-The church--We are getting married at the same church that my parents did. I've always wanted to do that since I was little. And it works great because it's in Fiance's town and about 10 minutes away from my town. There's one picture that my mom and dad did on their wedding day where they are standing in front of this stained glass window..kissing..and the sunlight is shining in on them. It's so beautiful. We're going to re-create that one. Dad had tears in his eyes when I told him that one. HA
-The reception--We are having the reception in one of the banquet rooms of a really nice hotel. The room holds up to 500 people!! We chose a buffet with some nice food choices. Of course, being from the Midwest, our meat had to be good! HA. The lady we met with to look at the place was SO nice and super helpful. Fiance and I get the jacuzzi suite for the wedding night, and we have a block of rooms reserved for the wedding party and anyone else who wants to book rooms. We also were given a room to have a little "brunch" and gift opening the next day. It's going to be so exciting.
-Wedding party--Our wedding party was pretty easy to choose. Bridesmaids: Kristen, my old roommate, Fiance's cousin (our age), Fiance's two sisters. MOH: Obviously Sis. Groomsmen: All 6 are both friends of Fiance and mine. What's funny is I was friends with all those guys before I met Fiance. He is still undecided on a Best Man. Flower girl: Fiance's cousin. Ring Bearer: Obviously, the little guy!
-Colors--We are going with sangria, which is kind-of a wine/purple color. It's beautiful! And the other color will be black. I don't know if some of you have heard of David's Bridal, but they have some really nice Bridesmaids dresses there. They also have a thing where you can order invitations and everything else to match the colors.
-Decorations--So far, the only decorations I have even thought about are the things that my Aunt had for when she was planning her and my Uncle's wedding before she passed away. I know she would love for it to get used.
That's about it for now. We have just been looking around at different things. We are taking planning easy and calmly so I don't turn into Bridezilla!