Rehearsal

The rehearsal was done improv at the park.  The minister was stuck at work, so Tamara organized things and did both her part and the minister's part.

Tamara's Camera

	Tamara, Tom and the new mother-in-law to be.
Tamara and her brothers.	Tamara and her dad.
Flower Girl and Maid of Honor and Junior flower Girl.	Kate:  That's not getting family relations off to a good start!  Actually Tamara's mom was practicing her standing to begin the brides march.
	She's almost all yours now!  You checked the warranty right?

Tom's Camera

Tom and Tamara exchange glow pop rings after the dog collar and chain were put on Tom.	Tom putting the ring on Tamara's finger.
Tom and Tamara suck each others rings.	Tamara leads Tom away.
Great minds think alike.	Tamara and her flower girl.
Kari and Babe.	Some of the Plummer's.

	Not sure what is going on here... but it looked like fun
Walking down the pretend Isle.	Take my daughter... PLEASE!
The bride got a little dangerous with the nails here... look out.
Flower girl does not look happy	Finally a way to keep Tom under control.... (hehe)
You know, he STILL doesn't think this is funny.

Rehearsal Dinner

Tom's Father took us all out for dinner at "Buco-di-beppo" for some family style Italian.  It was perfect for our group.

Tamara's Camera

Tom's Camera

The BRIDE!	Good Food.
Family Style.	Dig in!
Emmm!	Good food!
We took lots of Pictures to share here.	It was also Paul's Birthday, so we celebrated with cupcakes and got him a special gift.
Walkie Talkies!

The Gifts:

We gave in appreciation :

To the out-of-town guests : Tamara prepared special "Bath and Body" gift sets with shampoo, conditioner, lotions, and sprays.

To our hostess : A chips and dip serving tray.

To our security officials: a cigar from the bachelor's party, cufflinks from Australia.

To our reader: A photo memories box.

To the ushers : Cufflinks from Australia, a cigar from the bachelor's party, a customized beer mug.

To the Groomsmen : A pocket knife, a cigar from the bachelor party, and a customized beer mug.

To the Flower Girl: Necklace and Bracelet. Winnie the Pooh dolls

To the Brides Maids: Necklace and Earrings, books, sunscreen for waterpark.

To the Best Man : Same as groomsmen, except he also received a full size and sharpened Falchion sword.  It is a special gift of honor which will hopefully be heir loomed in his family for generations.  Peter is especially skilled with this weapon.  It came without a scabbard, therefore, Thomas made the custom fitted scabbard by hand.  Thomas also sharpened the sword by hand himself.

To our Parents :  We had special "father of the bride", "mother of the bride", "mother of the groom" T-shirts made.  For Tom's dad we had a matching "father of the groom" hat made.  Later, back at the Inn we presented the parents with Limited edition Photo Album Chests.  They are specially numbered units (for the collectors), the drawers are pull out photo albums. 

Tamara's mom opening her gift.	Tom's mom opening her gift
Still opening.	Tamara moves in to assist her mother.
Now for the neat part.	The drawers are really photo albums.
Tom's parents still working.	Hi Stephanie!
Wow!  That's neat!