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Wedding Stuff
Dec. 4th, 2010 10:33 amStop reading now if you don't want to hear about this.
So, this morning I have been adding people to our guest list. I was really worried that it was going to be huge. However, after the initial shock of 90 people in my family (grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts & uncles and first cousins) it hasn't been so bad. Zach has a small family, our friends mostly overlap and neither of our parents really feel the need to invite a ton of people. The only request my parents had was to invite their still living aunts and uncles, which isn't a big deal since it was only about 10 people total.
So, it looks like my estimate of 200 people is about right.
Of course, last night I was reading a wedding blog and they were talking about the tradition of the brides family paying for the wedding and how it came out of the dowry. I know that is where it came from and then I started feeling bad about my dad paying for the food for the wedding. Of course, he offered and wants to do it. Plus I am trying to keep the costs down as much as possible. Still, feeding 200 people is expensive.
BTW, we are really debating not having a photographer for the wedding. They are so expensive and you really just need one good one so we have been talking about buying a nice camera and handing it to my brother Jens and just having him take as many photos as possible during the ceremony.
So, this morning I have been adding people to our guest list. I was really worried that it was going to be huge. However, after the initial shock of 90 people in my family (grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts & uncles and first cousins) it hasn't been so bad. Zach has a small family, our friends mostly overlap and neither of our parents really feel the need to invite a ton of people. The only request my parents had was to invite their still living aunts and uncles, which isn't a big deal since it was only about 10 people total.
So, it looks like my estimate of 200 people is about right.
Of course, last night I was reading a wedding blog and they were talking about the tradition of the brides family paying for the wedding and how it came out of the dowry. I know that is where it came from and then I started feeling bad about my dad paying for the food for the wedding. Of course, he offered and wants to do it. Plus I am trying to keep the costs down as much as possible. Still, feeding 200 people is expensive.
BTW, we are really debating not having a photographer for the wedding. They are so expensive and you really just need one good one so we have been talking about buying a nice camera and handing it to my brother Jens and just having him take as many photos as possible during the ceremony.
