Dress for the wedding

Several people have been asking about what to wear to the wedding.  I know that traditionaly evening weddings are considered formal but that is not necessary.  There are some people, mainly our parents, who are going a bit more on the formal side.  The country club requires at least country club attire so that is as casual as you may get.  I have told most people that they can think about what they might wear to church on Easter Sunday and that would be perfectly fine.  Dress comfortably for the occassion and keep in mind the country club's dress code.  

We have someone to perform the ceremony

Yesterday Shawn and I met with Pastor Ray Webb and he agreed to perform our wedding ceremony for us.  This is not just some pastor that we picked up from anywhere.  Pastor Ray is the pastor of Beach Road Baptist Church in Southport, NC.  This is the church that I grew up attending and my great grandmother was one of the charter members of the church.  Pastor Ray is the only pastor that the church has ever had and I as well as many others respect him and hold him in very high regards.  I told Shawn that I felt that this was who was ment to perform the ceremony and asked him if he minded and Shawn told me to go for it.  I am so accited that Pastor Ray agreed.  Now we are down to the last minute kinds of details.  It won't be long now.

Wedding Planning update

Ok so here is the state of all of the planning.  We have the location for the ceremony and reception, we have the DJ, florist, and photographer and they are all payed for.  We have set the menu and decided on the type of cake we want though we are still deciding on how to decorate it.  I have my dress though I still need to go get my veil and have the dress hemmed up because I'm short.  Shawn has to go to the tux shop and choose the style of tuxes for himself and the groomsmen.  I have ordered the guest book and pen set, the cake serving set, and the champaign glasses.  I have also ordered the cake topper which everyone should get a great chuckle out of (Shawn picked it out).  We are working on planning the honeymoon which is going to be absolutely awsome and we are so excited about it.  The wedding registry is on amazon.com and there is a link directly to it in an older post.  We are meeting the officient the Monday after Easter to get things set up the way would like them.  It appears that most everybody has made their arrangements for accomodations which is good because the few who haven't are having a hard time finding places.  Let me know if anybody needs any help.  I have helped to find accomodations and plan many family vacations in this area and would love to help if you need it.  If you are planning on attending and haven't let me know please let me know as soon as possible so I am sure that I have the correct numbers.  Overall it seems as though everything is falling into place wonderfully and a lot of the stress of trying to plan a wedding with all the people who would normally help in the planning process so far away is beginning to go away.  I'm getting to the point where I can just sit back and enjoy waiting on the big day to arrive and watching the two families meet each other and get to know each other.  There will be no seating arrangement at the reception since we want everybody to mingle and get to know each other.  Hope everybody is getting as excited as we are.  We'll see you in July.