Candi's dress and hair do for wedding

[Echo]

Love that dress!!! And of course she will be a vision on her wedding day. With the backdrop of that mansion it will be a fairy tale wedding.

Bet you can hardly wait until the day. Then you can sit and catch your breath!

[AlmostThere]

She's stunning!

[sunshinecruiserTN]

Beautiful dress and daughter as well. I know you are just as proud as can be.

[carold]

A southern belle wedding! How romantic and special will that be!! Will she be walking down the stairs, or is it held outside? Inquiring minds want to know It's not as though you have anything else to do but keep us up-to-date carold

[Marslet]

yes Carold, she will be walking up the aisle which runs between 250 + year old oak trees whose branches gracefully bow to the ground. She will be wed on the front porch of the mansion.

[Marslet]

I will be glad when all the hoopla is over with and I can catch my breath. But then I have to come to terms with the fact that June 10th my only child will be moving to Seattle, Washington where Rob will be posted for the next 3 years. He has been assigned to the Polar Star, which is the largest ice cutter in the Coast Guard fleet. Only good thing is it is in dry dock and the refitting started last year and it is a 5 year job so barring a war or an invasion from the North Pole, he shouldn't have to ship out. But if he does, he will be gone for 6-8 months. Guess we will have to move up there to be with her so she isn't by herself. This is the only 2nd time she has moved away from us. First was to New Orleans (78 miles away) this one is 2,750+ miles away. We are all a little scared. Of course, Mama is bent out of shape.
Add to the stress of this marriage is the fact that my Jim retires next Thur. Feb. 11th, so am gonna have to juggle doing things with him . Already scheduled a shower so it falls between our two trips already planned to Toledo Bend. Lord, give me strengthl
I know some of yu are from the Seattle area, please PM me with any info you can about areas that they may not want to live in. We are flying blind here. Neither she or Rob have ever been to Seattle. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

[Marslet]

Thought I might post a picture of Rob my soon to be son in law. He is a keeper.

[Rufflesgurl]

Your daughter is very pretty and she has chosen the perfect dress for her special day. Her hubby-to-be is quite handsome too. Good looking couple.
Enjoy the day.

Linda

[OutandAbout]

WOW, your daughter will certainly be one beautiful bride. What a lovely place to have her wedding. Best of luck to them. Can't help with Seattle, never been. Linda

[carold]

Have only visited Seattle, so I have nothing to offer. How about other families stationed there. Isn't there some kind of information sharing thru the Coast Guard? One of the good things about being retired is that you have a flexible time and traveling schedule, so going to visit and spend time with your daughter and SIL will be a lot easier. carold

[AlmostThere]

Moved my post to new thread.

[Getupngo]

That is an amazing dress, and your daughter is beautiful -- looks so much like her mama!

[avalen]

Beautiful!!

[snowball]

a special occasion!!! and she is so pretty and he is very handsome....we have friends that live up there but haven't really been there
Ali lives in that area pm her
good luck on the rest of the weeding plans it will come about and be beautiful
sheila

[Marslet]

Thank all of you my friends.
You know how when you hear people say, you will know that it is the right one when you see it? Well, that is how I felt about Candi's dress. The first time I saw her in it, my heart migrated to my throat and I started crying. Now you aren't gonna believe this, but it was in the first group of dresses we tried on. Even after she tried it on, and I knew, we continued to try on different styles to be sure that it was the one we wanted. But we always come back to it. So, we bought it. Some of yu may remember that right after that she won a beautiful gown (price tag still on it) designer gown $4,000.00. We let her daddy decide which one he liked better. Thankfully he agreed with us, we liked the first one we had chosen. She has the other one up for sale.