Weddingbee Blog

We arrived in Dallas the Wednesday before the wedding, and spent that afternoon and much of Thursday running errands and completing last minute projects. After Mama Hippo unveiled her super fantastic wedding pillows, we started assembling the out-of-town bags. Like many a bee before me, we went with gable boxes filled with goodies for our out-of-town guests.

I found these navy blue gable boxes, and then used ribbon and a sticker with our wedding logo to decorate them.

We stuffed the boxes with granola bars, fruit gummies, chewing gum, mixed nuts and our welcome brochure, which included all the details for the wedding weekend. Oh…and bottled water, of course.

After all the errands were taken care of on Thursday, I spent a little solo time at the hotel’s spa. It was awesome to have some quiet time to myself to collect my thoughts and relax while not having to talk to a single person or answer a single wedding-related question. (Unmarried bees…I highly recommend working this into your schedule a day or two before the wedding. You will not regret it!) By the time I was finished pampering myself, most of our out-of-town family members had arrived and were gathered in the lounge area of the hotel lobby. The big draw was the newest family member, my sweet niece.

Post-massage with the littlest Hippo. Check out her “I love my aunt” shirt!

Aunt Hippo meeting Niece Hippo for the first time

King Hippo juggled his new niece and fielded phone calls from his groomsmen.

Adorable!!!

While King Hippo had a guy’s night out that evening, I enjoyed a Hippo family dinner, then hit the sack early in preparation for a full day on Friday.

Up next…the ladies’ lunch!