Wedding in Paradise: Rehearsal Dinner

On Rehearsal Dinner day of my cousin's wedding week in Florida, there was more playing at the beach.  Except this time we had more cousins to play with!  Almost all the family had arrived for the big day.







But there was work to be done, too....


The Arbor Committee




All ready for tomorrow!  Is that gorgeous or what?


Drying off


Belly shot (28 and 32 weeks)


Fitting in a quick card game...

Then, time for the Rehearsal BBQ on the beach!


The dolphins gave us a great opening act.








The bride and groom arrive!




Cousin fun






The menfolk, finally relaxing after a hard day's work.




More cousin fun






Time to eat!






Baby toes!















The proud mama of the bride

cousins




Uncle Jim










Papa of the bride









Mesmerized by the fire


Bros



What a great party!


But one of us wimped out early, so we couldn't resist a little Weekend at Bernie's fun :)

Wedding tomorrow!  Oh boy!

Wedding in Paradise: Wedding Shower Luau

My sister, my mom, and I threw a bridal shower for the bride-to-be.  Here we are waiting for the bride to arrive.

"Surprise!"

fondue!

cousins

Every bride needs one of these, right?

More wedding week fun on the way...

Wedding in Paradise

 We are here at my favorite place in the world...Grandma's Florida Beach House, celebrating my cousin's upcoming wedding.  Family will be trickling in all week, and we get to play on the beach while we await the big wedding finale this weekend.

All of these beautiful photos and posts have been taken and shared with me by Aunt Casey and Uncle Greg...Thank you so much! 

Beach playin'




Grumpy tries out his bad boy look.  (Cousin CarriBear doesn't approve).


Cousin's wedding is now two days away.  We start stepping up on the prep work.


Beach cousins




Guess who finally lost that tooth?




Beach grillin'

And that night, my Aunt Casey, who is one month less pregnant than Mommy, and Mommy were treated to a surprise baby shower!

More pictures from that coming soon.  But I have to say that my sweet cousin Katherine and my Grandma, with some help from cousin Rachel and her family, pulled off a super party!






Beach lovin'!