Rehearsal Dinner Day

Fun was on the score card all day long the day before the wedding. Greg and the golf set headed for Deep Cliff in Cupertino for a morning of golf followed by lunch.

Cindy and Abe treated the rest of the gang to lunch at Picchetti Winery in Cupertino. We stopped for salads, drinks and goodies at Trader Joe's nearby and headed into the Santa Cruz Mountians. The drive was lovely and we had the winery grounds to ourselves,...and we soon learned why.

We were swarmed by hundreds of bees looking to get a bite of our lunches. They sent the kids screaming and everyone ducking and dodging the swarm. Jake did have some fun following one of the peacocks around, and Kiera wisely suggested that we return home and enjoy our lunch in our own lovely (bee-free) gardens. Abe bought a few bottles of wine to celebrate and we returned to a relaxing lunch.

For the afternoon we sent the guys off with grocery lists to Costco for sides and fruit trays for the rehearsal dinner. They also worked as prep chefs for Bill's Grill enterprise. Rack of lamb and salmon were on the menu. The girls headed over to Lavande Salon on Santana Row for an afternoon of manicure, pedicure, and pampering.

The only snafoo for the rehearsal was that all THREE household printers decided to run out of ink simaltaneously 10 minutes before the rehearsal as Margo printed off the program. Fortunately we found a black ink cartridge and the rehearsal was a success.


Back home the celebrations began with Betty, Nate, Tonya and the boys helping with set-up and serving.



Bill's Grill was in full swing with Kiera and Lisa getting the salads and sides ready for the feast.

Sue shows off her stylish outfit that is one of Dave's selections that makes that girl look like a model everywhere they go!Maddy and Blaze followed the food all night long hoping for droppings and dribblings.