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Mel and Nails Much like the last wedding I was in, the right thing to do was to go along to get my nails done. |
Wall O'Polish Erin, Charlotte and Mel try to decide what colors they want. |
Erin Soaks Her hands were not yet wrinkly enough... |
Massage Chairs I wish I had sat in one of these, even though I wasn't getting a pedicure. |
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Mel Waits In Line At least the chairs were comfy. |
Latecomers Erin gets worked on, while Sarah and Gen watch. |
Mel Relaxes And so starts the pedicure. |
Happy Mel Bubblies and massagers...aaah... |
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Before Before/after pictures are an important part of life, even if they are just of nails. |
Relaxing Together Charlotte and Mel eventually got to enjoy it all together. |
White Reunion Mary, Charlotte, and Mel get the three chairs. Yes, I'm jealous. |
Soaking Mel She's really enjoying every aspect of this... |
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Mirror Mel ...except in Bizarro World! |
Dead Mary *She's* the most tired? |
Shoe-Thingies I guess they were to keep the toes apart. I just thought they looked funny. |
Soaking Tim Don't I look excited? |
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Soaking Tim, II Well, don't I? |
Soaking Tim *and* Mel Well, fine, I do look excited here. |
After Well, they're shint; on the other hand, they didn't hold up... |
Final Touch-Up Mel was really freaking out by this point, because we were taking so long and rehearsal was in just half an hour. |
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Ice Cream Luckily, Charlotte got her mother and Mel ice cream, which helped everything. |
Dead Erin Oh, is Erin capable of relaxing... |
Taking Off Mary, having bought some wine, returns to take us back to the rehearsal. |
Rehearsal Starts Just getting set up; Sarah, Gen, Jill, Charlotte, Erin, the Minister, Mel, Ray, John. |
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Groom's Side John, Ray, Ken, Henry, and Tim, plus Sarah; Jacob is hidden. |
Darren Isn't he shiny? |
Holding Hands Aww... (Charlotte, Erin, Mel, Ray, John) |
Sarah the Music Woman Sarah Scott was on the piano for the whole thing. |
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Stained Glass It sometimes photographs well; this wasn't bad. |
Tapestry It's interesting, I guess, but I have no idea what its significance is. |
Guarding the Door Ray and his Mother look patient...I guess... |
Tim and Sarah I look decent from the waist up! |
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???? and Gen It was Henry, but you can't tell from the shot... |
Jacob and Charlotte Rehearse... |
John and Erin ...rehearse... |
Mike and Mel ...rehearse! |
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Tim's Shorts We managed to lose my pants for the duration of the rehearsal; this was my fall-back plan. (At least I had one.) |
Rehearsal Dinner The dinner was at Biaggi's, where we had three tables and a bunch of family-style Italian food. Mmm... |
The Cool Table Or "the kids' table" at any rate; Gen, Keith, John, Erin, Ken, Henry, Charlotte, Jill. |
Table III The outcasts! Lucky us. Sarah, Darren, and Beth are in the shot. |
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Beth's Purse Having left it at MelFest, Beth had been separated from her purse for about half a week at this point. She was understandably happy to have it back. |
Mel's Toast And so begins the toasting procedures. Whee. |
Mike's Toast Going around the table. |
Ray's Toast to Jacob I wish I had had a toast to me... |
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Ray's Toast to Jacob, II ...but Jacob is much better for it. |
Red Jacob After all, he turns neat colors! |
Jacob Toasts After all, he had to return the favor. |
Jacob Toasts, with Fire And what better way than to cause fire out back? |
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Jacob Toasts, with Fire, II It was actually the fire-fighters again doing it, but still...it's appropriate. |
Parental Cards Rehearsals are amusing, if for no other reason than the stuff the bride and groom have to hand out. |
Family Table If nothing else, Ray looks interesting with the mirror. Otherwise, there's not much significance here. |
Mary's Gift It is a nice portrait of the two of them, isn't it? |
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Groomsman Gift To me. Jim. (*grin*) |
Random Family We didn't expect to see this branch of the White clan here, but they just showed up... |
Showing Off The Rings Two Rings To Rule Them All... |
Rings and Ray Really? Radical! (Yes, I like alliteration.) |
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Jill and Kevin I hadn't met Kevin before. He was cool. |
Picture and Flash The flash in the mirror looks better on the camera itself, I swear. |
Jacob and Charlotte They really do look oddly cute together. We're all far too close to each other. |
Pre-Wedding Brunch Ray fed us before the ceremony, figuring that our passing out was probably not a good idea. |
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Pre-Wedding Gathering ...and then I had another meal at Lucky Star, so I could see people like Darren, Jacob, and Chuck. (Say.) |
Eva It had been too long since I'd seen her... |
Caitte is Tall Look how much bigger she is than Randall! |
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