The Wedding Registry

Shawn and I have finally set up our wedding registry.  We decided that in the interest of making things easiest for everyone that we would set up our registry with Amazon.com.  With very few exceptions, everyone has access to the internet and the majority of the world shops online anyways.  If you don't like the idea of shopping online you can still look at what is on the registry and some items it will tell you if you can buy it a regular store like Target or Macy's.  Below is the link for the wedding registry.

Wedding Registry

You can also reach the registry by going to Amazon.com, clicking on wedding registries and search for Parsons/Winn Wedding Registry

The Guest List

OK, so this is what everyboy has been waiting for.  Here is the guest list.  Yes invitations will still be going out but this gives everybody a heads up here.  You can even RSVP here by posting a comment.  

The Guest List

Jane,       Miss Jessica Blair & Guest,       Miss Pamela Parsons,       Miss Savannah Johnson,       Miss Wendy Gerbrands,       Mr. & Mrs Peter Miller,       Mr. & Mrs. Ben Lurie & family,       Mr. & Mrs. Bob Gerbrands,       Mr. & Mrs. Brian Johnson,       Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Cerrato & family,       Mr. & Mrs. Chris Curtin & family,       Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Gerbrands,       Mr. & Mrs. Dan Verbonitz,       Mr. & Mrs. Dana Parsons,       Mr. & Mrs. David Hernand,       Mr. & Mrs. David Huestess & family,       Mr. & Mrs. David Quinn,       Mr. & Mrs. Fred Walker,       Mr. & Mrs. James Fitzgerald III,       Mr. & Mrs. James Huestess,       Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Gullion & family,       Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Parent,       Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Fitsgerald,       Mr. & Mrs. Kennith Conover,        Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Shuman & family,       Mr. & Mrs. LaMar Johnston & family,       Mr. & Mrs. Larry Batson,       Mr. & Mrs. Larry Weir,       Mr. & Mrs. Michael Frank,       Mr. & Mrs. Michael Parsons,       Mr. & Mrs. Mike May & family,       Mr. & Mrs. Pat Szuch & family,       Mr. & Mrs. Paul Solorio & family,       Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gayton,       Mr. & Mrs. Randy Wirt & family,          Mr. & Mrs. RL Sattlemyre,       Mr. & Mrs. Steve DeCrosta,       Mr. & Mrs. Steven Parsons & family,       Mr. & Mrs. Tim Brown & family,       Mr. Anthony Malaquias & Guest,       Mr. Bill Hedges & Angel,       Mr. Chris Phillips,       Mr. Chris Russell & Guest,       Mr. Eric Amaker,       Mr. Joey Bryant & family,       Mr. John Hoyt,       Mr. Jonathon Blair & Guest,       Mr. Lehman Springs,       Mr. Mrs Rich Starr & family,       Mr. Mrs. Jim Huestess,       Mr. &  Mrs. Keith Johnson,       Mr. Nathan Dawson,       Mr. Peter Parsons,       Mr. Robert Ellingsworth & Guest,       Mr. Robert Frank,       Mr. Roberto Robles,       Mr.& Mrs. Jeffery Parsons & family,                Ms. Amy O'Dea & family,       Ms. Catherine Bloodworth,       Ms. Dale King,       Ms. Dee Hansen,       Ms. Faye Peterson,       Ms. Laurel Lamb,       Ms. Linda Fitzgerald,       Ms. Lucy Parsons,       Ms. Nikki Clayton,       Ms. Trina Thomason,       Ms. Violet Winn,       SSG. Kevin Ames

If you are going to RSVP here please indicate whether you will or will not be attending as well as how many of the people on your invitation will be attending.  So if the invitation is to you and a guest but only you will be attending you would say just 1 attending.  This provides me with a head count to give to the country club for the food and knowing how many seats to have.

Posting Comments

Many of you may have noticed if you tried to post a comment to a post that it didn't allow you to unless you had a blogger account.  We have fixed that problem so that anyone can post.  Instead of using a blogger account you need to click on the circle besid Name/URL.  You can put your name there and not worry about the blogger account.  The URL part is optional.  Hopefully that will be less confusing in the future.

Wedding Invitations & Accomodations Information

Hey everybody.  It's been a while since I have been able to update the blog and since there has been anything new to include.  Wedding invitations should be going out by the end of this month.  In another post I will include a list of everyone who will be invited and you may RSVP here or on the RSVP cards that go out with the invitations.  Many of you will want to begin looking at and booking your accomadations as soon as possible since there is an Arts and Crafts Festival in town that weekend as well as other festivals and events in the immediately surrounding areas.  The Maggie Valley Country Club has condos available to rent if you would like.  If you decide to go with this option let them know that you are coming for the Parsons/Winn wedding and they should give you a discount.  The phone number for the country club is 1-828-926-1616.  This will give you the front desk and they will tansfer you to the appropriate person within the country club.  If you do not wish to stay at the county club or when you call there is no longer any vacancies you don't have to worry just yet.  Maggie Valley has a large variety of hotels, motels, cabins, cottages, bed&breakfasts, campgrounds, and resorts.  the website for the Maggie Valley Chamber of Commerce has a large list of local accomodations.  I am attempting to keep everybody within the Maggie Valley city limits.  If you are looking for someplace that is very easy to get to, you may choose to look for someplace on Soco Road/HWY 19 since this is the main strip through town.  To get to the website, go to www.maggievalley.org and click on places to stay.  If you are looking to fly into the area, you will most likely want to fly into Asheville, NC.  This is a small airport which means you will most likely have to make a connecting flight somewhere between where you are traveling from to here.  I can get you easy directions from Asheville to Maggie Valley which is about a 45 min to an hour drive depending on the traffic.  I hope that this helps everyone with their plans and I looking foward to hearing from you soon.

We booked it!!!!!!!!!

Shawn and I have finally booked the Maggie Valley Country Club in Maggie Valley, NC as the location of our wedding and reception. For all of our out of town guests, which is the majority of you, it is very easy to get to. We also figured that having the wedding and reception at the same place would be easiest on everybody.

Current Wedding Planning

Well, currently we are at a standstill until we actually book the country club for our wedding. That should be done when those wonderful checks come in from the government. In the meantime, I ordered my gown which should be in by the end of July and picked out the fabric and the pattern for the bride's maids dresses. Unless something changes we have our officiant and DJ all set up, it's the same person, and I might have a photographer lined up as well. The announcements have gone out and now I'm looking for the stationary to make all my invitations. I still have a while to do that since I don't plan to send out invitations until after New Year's. It seems like everything is coming together steadily which is fine for everybody.

Pics

Reception Room

Reception room balcony

Wedding Site

Here's some pics of the country club that we found. Videos will be posted when (if) I can get the SD card in my phone to talk to my computer.

Wedding Announcements

The wedding announcements have gone out in the mail, at least some of them. The rest will go out as we get the addresses for them. You may want to post a response just so we know that we sent them to the correct address. As always more information will appear on the site as it becomes available.

We Found It!

Hey everybody. Yes we have finally settled on where we will be holding our wedding. Hopefully before summer gets here we will be able to sign our contract that reserves the site and we will be able to start paying things off. The wedding will be held at Maggie Valley Country Club in Maggie Valley, NC. We are so excited. Keep checking in here to see pictures of the site and to get details about local accommodations, places to eat, and things to do. Also keep an eye out in the mail for announcements.

Wedding Locations

OK, after looking at several different locations Shawn and I think we have finally found the best place to hold our wedding. I've already seen the location and will be taking Shawn to see it Wednesday afternoon once I get out of school. We're really excited about it. We believe we will be holding our ceremony and reception at the Maggie Valley Country Club. For us it is very close to where we live, it's a beautiful location, rather inexpensive, and just all around what we are looking for. There are also so many options for places to stay which is important since many of our guests will be coming from out of town. There will be more information as the details become more available. Keep checking in.