getting ready

 After the wild Israeli pre-wedding experience we clearly HAD to do something before our wedding. So the weekend before the wedding my fiend Cindy flew in for a bride and groom "shower" in the mountains. We hiked and sailed and laughed and tasted wine. It POURED during the wine tasting so we hid in a corner and went out on wine tasting expeditions. We laughed and celebrated the joy of just being together.

Cindy could not make it to the wedding, but she brought us wine glasses and a special candle holder to have at the wedding. She also helped with the second stage of the bridal bouquet construction. By day we hiked and by night we wrapped wire in ribbons, preparing the pieces for final construction.

 And then it was wedding weekend! My niece 
(it's complicated) Emily flew in and completed the 
bouquet. Shells and turquoise ribbon and pearls.
 So very Mer! 

  
So the only think left to do is to get pretty! Emily went to the salon in the morning as a blond and emerged as a brown bombshell! She made her dress and looked very much the self appointed bridesmaid! She spent the first part of the wedding demanding that someone hold the other four poles of the Chuppa. Then she recorded the ceremony...while holding the chuppa pole. She rocks. 


She also helped me get dressed and tied the bow in the back of my dress in a very mer chevron. Of course all of this was after I got pretty.

And after my Mom got pretty too. I spent the wedding floating and dancing and laughing and smiling. Emmy organized and was the video and photo team. Mom was the family representative with tears in her eyes. 

We made it home from the salon in time to catch the SUV limo we had arranged. If you need a ride up and then a ride home without the cost in between, call them: http://royalluxurylimoservice.com/.
Candie was our amazing driver (you can ask for her) and she told us to pop the champagne on the way up. So we did. This was in so many ways a spiritual night, but we were determined to have fun with it all. We managed both. More to come.