Planning Weddings and Celebrating Birthdays

Saturday was a crazy, but productive day.  We squeezed in the maximum possible activities into a relatively small piece of time.  Alicia, Erik (Alicia's finance), and I visited Eldredge Manor in Bountiful where Erik and Alicia will enjoy their wedding and luncheon.  We decided on a menu, took a tour, and planned the table decorations.  It will be a beautiful place for such a special day.

  Next we headed to Tooele to celebrate Maris' fourth birthday.  She enjoyed getting "beautified" with her four-year-old friends.  Painted nails, crimped hair, and fake tatoos.

The girls played games, giggled, opened presents, and had a great time.

After the birthday party we headed to West Point to meet with the wedding photographer, Jeff Hodges, my brother.  We had an hour to spare, so we thought we'd look at fabric for a quilt.  Alicia started out with brown and blue, and ended up with beautiful shades of red and green for a Christmas quilt.  I thought we'd have time to start getting ideas, but Alicia found fabric she loved.  It was all chosen in under an hour--and we got to Jeff's on time!  Erik and Alicia picked out some beautiful settings for future photos, and we ended out marathon wedding preparation day.  So many decisions, so little time.  Whew!

Erik and Alicia even found time for some nourishment at Maris' party.