The Nerds Wedding Week: Day One - The Rehearsal and Rehearsal Dinner

Hello everyone, the nerds are back! Today we're going to kick off a week of wedding updates, so make sure to check back if you want to read up on the happenings that took place last week! Today Nicole is reminiscing about the Rehearsal and Rehearsal Dinner!

We had planned for everyone to be at the Beekay around 4:45 PM to make sure that we'd be started by 5:00 PM so we could arrive at the Rehearsal Dinner by 6:00 PM. But as anyone who has ever been a part of one of these things knows, things never happen according to schedule. 

To begin with, a wedding party member was running late and caught in traffic. One wedding party member was flying in right around the time the rehearsal would begin. Another had to work, and one was kept at work later than originally planned. It's okay, these things happen, and thankfully we had plenty of people to fill in for the time being. 

Prepping the theater

Since TJ and I were getting married in a theater, we wanted the entrance to be a little dramatic and of course, choreographed. So as the curtain was being set in place we were trying to explain how to execute this entrance and what kind of timing we should have. Sadly this took a half hour just to figure out, but miraculously we only had to run through it once because it was perfect! 

Success!

At this point we're coming up quickly on 6:00 PM so we skip any actual "vow" practice, figure out basic blocking for the stage, and do a basic tech run of the whole thing. The rehearsal is a success and we all head off to Triassic Legacy Vineyard for our rehearsal dinner.

Let me tell you how awesome this vineyard is. Normally they're not open on a Thursday, but they opened just for our group. They also took the time to plan what kind of wine tastings we'd want to do (we opted for a half flight since people would need to drive shortly after), and offered our group discounts on bottles of wine. That's just how awesome their staff is, their wine was really good too!

Triassic is one of the few wineries I've been to that has an area for picnics as well as complimentary propane BBQ grills. Have I mentioned lately how awesome this place is? So in between wine tastings we would eat grilled hot dogs and hamburgers grilled by David (our best man) and Mindy (one of our bridesmaids). The food was awesome, the wine was awesome, and the company was awesome. Overall an awesome evening! 

Just as we're getting ready to head off to the Bachelor/Bacheloretty Party the kids come running into the winery yelling, "There's a whole rainbow outside!" Sure enough, there was a complete rainbow on the hills beyond the winery. A good omen for sure.

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