We had a nice slow start and then drove with Mary and John to
the rehearsal site on the beach. We had to pay $10 parking for
the one hour of the rehearsal. It seemed to be pretty chilly and
a little windy. Afterwards we all went to Rubys. Met Josh's
parents on the beach - they had wandered up from Laguna and
stumbled upon us doing the rehearsal. We invited them to Rubys
but they bowed out. The Ruby rehearsal dinner was nice - the
kids were excited with their iPod gifts. The dinner was good.
David and Peter joined us - David picked up Peter at John Wayne
and made it back. Arlene, Jessica and David and Ellie also made
it to Ruby's which was great. The bill ended up being around
$700. When we got back to the house our Gerbers had all wilted
and needed help. Arlene and I went out to get floral wire which
we got at 1-800 flowers. In the evening we went over to La
Capilla at 6:30 to set up the flowers and the sheet cake. Our
guests started arriving at 6:45 - we had the Margaritas and the
drinks brought out earlier than 7 but we couldn't start eating
until the Groom arrived. Joe arrived at 7:05 and we got started
with dinner. We ended up with 48 plates and 9 pitchers of
Margaritas. Mary Elaine and her boyfriend Josh were also there,
making it 3 Benziger kids and 3 Sroczynski kids. We left there around
9 and went home pleasantly tired. The bill came in at $800. We previously
put down a $200 deposit so the grand total was $1000.