Wedding Shower and Rehearsal Dinner
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Andy and Gretchen take their apointed places at the wedding shower... |

...and toast their friends who brought it all together. |

Gift opening isn't the major event... |

...but it does take center stage for awhile. |

The focal point is the table with scrapbook pages for guests
to decorate with their photos and best wishes. |

Gretchen is a good sport about the paparazzi. |

Andy and Gretchen come to Manchaca for a visit with Marsha... |

...and Denise before the rehearsal dinner. |

Ned Bond (Andy's grandfather) and Fred get to know each other
at Macaroni Grill while waiting for the tables to be ready. |

Fred and Linda Thompson treat the whole clan to a "rehearsal"
dinner, even though there wasn't a rehearsal. Linda said it was
a good opportunity to get the two families together. |

Animated conversation proves her right as Thompsons and Merediths
mix it up. |

Ned and Denise seem to have found a lot in common
besides the fact that they were the only two wearing black. |