Roll's Reception's First Wedding - April 12, 2013

Friday - April 12, 2013
My sister, Linda and I have been talking and dreaming up this amazing wedding business for years.  My part in the business is making the wedding cakes.  I had a ton of fun talking and dreaming about this business with her, but when it actually came to doing something about it and making it happen, I felt extremely overwhelmed for her.  My part (making the cakes) is easy.  There is just so much to think about and prepare when doing a wedding reception.  The whole time this wedding was being planned, I kept thinking, I'm so glad that I'm only in charge of the cake.

Last night my sister did her first wedding.  She did an amazing job!  I loved the decorations!  I was so impressed by what she can do.  My Dad, Linda's husband Dave, and Roger did the big stuff.  They put up the ceiling drapes, all the lighting, and helped set up the curtains.  There was just so much to do, it was overwhelming.  I kept looking at Linda, thinking that she should be panicking, because there was so much to do, I was afraid that it wouldn't get done in time.  But, Linda was calm the whole time.  She didn't panic at all.

Everything came together perfectly.  We all helped put up the decorations.  When we first got there, Alissa, Parker, and Brinley helped their cousin, Kristin, put the balloons together for the balloon poles.  At one point, the kids all helped clean up all the strings and garbage from the decorations off of the floor.  I was really impressed by all of the hard work that my little ones did.  They were so well behaved and they worked so hard!

After all the decorations were finished, we all headed into the kitchen to prepare the food.  Shelley made the Chicken Salad.  Kristin cut the Croissants and Shelley scooped the salad on and put the sandwiches together.  The chicken Salad Sandwiches tasted sooo.. yummy!  Roger and I were the ones who made the pasta salad.  I was glad that Roger was there for that.  It was a kind of pasta salad that Linda and I both don't like.  Roger was more of an expert in that area and made it taste wonderful.  My dad made the Slush.  I love that drink!  Alissa, Parker, and Brinley all teamed and made the vegetable cups.  I should have taken more pictures, but we were all too busy.  Linda, Dave, and my Dad arranged the food and made sure that there was enough of the food out there for everybody at all times.  They also made the drinks, other snacks, and helped us with the veggies and sandwiches when we got behind.

Alissa, Parker, and Brinley worked really hard all night.  I was so impressed by everything they did.  We got to the church to help a little after noon and we left to go home just a little before midnight.  While we were cleaning things up, Brinley was so exhausted, she ended up falling asleep on the floor in the gym.  I should have taken a picture of that.

Roger worked for 12 hours on Friday night.  He got home at 6:10 am on Saturday morning.  After he got home, he got ready for bed and went to sleep.  He got to sleep for about 4 hours, before I had to wake him up so we could go help with this wedding.  He was so tired!  But he didn't complain once.  He had even made plans to get some things done, while the reception was going on, but he canceled them as soon as he realized that we could really use his help.  He worked so hard.

By the end of the night all of us were exhausted and had achy feet.  We got home around 12:40am.  We all came in and headed right to bed.  When I woke up at 9:00am, I was surprised that everyone was still in bed.  Parker never sleeps in, so even on days we can sleep in, we are out of bed by 7:30am at the latest.  We were all just so exhausted from working so hard.

Last night was my first catering experience.  The whole night, I kept thinking, "I really don't like catering."  After everything was done and it well, I think it wasn't so bad.  I wouldn't mind doing that again.

Here are some pictures from last nights wedding reception.