Rain is suppose to mean......

So It's officially over! Yay! Megan and Justin's wedding party has come and gone!

I have to say coming from a non-planner type person, (that would be ME) This wedding stuff is stressful! And we didn't even have a full blown wedding! 

I think I would have died of a heart attack if it had been the whole thing! Just sayin!

Anyway, I had a bit of a melt down the morning of, because it was going to rain. Of all the freaking luck! We didn't have the party in May, because we were afraid it was totally going to rain, so they pushed the date back and what happened? We ended up getting the rain that would have been reserved for them in May in August instead! Oh, and back in May...it didn't rain on the day they would have had their party!

Anyway, I had a huge melt down the morning of the party, and my family rallied around me and sent up some prayers in mine and Megan's behalf. The day cleared up and was looking beautiful, and I thought we might just have pulled it off without the down pour I had been worried about, but...it was not to be so.

Just as we, (and by we I mean my family who had come to rescue me) had put the finishing touches on the decorations and the first guests had begun to trickle in, a breeze began to tease and toy with us.

Within then minutes the breeze had turned into a pretty good gust, and the rain started to fall. At first there were just a few huge rain drops, then it stopped. I thought okay, if that's all it's going to do, I am fine with that. 

Much to my disappointment, that was NOT all it was going to do! 

Mother Nature let loose with a deluge!

We were scrambling to move everything we could out of the down pour. 

The saddest thing is, that ALL of the decorations from the hanging decor to the table coverings were paper! Yep,paper!

We had hung paper lanterns from poles with fishing wire, along with fluffy paper balls, and the tables had dark blue paper covering them, with white crayons on every table, for the guests to leave a note for the couple. People had just gotten started when the rain came. At first people tried to hang out with a brave face, but then it started to come down harder! People fled to our shed, and our garage! While we all scrambled to get the desserts, cake and guest book out of the rain. (good thing Chet decided to clean the garage at the last minute, the day before!) I opened the door to the family room, moved the couches around to open up the area inside so people could visit, while they brought chairs in from outside to line the sides of the garage with! CRAZY!!

Really though, all in all it turned out to be a great time for us and those who were able to come. There was a great turn out despite the rain, and people continued to show up until after nine! :) Then some of those who were there didn't leave until around midnight. Truly a good time!

Megan and Justin got a lot of great stuff and some much needed cash to help them on their way. I am so grateful for everyone that came to support us all! :)

All through out the night people kept telling Megan and Justin, that Rain on a wedding day is suppose to mean good luck for the couple. We will take it!

Oh, a last thought, the paper from the tables dried out and there were some very special notes on the paper that Megan and Justin are going to cut out and save! Including one drawing from Justin's Grampa, which he referred to as EPIC!! :)