Congratulations to Alan & Stephanie!!
They were married on Friday, July 6th in Blowing Rock, NC at a beautiful outdoor ceremony at Broyhill Park.
The wedding preparations began on Thursday morning with Stephanie, Lynn, Sylvie, Rae, and me getting manicures and pedicures at Day's Nail Salon in Gastonia.
After that, Stephanie and I headed up to Blowing Rock to take care of a few last minute items and get checked into the Homestead Inn where many of the group would be staying throughout the next couple of days.
We got up early Friday morning to start getting ready and headed off to put up the wedding signs at the park, and then it was off to the hair salon at Westglow Spa for Stephanie to get her bridal updo. Here's some pictures:
Then it was just time for us to all finish getting ready and head over to the park for the wedding. Joel did the photography, so I was able to hang out with Amy for a bit, since she traveled in for the wedding also. Here are some pictures from the wedding:
After the wedding, we all headed over to Pssghetti's restaurant for lunch. The food was great, and the portions were huge! Alan and Stephanie were seated at the front of the private room and signed the marriage certificate, cut the cake, and had a champagne toast.
After the lunch, some of us headed back to the hotels to change into casual clothes and then all headed up to the Linville Caverns for a true mountainous excursion.
Later, the bride and groom headed off by themselves, and Josh and I rode back to Blowing Rock with Lynn and David, where we had dinner at Mellow Mushroom and then some famous ice cream at Kilwin's - the fudgie brownie flavor is to-die-for-yummy!
The next morning, the group met back up again for breakfast at Dan'l Boone Inn, where they serve everything family style and it's all-you-can-eat. It was very yummy!
It was a packed wedding weekend, but lots of fun with family and friends!!!