For three years, the Lord has blessed me by opening the door to allow me to attend this wonderful event, hosted by
SECHDF. I've spoken of it--and blogged about it--a number of times in the past, and I get to blog about it again here.
For two days, mothers gather with their daughters to renew friendships, be encouraged by a guest speaker, participate in craft times together, and share fellowship meals together. The two-day event culminates in a Mother/Daughter Tea on Saturday afternoon.
This post is my
big picture post, an overview of the weekend together. I have future posts lined up to share specific things from throughout the two wonderful days, and those will be appearing over the next few weeks.
Preparations continued all the way up until people started arriving. Name tags were being cut out...
The speaker table was being set up...
Holly completed some last minute work on the tea party decorations...
And Miss J meticulously decorated the tables in the dining area.
The photographer's table. That's mine. :)
Greetings.
My sister D (below) and her family put on this event. She is an amazing, wise, Godly woman.
Leslie Ludy was the featured speaker for the weekend.
Lots of activities in the craft room.
One little guy among all the girls!
Precious capture of mama and her baby girl.
Friday night dinner. Yes, it's teddy bears and cloud wallpaper. The serving line ran through the nursery, since there was a record crowd in attendance.
I love capturing mealtime candids.
Chef Gregory catered the event (he gets his own blog post soon!). These are his cakes for Friday evening dessert.
The way these girls were crowded around the cake, you'd think they hadn't been fed in two weeks! I asked them all to line up so I could get their picture.
Saturday began with another speaker workshop.
More crafts in the craft room throughout the morning.
Time for lunch! Whoever set out these water bottles was a neat and tidy person. I didn't move a single one for the below shot. I love when things are in order. Yes, I notice the one water bottle on its own in the background. Perfect. :)
Miss S (below) is D's daughter and also did a tremendous about of behind-the-scenes work to make this event a success.
Yeah, sometimes people figure out that I'm aiming the camera at them. :)
I "caught" this young lady watching my slide show from last year's Mother/Daughter Encouragement. I was tickled that she spent the time watching, so I took her picture.
The weekend ended with a fabulous tea party, parts of which will also get another post. If you wonder where my food photography is, keep in mind that there was
a lot of food throughout the weekend. It'll get its own post.
Remember that wide-awake little guy from Friday (above)? He was all tuckered out by Saturday afternoon. So was I.
Stay tuned for my
detail posts of the Mother/Daughter Encouragement weekend!
Treasuring life's moments,
Christine
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