DJ and Yvette’s Blog!

It’s been a common question – “how’s the planning going?” or a myriad of advice, offers for help, etc- for which we are grateful!  We are currently using Google Docs to stay organized, which is pretty cool!  So we have a list of priorities, deadlines and the budget all lined out for us and accessible wherever we go!

But we thought maybe it would be a smart idea to let everyone know where we are at in our planning!

• We currently have a Church (Life Church) and a Pastor (Jeff Crabtree).  We don’t have the exact time set yet, but we think sometime around 3:30 pm on August 29th, 2009.
  Expect a somewhat informal ceremony, with Black and White theme colors (maybe some blue thrown in)
  Expect padded seats in a very open room.  We’ll be showing a slideshow as you come in.
• We have booked a Reception Venue (The Lincoln Center) Right now the plan is to have everyone go there at around 4:30 and enjoy some food while we take our pictures.  We’ll be there sometime around 6 to visit and cut the cake, do toasts, and of course- to dance!
• We have decided for the time being to serve a light meal- cold cuts and appetizers.  This is in order to have as many people there as possible and not go over budget.  This of course may change if we can make adjustments in the budget, but we’re advising everyone to eat a hearty lunch just in case!
• Alcohol will not be served during the reception, however we are trying to put together plans to have a post-reception gathering somewhere so we can buy everyone a round of drinks to celebrate with us!
• We have selected Robert Krueger as our DJ.  Robert is a long time friend and someone DJ trusts.  So, to answer everyone’s question- no, DJ is not trying to DJ our wedding- in fact he’s looking forward to paying another true professional to be there.
• We have selected Shaun Hudson as our Photographer, largely on Robert’s recommendation and the fact that we love his work!
• We do have a cabin in the mountains picked out and booked for a small honeymoon for a few days after the wedding- our current plan is to go somewhere warm in December for our actual honeymoon!

There’s a few other details people are asking about that we’re currently working on:

• Hotels – we’ll have this arranged and announced before the end of May.
• Gift Registry- will be on-going, but we should have it begun by the end of May.
• Invitations- watch for these in the first weeks of June!
• Pre-Marital Counseling- yes, we will be doing this as well, mid-June

other details will be posted here as they come available!