Getting the Families Together

On Saturday, Benny and Diana joined us in Austin - bearing kolaches from West. It was good for Meredith to see her dad while she was in town and for everyone to get to get exposed to how much work and money is involved in a wedding ;-)

We had a very nice dinner at North by Northwest - we're looking at it as a possible place for rehearsal dinner. We were going to go to hear Guy Forsyth later, but luckily everyone was too pooped. So we just hung at home.

Next morning Meredith flew back to NY and we went to a 2(!) hour mass at Holly Cross, so that Jennifer's family could meet Fr. Cletus and see the church. They liked the place and the choir (I wonder if we could book them for the wedding) but the service was just too, er, darn long. We then did breakfast at Cafe Java before everyone headed back north.

I'm glad and appreciative that Jfer's families are being so good about getting together to help us with the wedding. I imagine it is awkward at times, but everyone has been nothing but gracious and mature. Hopefully by the time we're all stuck for a week in Arkansas, everyone is can have a good and relaxing fun time.