Sarah and Danny: The Wedding - Reception in Georgetown

(disclaimer: this post is long! I just couldn't think of how to divy up the pictures in sections, and I didn't want to leave too much out, so here it is, all at once. enjoy!)

After we got back from our honeymoon on a Thursday, we arrived in Dallas and were planning on going back home for a couple days before our second reception in Georgetown (Danny's hometown-ish... where they graduated high school and where his parents lived the longest before moving overseas) that Saturday. Unfortunately, while we both stayed completely healthy in Mexico, practically the minute we got back to Dallas and to my parents house, Danny got really sick with chills and high fever. We decided to crash the night, hoping to leave the next morning. But he was still really sick and couldn't break the fever, so we ended up staying that night and going straight to Georgetown that Saturday from Allen while he still had a 102 degree fever, poor guy - but I knew with as much planned for this, the bride and groom couldn't exactly miss it.

We left in the morning and got there by lunch. Luckily, the Bertucci's (family friends of the Garcias and hosts of our reception) let Danny sleep in their guest room while I joined the rest of the crew in helping making food and set up the backyard before guests arrive. And luckily, Danny was able to join the reception and make it through the evening without too much trouble (well, a bit of teasing from siblings, but come on, give the guy a break) and still have a good time and greet everyone. I was a bit anxious to be outside in August in my wedding dress for the entire evening (what was I thinking?!) but it really turned out quite nicely. There were a slow but steady flow of guests the entire evening and while I didn't know very many people, it was nice to meet people that were a part of Danny's life. And miraculously, as tight as my dress was the week previously, it fit so nicely today that I never felt squished or too hot and I was even able to eat my entire plate of food! :) Thanks again for everyone who made this possible!

Tommy and crew preparing the food .... they were very serious about the whole business, and it paid off, looking and tasting wonderfully.

... greeting the first arrivals. (one, uh, interesting moment was when we were setting up and everyone kept saying we've still got over an hour when I kept thinking, "no, it starts at 6"... despite it being printed on the invites that it started at 6 pm, somehow practically all the people helping out kept saying it started at 7 pm, and when I tried to tell them otherwise (um, I should know, I made the invitations), no one seemed to hear me... oh well. that just meant I was changing into my dress as the guests started to arrive and the food was still being put on platters. Oh well, it all worked out eventually.)

food! :)

... making sure we all stayed hydrated

FAMILY! ... just a few that were there and actually got pictures of ...
Brent and Elena (thanks for the great photos!)

Nick and Kay

Joshua (Tommy's oldest)

Elena with Tia Rosa (Danny's aunt)

Rebecca and Rick (parents of the bride)

... taking a break from greeting guest to grab a bite to eat. We had fruit and veggie trays, crackers and cheese, croissant sandwiches, lemonade, and for dessert, there were brownies and lemon bars! yum!