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!!
