Mom and Victoria joined me one week early to kick off the party. Essentially, I didn't do anything in terms of party preparation until they arrived, so there was a lot to do. With Phoenix around, we divided the duties into thirds with one person always on Phoenix Patrol. The other two would be busy cooking, sewing or shopping. I asked both V & Mom to plan and make one side dish with enough to serve 50! Mom made her famous Fried Rice and Victoria made a light pasta dish using pasta shells in keeping with the beach theme! Both were not only great to supplement the Reception food, but became perfect meals for the rest of the week allowing us to save lots of time avoiding the kitchen. V made mini chocolate cupcakes from scratch from a recipe I downloaded from the internet and Mom made her famous carrot cake mini cupcakes. I asked my sister Toby to help us with the cake, but since her time was limited before the ceremony, we thought it might help her if the cakes were ready ahead of time. I froze them hearing that keeps them fresh, but it ended up causing the cake to do some weird things that made the original design impossible to construct. But, Toby ended up doing a great job improvising at the eleventh hour. You can see a photo of the cake in the Victoria Wedding Photos.
Starting Thursday, Victoria, Beth and I kicked off the fun with a trip to the local Farmers Market. We shopped for dips, veggies and fruits. We also picked up yellow Mums and Sunflowers for the bouquets. We wrapped up our tour with pedicures followed by sushi! At that point, reinforcements started arriving. Donna and Ken arrived along with Ryan and Carl. We put them all to work immediately with Phoenix duties. After that point, everything accelerated to a full frenzy.
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