Pre Wedding Fun in Detroit

 

Tomorrow it will have been one week since our daughter’s wedding and it has been a week of much fun, much excitement and much love.  Also a little travel turmoil, but we are back in Florida and Melissa and Kevin are finally on their honeymoon in Maui after a three day delay (Delta outage mess). So, all is now good.

I am going to break up the wedding recap posts into two posts with this one consisting of all the pre wedding events and the next one in a few days with the wedding details.  Everything could not have been more beautiful and I can’t wait to show you.

We arrived in Detroit and immediately worked on the hotel welcome bags, so they could be dropped off at the hotel our guests were staying at in downtown Detroit.  Then, the next day was a whirlwind of manicures with the bride, brunch and later dinner at The Detroit Athletic Club with the two families.  It was a perfect Michigan summer night on the rooftop overlooking Comerica Park and Ford Field.  The DAC is a historic private club and we were feeling lucky to be there all together and start the celebration.

The rehearsal day went by fast and after checking into our hotel downtown, we headed to the church for the rehearsal.  That is when things began to feel real.  The rehearsal dinner was held at a Detroit polish institution; The Polish Village Cafe.  We wanted to keep things fun and casual and it was perfect.  The meal of pierogis, kielbasa, stuffed cabbage pickle soup and much more was served family style with strolling guitar players. There were many kind and funny words shared about the bride and groom from the wedding party and a good time was had by all.

We ended the night at a welcome party back at the pretty hotel bar and the excitement was high for the wedding the next day. 

Wedding Excitement

My daughter’s wedding is one week from today and in just a few days we will be on a flight to Michigan for all the pre wedding festivities. We still need to put together the hotel welcome bags, get manicures and pedicures and pick up my husband’s tux.  There will be a family pre wedding dinner with the groom’s family. The next night is the church wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner at a fun polish restaurant in Detroit. Finally, a welcome party at the lovely hotel bar.   Then of course, wedding day and all the excitement that brings. I am looking forward to so much.

1.  Seeing Melissa in her wedding gown.

2.  Seeing my husband walk her down the aisle.

3. Seeing my granddaughter as flower girl for her auntie.

4. Finally wearing my mother of the bride dress.

5.  Seeing the wedding vows given by our friend and former parish priest at a beautiful historic church in Detroit.

6. Seeing the lakefront venue, the flowers and the table settings.  

7.  Dancing the night away with friends and family.

8. Feeling all the love for the bride and groom and our family.

And, I can’t wait to share it with all of you.

4th of July Weekend

 

I have always loved 4th of July weekend, because it has always been a lovely extension of my birthday at the end of June.  I also love all things patriotic; the flags, the songs, the fireworks and really anything red, white and blue.  I grew up in small town America and that kind of upbringing sticks with you.  A small town 4th of July parade will show you the best of America.

For our 4th, we golfed and then went to fireworks on Venice Beach.  There were a lot of people, but also, so easy to get to with free parking everywhere, unlike many beach towns. It really has a small town feel in our little beach community.  We reminisced a bit about fireworks we have attended over the years.   Being on the beach and watching the fireworks burst over the gulf is special, but we also loved the fireworks at our country club with our girls and their friends running around, Greenfield Village (Dearborn, Michigan) with the Detroit Symphony playing along and even one time watching from the bridge over the Mississippi River, when we lived in Memphis.

This is our 7th year and counting of fireworks on the beach.  We do love Florida life.

Happy Sunday.  Wedding day is 12 days away!

P.S.  Megan sent this photo and can’t wait to see this cutie girl so soon!