Melissa's Wedding
Oct. 20,  2007
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My little sister got married.  She and Dave had been dating a little over a year I think. The wedding was to be a fall wedding and at my parents house. For those that don't know, this was a huge task. She wanted the reception in my Dad's garage and the ceremony on the porch of the log cabin that wasn't quite finished in my parents yard. My Dad's garage is huge and unfortunately full of stuff. The garage needed cleaning, the cabin finished and the yard cleaned up.

Jen and I were to fly out Friday night before the wedding. Through the week I had been watching the weather for Friday and it didn't look good. It wasn't good at all. It took us two hours to make the normal one hour drive to the airport. We went through two accidents to get there. The roads were a mess. I expected the airways to be no different. Sure enough our 5:30pm flight was canceled. I stood in the customer service line while Jen finagled us a ride on a plane at 10:10 that night from one of the gate desks. So we set about waiting for five hours in the philly airport - sure glad we rushed to get there.

Normally I'd hit a bar and make the most of such a wait, but we had more issues. Jen had her laptop and we checked the weather radar. Though it wasn't storming now, it looked like more was coming through. Our 10:10 flight could also be canceled or at least delayed. With the potential of cancelation, drinking was out of the question. Another cancelation would mean us driving the thirteen hours down to Nashville over night.

After a nice sober dinner, we sat around some more. Shortly before 10pm we boarded our plane. Shortly after midnight it took off. The storm hit just as we were to leave. All flights were grounded till further notice. That notice came around midnight and we were finally on our way. All in all, the travel time was similar to us driving, though it's nicer not to drive. 


First morning shot of the bride to be.  


Color altered photo of the ceremonial cabin. You'll see I "played" with a lot of the photos from this trip. Jen doesn't like it, but unless she wants to change them they stay. 

 
This is the front of my Dad's 40ft x 40ft garage. The "wedding people" were busy the morning of setting things up.


My sister wanted a Shabby Chic design. I think she got it. They completely converted the place into a Cracker Barrel . 


Opposite angle from the photo above. Most of the signs are usual decor for the garage. The chandeliers were brought in for the event.
 


This was the side of the garage and the tent the caterer was going to use. The little shed attached to the side is just one of the many additions my father had to build to accomodate the empty space needed inside the garage. 

 
There were a couple of (his) old trucks.


Some porta-poties. 


Decoratively disguised.


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