Wedding Updates #2

Food/Drink

We just want to say thanks to everyone that has offered to bring a dish or a drink. We have everything covered, and it makes us feel very loved to know we have family members like you guys!

Just a reminder you don't have to get the food/drinks to us before the wedding day. Since the reception and the ceremony are at the same place you'll be able to drop off your dish on the way to the chapel. There will be someone to take the food from you- most likely Shaun or one of the other groomsmen. Otherwise there will be a women named Jodi and her daughter who will be taking it from you. From there they'll either direct you were to place it, or they'll take care of it for you.

Bar

We have changed the cash bar to an open bar. There will be an open bar for the entire reception (5-10). I don't think alcohol will be served in between the ceremony and reception, but we'll have lemonade, tea, water, and pop then.

Between Ceremony/Reception

There will be appetizers/horderves for the guests in between the ceremony/reception in the reception hall. There will be about an hour/ hour and a half in between. Shaun, me, the bridal party, and the parents will be taking pictures in the meantime. Of course if you'd like to get a picture with us before the reception feel free to crash the photoshoot! We'll join you after we're done :)

Rehearsal Dinner

For those who are in the wedding just a reminder the rehearsal dinner is the 25th at 6pm. There will be dinner and decoration after. You don't have to stay to help decorate the church/hall (unless you're bridesmaids/groomsmen).

Wedding is three weeks away! Hope everyone is excited as we are!

If you have any other questions feel free to contact one of us.

Updates

Food

Most of the food is covered, because we have awesome friends and family. Seriously you guys have been incredibly helpful, and we're extremely appreciative of it. There are still some things Shaun and I could use if anyone else would like to help:

• Corn
• Green Beans
• Rolls
• Soda
• Lemonade and/or Punch 

There will be a cash bar. I'll have the prices in the next update.

Note: if you're bringing food I would suggest bringing it in a dish/container you either don't need back or don't need back right away.  Also you won't have to worry about getting the food to us ahead of time. Since the reception and ceremony are at the same location, we'll have someone in the reception building to take the food from you and store it during the ceremony.

Tables/Catering Containers

The package we get with our venue only comes with one rectangle table, and the rest are round tables that everyone sits at. Since we're not catering we need tables to put the food on so if anyone has any rectangular tables (I estimate we'll need about 4) we could borrow that would be great. We could also use the foil catering containers, stands, and wick burners that go underneath if anyone has any we could borrow. We promise you'll get everything back!

RSVPs

Just a reminder that RSVPs are due at the end of July. You can either mail the card back, RSVP on this blog or message me on Facebook, or tell me in person. I just need an official RSVP including the count of total people coming. If you don't RSVP there won't be a seat for you at the wedding. We don't order the chairs or tables, our venue does, and they do so a month in advance (Which is why we'd like to get the RSVPs two months in advance so those who forget to RSVP won't be screwed!). So once we give them the final number of guests we can't change it, so please please RSVP to Shaun and I. A lot of people have been telling other family members their coming, so make sure you tell us two as well! Please don't make us have to hunt you down to get an answer. Even if you're not coming please let us know that as well.

Hotels in the Area

Super 8:

1510 N Bridge St, Yorkville, IL

http://www.mapquest.com/#a5d50e6316c0e2c3073a1234

Hampton Inn:

310 E Countryside Pkwy, Yorkville, IL,

http://www.mapquest.com/#eaf4d69e65604537971bd187

The Homestead Bed & Breakfast

611 E Main St, Plano, IL

http://www.mapquest.com/#e10d11754f15ced3f8ff4b49

Best Western Plus Timber Creek Inn & Suites

3300 Drew St, Sandwich, IL

http://www.mapquest.com/#d50a90e733ed90341e2e59a3


They're all about 5-10 minutes away, and are the closest to the place where everything will be held. Beyond that will probably be a cruise. Super 8 is the cheapest. The maps are from Blackberry Creek to the hotels, but you can reverse the directions easily.

I'm not exactly sure how hotel deals for wedding guests works, but if there are discounts or whatever that any of these hotels do I'll look into it closer to summer.

Alcohol

By law Blackberry Creek is required to buy and serve the liquor. They are also required to have an off duty cop on the premises.

So please DO NOT bring any alcohol of any kind. Do not try and sneak it in. There will be basic alcohol and wine provided. If you must have a certain alcohol there let us know and we can ask them to provide it.

If you do bring liquor you will be asked to leave as Shaun and I won't tolerate anyone breaching the contract we had to sign. This is going to be a special day and we want everyone to enjoy it but we also want everyone to be responsible.

The bar will be a cash bar. At this time I don't know what drinks will cost, but I will try to find out what to expect closer to the date.

RSVPs

Please send your RSVP cards back no later than July 30th 2015.
We need the final count by then not only to give Blackberry Creek a final count number so they can order the proper number of chairs and tables, but also so that we and the other people bringing food know how many people need to be fed.

So on the card:

• Circle yes or no to indicate if you are coming or not
• Please put your name just so we know who is actually RSVPing! At least put one name so I know which person/family it is that is responding, but if you'd like to put everyone's name on the card so it'll help make seating easier to figure out later down the road we'd really appreciate.  
• Then let us know how many adults are coming and how many kids are coming. 
• Also put down a song request! We'd like to give the DJ a range of music that he or she should play so that everyone gets to hear music they like. Please no songs with excessive dirty messages or explicit language. Kids may not always understand what songs mean but I'd like to keep it family friendly. 

OR you can comment on this blog as an RSVP. Just list the same things mentioned above in a comment. 

If you have any questions on who is invited (guests, kids, etc.) please ask. I tried to label the invitations as clearly as I could, but if there's any confusion just double check with me or Shaun. 

So apparently having a wedding website is a thing now, but since making a website sounds almost impossible here's a blog instead! Really it's just meant to put information that goes on an invitation as a second form of communication, and to post extra information as it comes our way, and we need to get it out to our guests! 

I'm going to try and keep permanent information (where it will be held, time, date, etc.) on the sides of the blog, and make newer posts when information isn't necessary just helpful (hotels, maps etc.)