On Tuesday Ryan and I went to look at a reception venue called the Little Theater. We fell in love with it. It is made of marble and is very art deco. The price is not bad either. We will not know if we can have it until June so we are still looking for backups. I just hope the lady lets us know soon if our date is even a possibility.
Some of the places we have looked at have been crazy. One place had a $18,000 food and drink minimum, thats more than the whole wedding together. Another place was booked until 2013. This all just seems a little crazy to me, booking a venue 4 years in advance or spending that much money on food! Makes the whole getting married on the beach seem like a better plan every day.
In other news Ryan and I had our first Christmas as an engaged couple. We have started our own ornament collection, and have got some goods ones so far. It was a very crazy Christmas, 7 events in two days, but we were just so happy to be together and with our families. It makes me excited to think that in two years we will have our own family and Christmas traditions.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wedding Date
Our wedding date has been set for June 25th 2011. Why so far away, you may ask. Although both of us would prefer to be married sooner, the reasons for the long engagment are many.
1. I (Lauren) am in Grad School at the moment and will not graduate till May 2011. As Grad School is my full time job and I make very little money doing it I did not feel it would be fair to get married and have Ryan be the only one contributing financially. It would not be fair to him, and it would be very stressful.
2. We got engaged in November, and as I am in school and do not get PTO days, the only time we could get married would be in the Summer. As the summer months are very popular for weddings it would be very hard, if not impossible to plan a wedding in 7 months and be able to get the ceremony sites, reception site, and vendors we would want.
3. We are young. Ryan and I are only 23, we have plenty of time to be married and enjoy our life together, so we felt no rush to the alter.
There are many other logistics that came to play in choosing the exact wedding date. While I had never dreamed of having a June wedding, it fits best for our circumstances, and we are very excited to have a set date. Epically one so close to the day we started ran into each other again (June 21st), and the exact day of our first date.
1. I (Lauren) am in Grad School at the moment and will not graduate till May 2011. As Grad School is my full time job and I make very little money doing it I did not feel it would be fair to get married and have Ryan be the only one contributing financially. It would not be fair to him, and it would be very stressful.
2. We got engaged in November, and as I am in school and do not get PTO days, the only time we could get married would be in the Summer. As the summer months are very popular for weddings it would be very hard, if not impossible to plan a wedding in 7 months and be able to get the ceremony sites, reception site, and vendors we would want.
3. We are young. Ryan and I are only 23, we have plenty of time to be married and enjoy our life together, so we felt no rush to the alter.
There are many other logistics that came to play in choosing the exact wedding date. While I had never dreamed of having a June wedding, it fits best for our circumstances, and we are very excited to have a set date. Epically one so close to the day we started ran into each other again (June 21st), and the exact day of our first date.
Wedding Blog
Well it's the day I have been waiting for since the end of August. I am on Christmas vacation. One whole month of no school or work. So I am bored an looking for projects to do.
Ryan and I started a wedding website to post information about our wedding for our guest that we hope will useful down the line. I thought that a blog may be fun too as it will allow me to write about what is going on, and for our friends and family to get an inside look at our wedding planning.
Ryan and I started a wedding website to post information about our wedding for our guest that we hope will useful down the line. I thought that a blog may be fun too as it will allow me to write about what is going on, and for our friends and family to get an inside look at our wedding planning.
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