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Six Days and Counting

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steele mamaBeach Fanatic
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Six Days and counting to the BIG SoWal wedding! Steeleing1 will be tieing the knot for good to one wonderful BWPS, a.k.a. famous mandolin player!

[ame="http://flickr.com/photos/mccord/17391709/in/set-414802/"]Dread Clampitt at Smith's Olde Bar, 6/3/05 on Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame]

http://floydfest.net/ffgallery/album40/photo_by_Ty_Brady_0971

Be prepared in Grayton for heavy traffic and parking nightmare on Saturday afternoon. The little girl who grew up playing at the dock on Western Lake and swimming in the Emerald Green will be saying "I do" right there where her heart has always been. :wub: I don't want to hear anything about noise ordinance either! ;-)

Please be in prayer for her Mama Sis (the most precious one) who has not been well for the first time in 84 years. you may have seen her wearing a crown in the 4th of July Parade. She's our queen!

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Miss Kitty avatar
Miss KittyMeow
#102
This is the kind of story that should be on TV each week....I love hearing all the details and man...the LOVE this family radiates! Glad to hear your Mom will be there!!!!
Sheila avatar
SheilaSoWal Insider
#103
This Oldtimer, reporting in from Jacksonville. This Mayo Clinic is unbelievable and I am so thankful that my mom could get this excellent care. We hope to driving west on I-10 early Saturday morning, arriving in Walton County just in time to dress for THE wedding. We are remaining hopeful that by Friday we'll have some good answers and a plan for recovery for Mama Sis.

The family is gathering at the Lodge as I keyboard and I know everyone will be having fun at the fish fry Thursday, the bridesmaid luncheon on Friday and the rehearsal dinner at Amore's. I'll miss those festivities, but I'm having a laugh or two with Granny. She has an amazing sense of humor and that has served our whole family well for many decades.

Can't forget my dear husband of ten years, he is dog sitting BuckWheat in Tampa. He's helping with cooking but got "stuck" with my sister's dog while I'm in Jax. Oh, well....the things we do for LOVE.

I hope we haven't over-hyped this event! :idontno: We could start another thread about our middle sister and her new LOVE....an old high school sweetheart. That is a true love story for another time....

See everyone on Saturday!

Thanks for all the good thought for Mama Sis.

OT

Good for Mama Sis! So happy to hear she will be able to be there on this very special day. Tell her she has "SuperSized" the joy! Keep us posted on all the festivities!

We want photos!!!!!!!!!!!!
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inlovewithGBBeach Lover
#104
Keown...Burt, Kathy, Cassey, Rory. Do you know them?

He isn't one of the soccer coaches at East Coweta High School is he? I am pretty sure we are talking about the same people, i dont know them personally but i do know who they are!! It is such a small world!
inlovewithGB avatar
inlovewithGBBeach Lover
#105
AH i just love all of you people for caring so much about our family and for enjoying the love we share! I guess sometimes we take it for granted, and it takes other people seeing it for us to recognize ourselves just how very blessed we truly are!

Gail it wont be the same without you and mama sis with us this week, i will miss you and i love you both dearly, thanks for the update!! Tell her she is the most beautiful woman i have ever met, and you take after her A LOT :wub: Cant wait to see you on saturday.

Tomorrow the bridal party is heading out for manicures and full body massages, i think these weddings should happen more often ;-)

Blessings to all!
Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#106


Party Central, Saturday evening.
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aquaticbiologyfishlips
#107
good luck and don't land on that 'funniest wedding videos' tv show or even worse, cops!
Jdarg avatar
JdargSoWal Expert
#108
Dang it- we went to the beach the wrong week this year-and stayed a few doors down from your awesome pink house! We could have had front row seats to the festivities if we were coming down this week! I imagine it is your family and friends we see there every year- it looks like everyone is always having a great time!
Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#109
good luck and don't land on that 'funniest wedding videos' tv show or even worse, cops!

I think you mean, "Busted in the Panhandle," which is filmed and aired right here in the panhandle. :floor:
OldtimerBeach Lover
#110


Party Central, Saturday evening.

Great photo, SJ! I hope the yard looks better on Saturday, but I'm not there to make sure everyone does what they are supposed to do so who knows?!?

See everyone soon.
Rita avatar
Ritamargarita brocolia
#111
Oldtimer,
So glad SJ posted the pic of the house. I have walked several streets of Grayton and was trying to visualize the pink house. Love imagining what a lively place that will be this weekend. Soak it all in and ENJOY!
Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#112
The photo was taken from the back yard which fronts Western Lake. Oldtimer, the yard looks great and your ex brother in law, cooks some mean spaghetti. Yum. 😀 Sorry I missed you.
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Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
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The wedding sight is coming together quickly. 😀
Miss Kitty avatar
Miss KittyMeow
#114
Thank you SJ! That is even more gorgeous than I envisioned it would be! And when you add all those loving folk...what a beautiful scene it will be!
Jdarg avatar
JdargSoWal Expert
#115
Thanks SJ!! I was hoping you would post some pre-wedding news! It looks awesome....
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CastlesOfSandBeach Fanatic
#116
Looks like it's time for the festivities to begin!!!! :clap_1:
Kurt avatar
KurtAdmin
#117
SJ this evening, lit by a Grayton Beach State Park campfire, tells a tale of narrowly avoiding a tumble from an old lakeside oak, at the lodge, the preceeding afternoon. :lol:
Miss Kitty avatar
Miss KittyMeow
#119
You are a good sowaler to rush home and post these! How magnificent...I look forward to more! Special thanks for the pic of the sea people!
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Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#120
You are a good sowaler to rush home and post these! How magnificent...I look forward to more! Special thanks for the pic of the sea people!

I don't know about "rushing home" to post them. Let's see, the wedding began at 3:30pm, and looking at the time of my post, 1:40am, I guess I stayed at the party for quite a while. At some point in time, the bars ran out of booze (fortunately for me), but the party kept going strong, unlike most parties that run out of booze.

I have been to well over 150 wedding parties, and this one was by far the best party. Thanks to all involved. When I recover a bit more, I will get the red eye out of some of the pics and post them. Also, Dawn Anderson, the official wedding photographer, will be posting her pictures on the net. I am sure she or one of the Steeles will clue us in as to where to see them.

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