Ceremony

Day of time line

Since this is always a tricky thing to figure out, I thought I would post my day-of-timeline.

8:30a-12p Hair and Makeup

12:15p     Back at Hotel to get dressed

1:30p        First Look

2:00p        Guys are picked up by trolley

2:30p        Girls are picked up by Trolley

3:00p       Wedding Ceremony

4:00p        Ceremony Concludes

4:10p        Family Photographs

4:30p        Must be out of church (depart for offsite photos)

6:00p        Cocktail Hour

6:50p       Guests are asked to find their seats

7:00p        Introductions (Parents-Bridal Party) & Bar closes

                Cake Cutting, Blessing

                Soup (FOB toast)

                Salad (BM/MOH toast)

                Entrée (Bride and Groom Thank you)

                Dessert

8:30p        First Dance & Bar opens

8:35p        Father/Daughter Dance

8:40p        Mother/Son Dance

8:45p        Open Dancing

11:30p     Bar Closes

12:00a     Event Ends

Church

We're getting married at K's church, Saint James Parish. We chose this because both him and his family are parishioners which meant we got first dibs on the date for 2011, how could I pass that up?! Plus it's really pretty inside.

Ceremony Music

I know what 3 songs we're using during the ceremony:
Ava Maria--my grandmother's favorite song, she passed in 2006.
Joy of Mans' Desire
Canon in D

Sand Ceremony

We've decided to do a Sand Ceremony in lieu of a unity candle. We are going to include our moms in this as well. Our moms will pour a small amount of sand at the bottom of the vase as our base layer to represent our past and our families. My mom will pour sand from Cedar Point (where I grew up going to visit every summer) and K's mom will pour sand from Indiana Beach (where he grew up visiting). We will then pour sand from our favorite place, Key West to represent our future together. We are in the process of gathering sand from each of these places now.

Door decorations

I bought these paper mache letters at Paper Source, painted them navy, and will attach a green ribbon so that they will hang on the church doors. These will also be moved to the reception and hung on the reception doors. Very simply DIY project!