The Rehearsal...

The rehearsal day was really wonderful. We were able to decorate the church in a short amount of time and have time to relax and be together as families afterwards.

The sanctuary was beautiful- we put up paper flowers, chalkboard signs, and candles in jars.

Yes, we had to provide Kleenex boxes for the people in the front row. :)

Sam was snapping pictures throughout the weekend. He did a great job. I especially love this picture that he took of the decorations for the pews.

Mom worked tirelessly on this sign in the last few days before the wedding.
If you can't see it very well, it says "I have found the one whom my soul loves" from Song of Solomon.

The beautiful doors that we set up on stage.
 Mom worked very hard to fix these up. :)

Figuring out where to stand before the actual rehearsal began
was a really good idea. It really cut down on rehearsal time in the
evening and allowed us to focus on other important things.

After decorating the sanctuary, we had lunch, talked, and decorated the gym. Around 5:30, we started rehearsing. Everything went very well. We could hardly believe that we were really practicing for the wedding!

Practicing entering the sanctuary

Rebekah made a beautiful bridesmaid.

It was my first time being in a wedding, so it was very fun to
be a bridesmaid for Dani.

Tim's sister, Lydia, was in the wedding as well.
We had a blast being bridesmaids together.

Emily did an amazing job.

Amanda got to be the Maid of Honor! How fun for her to be
able to adjust the dress for pictures, hold Tim's ring and Dani's
bouquet, and be Dani's personal assistant.

Leah did a great job being a flower girl.

Practicing for the big day!

After the rehearsal, guests started arriving for the dinner. During that time, we had a couple that did a re-enactment of Tim's proposal to Dani. It was very accurate. :) This picture is really blurry, but I was shaking pretty hard with laughter. :)

 We also did a game where we asked the couples (Dad and Mom, Tim and Dani, and Mr. and Mrs. Cover) random questions like "Who is most organized?" Then the couples (sitting back to back) would hold up the shoe of the person they thought was most organized. It was pretty funny watching them come up with their answers.

After the rehearsal, people left, and we headed home to sleep before the big day arrived!