My daughter’s summer job is doing the bike and boat rentals in a city park. There is an old boat house/band stand next to it and some people have their weddings there in the summer. Usually those weddings are much more casual.
The boat rental place is now offering a deal where the B&G can rent a 2or4 person Surrey bike and go around the park, and the guests can use the other bikes and boats as available (they get a wrist band good for 1-2 hours). It’s been kind of popular and I guess keeps the guest from just drinking for 5 hours straight.
@thumper1- sounds like a wonderful time with great people enjoying each other’s company and the moment. Very happy for your family. It must be quite a feeling of accomplishment! Enjoy the reliving of all the moments… Love that your S and FiL played music together. Thanks for the update!
DD’s wedding is in less than two weeks and I can’t wait to put the logistics behind us and move into party mode.
Congratulations, Thumper! I loved reading your wedding report. It’s great that everything went so well. I was wondering if the weather affected weddings this past weekend.
Oldfort, your week sounds very exciting. Good luck with everything.
@intparent, do you think you could convince your dad to consider selecting a piece of your mom’s jewelry for your daughter and letting your nephew select one for his future bride.
@SOSConcern Thanks for the recap of your daughter’s wedding! It sounds lovely! I would love to have a reception in close proximity to a hotel, however I believe the church is out in the Oak Mountain area. Maybe a country club will work. So many logistics to consider.
Just got word that my niece is coming from Australia for D1’s wedding in September. She is the only child of my deceased brother, and I haven’t seen her in over 5 years. We were quite close in her teenage years (and still are online). I can’t wait!!
We are onsite on for the final stretch.
We went to the local county court house to get the marriage license, but found out they required birth certificates to get a license. No other county within NY state required that. The lady at the county clerk office was so unpleasant an unhelpful. D1 and the future SIL totally freaked out because we were 4-5 hrs from home. We ended up driving to another city that accepted a passport and driver’s license as ids. It ended up being at a beautiful court house and a very happy clerk. I video taped the whole thing.
The bad news is now the future SIL is sick with D1’s virus. The weather also doesn’t look promising. I am dealing with a bit of melt down right now. I just poured myself a glass of wine.
The good news is D1 had a great makeup and hair trial today. She looked gorgeous. I sat there for 4 hr (no kidding), doing some work, and monitored the process. I didn’t say much while they were working on her, but at the end I got up and offered my opinion. They did a total re-do and got where it needed to be. The hairdresser said, “I like mom.”
@oldfort it’s all going to be terrific. Glad the hair and makeup got done beautifully. More glad there was a happy clerk at the courthouse where they got the marriage license.
At some point you will say “the planning is done”, and you will totally kickback and enjoy!
Ah yes…weather. It will be a glorious and bright day regardless of what Mother Nature provides!
I know the county - it seems to pride itself on being “independent” in so many ways! Sorry about the license snafu but thrilled it turned out to be a positive experience. Healing thoughts for your FSIL, @oldfort. I think I remember you saying family begins to arrive today, but perhaps he can retreat to his room and rest. However, I can’t agree more with @thumper1, it will be a gorgeous day no matter what the weather!
Invite question from D1, she asked me to check with the hive mind. Her ceremony starts at 6. Is that what you put on the invitation, or did you back it up a bit so people were seated at the start?
But I think I’ve said before, unbeknownst to us, my grandmother set her own watch ten minutes ahead and we were the first wedding in ages that the church folks remembered starting on time.
DH and I started ballroom dance lessons about 3 months before DDs wedding. We also are invited to four other weddings, and decided we wanted to look somewhat decent on the dance floor.
DD took one lesson last week with her dad so they could be ready for the father daughter dance. Watching them practice was the only time I got teary eyed all week last week.
Our invitation called the wedding for 5:30pm and it began (and was always going to begin) at 6pm. i think the couple knew their audience and also knew that it was a bit of a walk from the parking lot to the ceremony location, which the guests might not have known.
She is the only child of my deceased brother, and I haven’t seen her in over 5 years. We were quite close in her teenage years (and still are online). I can’t wait!!
and also knew that it was a bit of a walk from the parking lot to the ceremony location, which the guests might not have known.