We're Getting Married

Hello Everyone!

    This is our cute blog.  Thank you so much for visiting!  We love to show how in love we are (kisses!).

    First, the biggest piece of news is that we've moved the date from March 8th to January 18th.  A two month jump I know is difficult to fathom (oh, my poor parents...), but the plans are in place, the apartment purchased, and the excitement to start into a life together is building!

    And you are all invited to share the joy!  Our reception (if you couldn't tell from our engagement pictures) is themed after Singin' in the Rain.  Remember?  Brilliant dance performances by Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor... witty, quotable dialogue like, “yes, yes, yes... no, no no! Yes, yes, yes... no, no, no!”  And of course, the classic scene where Gene Kelly dances in rain mixed with milk so that it could be seen on camera.

    We won't make you dance in the cold, January rain, but we definitely encourage anyone and everyone to spice up the night with 1920s vintage theme, galoshes, raincoats, and umbrellas. (Or regular clothes are good too... we would just love to have all of our friends!) Dance to the live swing band and if you're a swing dance friend, please feel free to bring dancers and lindy-bomb the floor! 

    “Bless you all,” and we are so excited to share the reception night with you!

Gift Registeries

Gift Registeries:
Bed, Bath & Beyond
Furniture Fund
Honeyfund

Gift/Decorating Ideas:
House Plans

(You can find all of these resources on the tabs at the top of our site.)

A Call for Guys & Dolls

The reception is will be January 19 - if you are free and willing pitch in we'd welcome your help! Just let us know in the comments below.  

Help Needed:  

• Set Up/Clean Up
  
  • Ladders needed to hang decorations
• Tablecloths  
• Pick up white tablecloths and set up 
• Hem borders of color over cloth
• Wash and return tablecloths after
• Decorate Entry way and Band area
• Help take video or still pics at the reception
• Hot Chocolate
•  borrow thermos, set up, decorate, prepare, maintain, clean up
• Water
• Set up, decorate, maintain and cleanup Water Station (paper good provided) borrow dispensers and Pick up water and ice (coolers for ice?)
  
• Popcorn  
• Set up, decorate, maintain, clean up Popcorn table (most supplies provided)
• Operate table top popcorn popper for extra popcorn 
• Cupcake table and display
• Set up, decorate, maintain, clean up the Cupcake table (some supplies provided)
• Keep track of Cake cutting kit - knife, raincoats 
• Bring a crock pot of soup
• Kitchen Coordinator
•  Maintain the Soup area and coordinate people bringing crock pots of soup
• Coordinate people bringing mini bread sticks or crackers 
• Clean up Soup station and leftovers and see that people pick up crock pots 
• Decorations
•  Lamp posts, Red Carpet, etc.
• Sign in Book
• Prep Scrapbook pictures of couple for guest to write caption (scrapbook provided) 
• Set up Sign In Table with decorations and supplies (most provided) 
• Maintain table during the evening 
• Put together final project after the reception 
• Presents
• Set up/decorate to theme (some supplies provided)
• Maintain area gather gifts
• Tech Coordinator
• Set up and Run movie screen and projectors and take down
• Put batteries in orange flowers and anything else that needs power 
• CD player for rain sound, set up mic for DJ

Other Misc Possibilties:
Tips or help for housing out of town guests
House cleaning
Food for out of town family on Thurs night or Sunday
Breakfast basket for the couple for Saturday morning
Transportation - hauling gifts, returning things