Upgraded to BIG-ASS wedding

Well we've finally booked our reception site & have now been persuaded to include a 4-course meal for our guests (yep all 250 of em!) It's to be at the Radisson hotel.

How do I feel about this?

HIGHLY OVERWHELMED!

Jordy & I were very much aiming for something way more casual with an evening wedding with reception at Marquis on campus. I liked the idea that hors d'euvres were being served as people could mingle around hence cutting out the formality. Jordan's family much more wanted a full meal served as all of the guests are out of town & I guess it's more polite to provide a meal if they're travelling all the way & contributing presentation ... so forth. They've decided to front up the $$ to allow us to have it at a hotel (which is seriously almost double the cost) so have everything in one spot & less hassle.

It's not that I don't like this idea. It's fab to be able to spoil our guests with a fancy to-do & Jordy & I now get to spend the night in the posh Presidential suite for 2 nights for next to nothing. (there's the HUGEST jacuzzi I've ever seen!!) But now there's a head table....with a drawn out meal...with more ceremony...not Natty. But give & take right? Jordy has been so excited these past few days I have to remember this day is for him & his family too. So creative thinking to try & make it not so pompous huh? Food fight perhaps? *grin*

It's crazy that we're planning this. AT THE RADISSON!! We literally don't have to lift a finger. They do everything. That part will be nice. But I fear we may have to shave this guest list down a tab cuz 250 peeps at $30 a plate...you do the math eh?

Wedding Page is Here!

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Andy & Jordy are dorks!

Sign the guest book huh!

We Need Your Good JuJu

Well I'm kinda freaking out here...it looks like we may have lost our location for our wedding reception. We wanted to have it at Marquis Hall on campus & tried to book it in Sept but were told we had to wait until Jan to do that. SO we called first thing on the day we were allowed to book only to find out it's already been "tentatively booked". (somehow before the date of bookings.)

So the staff at U of S bookings are going to get back to us on Monday to let us know if we get it. They have NO idea how this happened...their promising to do their best and we're first on the list if these "other" people don't take it. POLITICS!

I need everyone's BEST energy put into this...prayers, candles, meditation, thought...whatever you're into...even if your not, take a moment to do it anyways. Otherwise I have NO idea what Jordy & I are gonna do...!

Wedding stress sucks...I can imagine a million other things I'd rather be doing than this. I hope Jordy doesn't turn into "BrideZilla"...or is it "GroomZilla" I guess...! :P