Lets start the real recaps with the rehearsal dinner!
We celebrated getting through the rehearsal with dinner at Pars Cuisine Persian & Mediterranean Restaurant.
Unfortunately I didn't get too many pictures of the food, but let me tell you.....it was AWESOME! Greg and I both love all kinds of food, Indian, Greek, Thai and especially gyros.
The meal was set up "family-style" with heaping platters of hummus and pita for appetizers, beer and wine of course. We have a salad that we passed around and then the MEAT. We had gyros, chicken kabob, filet mignon kabob. Mmmm...it was so good and and everyone loved it! Even those who were a bit skeptical at first.
And we had baklava for dessert!
There was a belly dancer who came around and really got everyone movin'. (But that is Greg's brother, not the belly dancer)
My belly hurt from laughing so hard, but so many people got up and danced. I was glad that everyone was in good spirits and willing to get up and have a good time! Even my shy brother got up and danced!
Then Greg got up and said his toast. It was so perfect. He recited the poem he wrote me when he proposed.
Loriel,
When you needed somebody on which to lean.
Just a young skinny ballplayer,
Spying in on a cheerleader.
Our first encounter was one of chance,
When learning of high school romance.
As the high school years ended,
We thought it would be splendid
To embark on a journey together,
Into the rainy northwestern weather.
We had a time of a lifetime,
Learning of many friends and wine.
And through the thick and thin
We knew what would happen
That through the good and bad weather
We would grow and learn together
The true meaning of this life
Was for you to be my wife.
And then it was time for PRESENTS!!!!!!!! The boys loved their shoes! Both of our dads were thrilled. The girls loved their presents too, and I'll have a post later on about what exactly they got since I haven't blogged about that yet.
So I will leave you with a picture of Nate that pretty much sums up the night.
Oh yeah! AND after the party there were still some people ready to smoke hookah, so we did that too! All in all it was a great time. It was set-up and executed very well and I don't think we ran into any problems. We would most definitely do another event there. It was very much what Greg and I wanted.
