting! I love that it is going to be laid back and so colorful and fun. What food are you having?

Love it!
How are the bugs there? Any snakes?

I'm healing well-I'd say I'm at about 70% of normal, definitely learning my limits!

It's a gorgeous setting-there is a large grass area adjacent to a lake, and we've got a 500SF covered area with a dance floor also. Food is tapas style. It'll be vegetarian, but there will be shrimp. I'm not sure of the menu, I wasn't able to get to the tasting, but DD assures me the food is very good, and her MIL approved it (she was wary about the vegetarian menu). So no sit down dinner, but plenty of food available to nosh on.

The only alcohol will be microbrew and there will be mojitos, the signature drink. Otherwise it's flavored waters, lemonade and coffee. Knowing the crowd, this is going to be fine.

No snakes-we only have non-venomous in this part of the state, and they'd be grass-inhabitants, not in a landscaped area. The only bugs we'll worry about would be mosquitos, but I'm not expecting that to be too bad-we have bug spray available. There may be moths (due to the lights) but mostly it's not too bad here for bugs. I'm more concerned about flies-but the place is extremely clean, no outhouses (only full, delux bathrooms) or garbage cans in the vicinity.

I've been to many outdoor evening events and never had problems in our area. I think it's just too cool at night to worry. In fact, that was one of the brides concerns-needing a wrap once the sun went down! It's going to be fairly cool in the evening, since it's in a forested canyon, and the sun will be low enough at 7pm to be below the treeline. We don't get full dark till almost 10pm, but I expect us to be utilizing the candlelight by 8pm for sure.

Glad to hear you're healing! You should be feeling pretty good by the wedding date. Will you be wearing low shoes?

Sounds really nice. The area of NJ that I'm in has been really bad with bugs. We've also seen an increase of snakes & toads due to all the rain we've been having.

It sounds wonderful. Pesky. I have never planned a wedding like this. I'm certain it isn't in my genetics to do so.

My great niece is getting married August 3rd. I can't wait to see if the family frugal gene is still thriving or has been watered down and died on the vine.

That setting is so gorgeous!