Another Wedding In South Carolina

We have come to South Carolina for a wedding. We were in Greenwood back in May for Ben's cousin's daughter's wedding. Now, we're back in Greenwood this weekend for another cousin's son's wedding. We came through Greenville on the way up and visited with his Aunt Alberta for a couple of hours. It was good to see her. We haven't been to visit in a couple of years now. We went to the Rehearsal Dinner tonight and it was great! Cousin Kelly had the dinner at her home which is out in the country a few miles outside Greenwood. It's a beautiful house that sits on a lot of acreage with a pool out back and a barn down the road and a big lake over to the side. It's a gorgeous property. They had a gigantic tent set up just off the house. The tables were all decorated with yellow gingham table cloths and beautiful arrangements of hydrangeas and the menu was a Low Country Boil. If you're not familiar with that, it was boiled shrimp, baked potatoes, corn on the cob and Polish sausage. There were also chicken tenders, fruit, garlic bread and boiled peanuts. It was really a delicious meal. There was a cake afterwards that was shaped like a jeep (the groom's car) and it was chocolate and great!! And a band. . . . a really good band that played beach music and oldies. I enjoyed that probably most of all. Then, after all that, they sent us back to our hotel room with a wedding goodie bag. It was so much fun to sit on the bed and go through everything. There was a bottle of wine plus 2 wine glasses with the palmetto and moon (South Carolina's logo) engraved on them. There were 2 RC Colas and 2 Moon Pies (what a treat!!!). There was a S.C. dish towel, 2 bottles of water, a jar of jam, a bottle of hand cleaner and another of moisturizer, a bag of coffee, packs of tissues and napkins. Of course, it was all loaded into a neat tote bag that has the palmetto and moon logo embroidered on it. Last, but not least, there was a vanilla candle. Well, everything else seemed so appropriate, but for the life of me I can't figure out why they gave us a YANKEE candle!!!! Seems like a good ole Southern one would be more appropriate!!! LOL Oh, yeah, there was also a big magazine telling all about the Park Seed Co. Flower Festival which is going on here in Greenwood tomorrow. I'll tell you about that tomorrow night after the wedding.