Eight/Nine/Ten

Here we are on August 9, 2010, getting really close to Roy and Rebekka's wedding!!! I didn't even know that there would be a date like 8/9/10 this year, but here it is and we are now getting close to the stage of shifting into a much higher gear!! We had to fiddle around with the right color ink for the invitations and the inserts for the invitations... We are so very pleased because Rebekka's gown is in and she is going for alterations this Saturday. Both Terri, my Mom, Virginia, and myself, all have our formal wear, and are just waiting for hems, etc.

Roy and Rebekka, along with Roy's family headed down to South Padre Island for a much needed end of the summer vacation and family reunion. As in Terri's case, she had to take a vacation after planning one GIGANTIC family reunion (700), and go to another smaller family reunion of about 200. It is GREAT that Rebekka is marrying into a family that cares so much about each other and their family, and being together. Anyway, they had a wonderful time!!!

The Kuykendalls and the Kunzes (on my side) do not get together very often, but our family is very small. When we were talking about our family trees and filling out our family trees, we discovered that our grandparentst were raised in the same area in Palm Heights in San Antonio and went to the exact same elementary school. How small of a world is that?!!! The Preisses used to always have family reunions on the Little Blanco River near Blanco, where the Preisses originally settled (there and the Kendalia area).

There will be so much history tied up in their marriage. The Esparzas defended the Alamo, and the Kuykendalls were one of the original colonists that Stephen F. Austin brought to Texas to settle the land, and the "Crossing of the Brazos" is an annual celebration for their part in the settlement of Texas. They fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, so both families had blood shed defending Texas' independence. What history will be combined when they marry!!!

So everything seems to be going well, except it's been a tough summer for all of those who worked in tourism, with the temperatures being really high snd the humidity high enough to make it really seem so much hotter. That's Texas for ya!

God bless you all and keep cool while you pray for rain!