day 6 (the rehearsal)

Day 6 was rehearsal day! In the morning we didn't do much but hang around the house! For lunch, we met up with Nick and his Dad at the Chatterbox Cafe over near Grande Ave! This place was totally cool. You sat on these old couches from like the 70's or 80's and had an old coffee table in front of you! It reminded me of when Lee and I went to Lucky Strikes in Louisville..except this was way more retro. Each table had a stand with a Flat screen TV and an old school original Nintendo and you could play Mario Bros! The restaurant also let you rent games to your table for free! they had everything from Uno, to chutes and ladders, monopoly, trouble..anything you wanted really and it was awesome! I was sooooo mad that I forgot my camera that day..but John took a few pics of the place and hopefully he will send them to me soon!!



We headed over to the rehearsal a bit early because a lot of people in the family had to practice music. Julie was playing the harp, Uncle Ken was playing the Cello, Loren was playing the guitar and singing two songs with Julie, and John was playing the oboe and the bagpipes!! I told you this family has talent! They are amazing. The rehearsal was fun to watch..you never really think you'll need a rehearsal just to walk down the aisle..but it really does require strategic planning! some pictures of the rehearsal dinner later that night...






The rehearsal dinner was located on a small island in the middle of Minnepolis! You can't really tell that you're on an island but you are!



It was beautiful there! The dinner was wonderful. A lot of people got up to tell stories about Nick and Jessica..Lee inparticular tried to get up and make a little speech and got teary-eyed and couldn't finish! I was balling of course! It was great!! After dinner we headed up to the bar and had a few drinks before heading home! What a wonderful evening :)