Friday, August 01, 2008

Alex and Shana's Wedding.

Esther catered for another wedding this past Saturday as the oldest daughter of some close friends got married. We've known her family for years and years, and we got to meet her fiancee this Spring. We were delighted to be able to serve them by preparing and serving the meal.

Shana's new husband is from Mexico City, so the wedding and reception had a strong Spanish theme through it!! Several of his Mexican relatives had come to Kansas for the wedding, and many of them knew very little English. It was neat to see the years of our Spanish classes in home-school come into play as we found we could communicate with them fairly easily!!

Esther, Tabitha, Moses and I traveled to Kansas City early Saturday morning to begin preparing the food, most of which had to be made fresh the afternoon before the wedding. The rest of the family arrived for the wedding later and then they all pitched in to help get everything completely ready and ready to serve to roughly 175 guests!! It took the whole family to serve the meal, between keeping food hot, new platters filled as they were needed and making sure the serving tables were well supplied!

It was amazing to see how the Lord answered prayers... from being able to find just the right supplies at various stores without fruitless searches, to being able to get the directions smoothed out with minimal hassles after we got lost, to giving us girls strength and endurance to run on 4 hours of sleep for a 22 hour day, to helping our younger 4 be able to sit quietly while the rest of us served the meal, and a host of other small and large things!!

Noah-- here's the pictures you've been dying to see!! Esther did a splendid job, didn't she?!?!

Moses making delicious wraps.
And yes, they tasted just as good as they look!!

Arranging platters.
And after a long day, Moses took a much-needed nap-- under the serving tables!! :)

Only 300 more to go!! :)
Concentrating very hard!!

The finished product!!

Tasting limes-- gotta love those expressions!

Ready to serve.
The table loaded with the meal!!

Delicious stuffed mushrooms-- mmmm!!

Fruit Boat.

Pasta Salad.

Cream Cheese Ring (made by a friend of the bride).

Decorations on the table.

The new Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dominguez!!

God Bless you as you begin your married life together!!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Finally! We have been trying to get on the blog and it keeps closing off...imagine that you were posting while we were looking! Smile!
What a "BEAUTIFUL" display of food! We will sure know who to call if we are ever in the wedding/recp days! Esther, God has given you a gift! Along with a special family (You already knew that) how special to see the love for each other! You are so sweet!
God bless you all,
love & prayers,
The Mayo's
P.S. It was worth the wait! smile!

Anonymous said...

You guys did a great job! The food looks great! Well, done!
Always in Christ,
Kourtney

Anna B. said...

Wow! Very impressive!! Great job Esther! It all looks so good!
ttyl

Anonymous said...

I know I've said this in almost every comment I've left for the past month, but I'll say it again! I miss y'all so much! :)
I wanted to talk to you last night Elizabeth, but it sounded like you were really busy, and I didn't want to keep you! Can't wait to catch up this weekend!
Give T-T and Esther a big hug!

Anonymous said...

Yay, another post with LOTS of pictures!! Thanks so much, Elizabeth. I know how much work you put into each post, and it is greatly appreciated!

All the food looks absolutely fantastic (who would expect any less with Ulmers in the kitchen?!), and I'm sure it tased fabulous! I especially like the pictures of Elizabeth and Tabitha & Silas - priceless!

I miss you guys!
Ali

Anonymous said...

Wow - looks like you did an amazing job, Esther! (And everyone else, too!) I officially need to come take cooking lessons from you...LOL :) Love & hugs!

Klahn Family said...

Congratulations, Ulmers, on your newest grandson/nephew! He is sooooo cute!!

Miss you!
Ali

Anonymous said...

Okay Elizabeth I am FINALLY finding a minute to steal away, and comment on all your amazing, and fun posts lately! I love this post! It's SO.... Much fun, and I love the picture of Tabitha, and Silas tasting limes! You're right you've gotta love that expression!=) I miss my second family SO.... bad though, and can't wait tell I get to see you all again! Keep the fabulous posts coming! Love, and miss you WAYYY Bad!

Love----Your Adopted Sis'

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