Well - I think I've got this wedding & getting married thing under control. We had to change the date - it's going to be July 6th now. Ellis House Equestrian Center is booked - We found a tent place channahon rental - the seemed to have the best prices & they are close to Ellis House. They will put up a tent over the whole tent pad - so we will have pleanty of room. We decided on Enjoi Bakery in Morris for our food & cake. They have good prices & are also close. We will have Herb roasted chicken, Roast beef with gravy, Green Beans, baby red roasted potatoes, a salad with spinach, strawberry, apples, bacon and a raspberry dressing & rolls. We're going to get plates and decorations on line. The tent place has "globe lightning" but we want to do something more interesting as well for that - some sort of colored globes maybe.
I have the invitations pretty much done. I'm going to send them to print and have a "invitation construction party" Because I wan to tie them together with ribbon and some other stuff....
Saturday my mom & 3 of my bridesmaids came with for me to try on wedding dresses. it was nice to have them there and I think I will order one of the dresses today. One that I liked had a lace up back and a kind along train. I liked it a lot, but for an outdoor wedding I don't think the train is going to make me happy. I like the way it looks, but it was more expensive and I just think i would get sick of the train - and they look wierd when they are "bussled" up... the other one I liked was really simple, no train... we tied a green sash on it with a bow in the back and I really liked it... I think for an outdoor wedding it would be better - I do wish it had a lace up back though, but it's not worth it to me to go look at more dresses to find "the perfect one" or to pay the extra money to have it put in...
Judah and I also opened a joint wedding checking account that will be our joint account to pay bills out of once we are married.
My sister (maid of honor) is going to plan a wedding shower for June - I opened up registers - but have not added anything to them yet. I figure Judah and I will do that together before she sends off the invites....
I have a nice check list that i'm working on... it all seems pretty manageable.... I think it's going to be a really fun celebration for all our friends and family.
