This past week we celebrated my sister, Ginny, who finally married her best friend, John Michael. They were married on Saturday, April 24, but the wedding activities kicked off on Friday when my mom, grandmother, and sister threw a brunch for all of Ginny’s bridesmaids as a way to say thank you. The brunch took place at the beach house my parents rented for the week and it was so much fun. I got to see lots of Ginny’s closest friends that I hadn’t seen in a while and Ginny was the perfect hostess and bride-to-be. At the brunch, she toasted each individual bridesmaid and told a little bit about her friendship with that person and what that friend had brought to Ginny’s life. It was such a sweet way to get to know things about the girls that I hadn’t known before.
This week, I’ll be posting several posts of pictures from Ginny’s wedding. This first batch is from the bridesmaids brunch.
Let’s start with the food that was served. That’s always my favorite place to start…
Fruit and yogurt parfaits
Cheese biscuits
Quiche, biscuits, and bacon wrapped green beans
Three flavors of pound cake with sherbet for dessert
Lemonade
Table for the mimosas
And then there was everything else…
The cute little beach house
Bows on the front porch that match the wedding colors
The lovely bride checking the mirror one more time before guests arrive. (Don’t you love her dress?!?!)
My mom adding mint leaves to the parfaits
Finally everyone arrives!
Chatting with the bridesmaids
My Grandma and Bean Man
Ginny toasted each individual bridesmaid. It was really sweet.
The womenfolk in Gin’s life (Front top left):Â Shirley (her new MIL), my mom, me, my Grandma, Bean Man, and Ginny
The beautiful bridesmaids
1) Jessica @ How Sweet It Is: What a fabulous day. :) Love those fruit parfait's - so elegant! (04.26.2010 08:34pm)
2) Beth: OMG. I LOVE YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S DRESS!!! She looks great (and so do the rest of you. ) :) (04.26.2010 08:39pm)
3) Katie: I know! I loved it! She stepped out of her bedroom in it and we were all like, "WHOA! GRANDMA LOOKS HOT!" She's smokin'. :) (04.26.2010 08:45pm)
4) Megan (Best of Fates): Whoa - everyone you know has amazing fashion sense! Especially your sister and grandma! (04.26.2010 08:53pm)
5) Mindee@ourfrontdoor: Goodness. Was it a wedding or a beauty pageant? What a beautiful group of women! (04.26.2010 09:00pm)
6) Sarah H.: I was surprised by your Grandma's dress too! Looks like an excellent group of ladies :) (04.26.2010 09:03pm)
7) Marla: It looks like a great time... And beautiful girls, for sure. The Bean must have been loving having all those girls around! :) Marla @ www.asthefarmturns.wordpress.com (04.26.2010 09:18pm)
8) Maybelline: I love reading your blog.. keep it up!! Bean has changed so much.. but his cuter than ever (04.26.2010 09:55pm)
9) Laura: Looks like a wonderful time! You ladies are all gorgeous! Can you adopt me? :) (04.26.2010 10:12pm)
10) Megan: You guys looked fab!! All of you!! Looks like y'all had such a nice time! :-) Megan http://reddirtandcrazy.blogspot.com/ (04.26.2010 11:15pm)
11) taylor @ undomestic momma: love your blog! I just read your love story and it is so cute! me and my hubs got engaged right out of high school and married at 20..people really thought we were nuts haha! (04.26.2010 11:54pm)
12) Tracey: Katie I think you should do more sections on your clothes, you seem to be really in tune with what colors work best for your complexion and hair. I'm intrigued... do tell. ;) http://youhavetoeatdirt.wordpress.com/ (04.26.2010 11:57pm)
13) Shoe Gal @ High Heel Hijinks: Looks like a great start to a wonderful weekend. The food has my stomach growling! The color of your dress was gorgeous and looked so nice on you :) Can't wait to see the rest of the pictures. (04.27.2010 12:05am)
14) Christina: It all is so lovely!! The bridesmaids picture is gorgeous! (04.27.2010 12:20am)
15) Sarah: I wanted to post that I LOVE your grandma's dress - and I see that I'm not the only one!!! Details please! (04.27.2010 09:12am)
16) Julie: Ginny's dress was fantastic! Everyone looked great, in fact! She had a ton of bridesmaids, although I'm sure that others have had even more. (I had four, but I have no sisters.) :) (04.27.2010 09:33am)
17) Nancy: All the girls look great but your grandma!? I love love love her dress. I think I just love your grandma, period! (04.27.2010 10:29am)
18) Molly: Wow, I love all the dresses the girls are wearing. Yours is smokin' hot, by the way :) (04.27.2010 10:31am)
19) Diana: Beautiful! The lovely women and the food! (04.27.2010 01:54pm)
20) The Sister Speaks (About Being Married) | Marriage Confessions The Sister Speaks (About Being Married) | Laugh. Fight. Stay Married.: [...] too. Ginny and her husband, John Michael, were married last April (see posts about her wedding here, here, here, here, and here) and since then have been living in southern Virginia where he was [...] (01.31.2011 06:04am)