Mom opted on a lavender shade for both her toes and fingers. She is a huge fan of purple. Not only was her mother of the bride dress to be purple the following day, but she was wearing purple jeans with a purplish plaid button down while sitting and having her nails done. Haha!
I decided for a more natural look. I picked out a pinkish-nude color for my toes and settled on a french gel manicure look for my nails. I RARELY get my nails done, so I didn't even know what a french gel manicure was! So this was something the nail artist recommended to me. So I trusted her. All I had really specified to her was "something clear".
It was a nice, relaxing hour. Grandma promptly fell asleep in the hairdrying chair. And the ladies at Beauty Oasis were very friendly and conversational... even though I'm pretty sure my mom rarely understood them. Their Korean accents were pretty thick. Haha! We couldn't have been happier with how our mani/pedis turned out though!
Afterwards, my mom and grandma crossed the street to meet my uncle and granddad at O'Malley's. And I walked further up Main St. to Hennessey's so I could pop in and say hi to James' family. Their flight had landed while I was getting my nails done. They were enjoying a discounted breakfast courtesy Pacific Inn since their room wasn't quite ready. Here, I met my niece Cecelia for the first time! She was born back in May.
I decided it would be nice to eat breakfast with them as well. But first, I needed to head back to the hotel to pick up my dad. I'd agreed to meet him at 10:30 at his room. And since he doesn't use a cell phone, I wasn't able to update him on what everyone was up to and have him just meet us there.
By the time my dad and I got back to Hennessey's, James' family was finishing up. I forget: when you have small kids, you don't have the luxury of a leisurely breakfast. Lol. But no matter. This gave me some more 1 on 1 time with my dad.
Afterwards, Dee headed out on his own again and I met up with James and his dad back at O'Malley's to watch another Pirates/Cardinals game.
I had intended my uncle and granddad (big Cardinals fans), mom and grandma to be there along with Jim, James (big Pirates fans), and me, but there was a misunderstanding. It ended up being just the 3 of us.
The 4 of them, minus my uncle, made it out after the game instead and we had a pleasant lunch on the patio of O'Malley's.
We then headed back to the hotel again, nothing in particular planned til the rehearsal dinner that evening. My nephew Jameson decided it was a good time to take a dip in the pool. James, Jim, and I thought so too.
Norm, my mom, Dee, Gretchen, and later Keely and Cece joined us poolside. We chatted and enjoyed a few beers together.
With about 2 hours left til the rehearsal dinner and exhaustion settling in for all of us, we all headed back to our respective hotel rooms to try and grab naps.
We would be heading back to Main St. to eat dinner at Walt's Wharf at 7:30.
To be continued...
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