A Country Wedding

Picture this. An outdoor rehearsal dinner under a newly built pavilion complete with twinkle lights. For the meal a whole hog roast with smore's roasting over the fire pit. Unfortunately Mother Nature had other plans and decided to rain after weeks of drought. Luckily backup plans were put in place and it was a perfect weekend.

My little brother Andrew and Katie were married last weekend in Clarksville, MO. Friday night my parent's put on the rehearsal dinner with a whole hog roast. I will spare you the pics of the hog (complete with an apple in the mouth). For the rest of the meal they served baked beans, salad, potatoes, and rolls with homemade strawberry preserves and honey butter. Smore's aren't exactly an inside activity so our dessert table consisted of smore's type desserts. On the table we had smore's cupcakes, rocky road brownies, and Oreo truffles. The recipe for the smore's cupcakes can be found at http://homeiswheretheholmansare.blogspot.com/2010/03/smores-cupcakes.html My only suggestion for these is to add more graham cracker crust to each cupcake.

My mom's friend Julie who is a party girl herself, did the decorations for the tables. She used real barbwire in the centerpieces and raffia for accents. She is also responsible for the 3 tier stand on the dessert table. We have been eyeballing one at Pottery Barn for quite some time but couldn't bring ourselves to spend $75 on it. She made this using old tins and galvanized spray paint.

I have many wonderful pictures from the wedding day I will follow up with in another blog!

Blog to you soon!

Lucy