Miriam and Danny are married!

Heading out to the rehearsal dinner.  Mom babysat the kids, it was like date night!

About to get in the car in the morning.  I felt all spiffy in my outfit: new jewelry from the CBI WBI (Women of B'nai Israel) sale, and then, would you believe, I was trying on some old dresses I found in my mom's closet... this is the dress I wore to junior prom when I was 16!  It still fit perfectly.  Made my week.  

 Loadin' up.

Xander is amazed by Jonathan's picture-taking ability.  I think I was focused on making sure we had everything for the day (good shot of the dress though!)

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My lovely hubby and eldest son in the newly revamped Temple Israel sanctuary.  The whole building is stunning.  But the place where I grew up, became a Bat Mitzvah, Confirmand, and was married no longer exists.  Sniff.

Here's a shot of Ari, because Jonathan's always worried that we only ever record Xander. :)

 The bride signing the ketubah.  Gorgeous!  And to think we've known each other since Girl Scouts.

Chanting the 5th wedding blessing.  Someone asked me later if I was a rabbi, too, based on my chanting. :)

The reception was quite fun (no pictures because we were too busy dancing!).  And listening to toasts.  Bob Saget is Danny's cousin and gave some very off-color remarks... I'm back in the land of "Is that so-and-so?  It looks like so-and-so."  And then it is that person.


Then it was home for about an hour, and then Mom and I bundled up to go see Barbra Streisand at the Hollywood Bowl!  We were on the 3rd six o'clock bus out of a local mall, then joined the 18,000 strong in the bleachers.  It was a wonderful performance.  Not exactly Streisand at her peak (so I hear), but I enjoyed it.  More than that, I enjoyed my mom enjoying it.  So it was well well worth it!  Here's a review of Friday night, which was apparently nearly verbatim for when we went on Sunday.

The sibling bed when I got home.  Ari always has to be snuggled to someone!