Shooooweee...

So I have finally gotten started doing the for real stuff... Made my list and I am slowly making progress!

First, I got a CHURCH!!!! Wooooo Hoooo! Finally! It's a really cute white country church just down the road from my parents home. I have thought it was cute since I was nine and we moved here, so it just seemed fitting that we get married there.

It had all of the requirements....

Stained Glass: Check!

Neutral Colors: Check!

Wooden Pews: Check!

I am really excited! Now there is not a center aisle, which was something that I wondered about at first, but I have got some really cool solutions and can't wait for our guests to see!

Plus there are little to no restrictions about decorations, so I can go crazy with them! It's like a blank canvas. That was great to find out, since so many other churches had such strict restrictions about what we could or could not do.

So since I have the church I was able to book the rehearsal dinner...

I wanted something low key, like a class cookout, since so many of our friends and family have never met. Since I don't just happen to have a huge tent-worthy backyard, I have to rent one. Ironically, the site is called 'Winchester Place,' (I will be settling down in Winchester, IN).

There is a really good butcher in town that specializes in hog roasts and cookout style catering. They are a family business, which I can appreciate, and have already been more than accomodating. I just feel like the rest of the weekend will be so formal, it will be nice to have a good time with all the important people in our lives!

I am doing some dress shopping this week and weekend, so maybe I will have more good news to report! We have a few weddings to attend coming up in the next few weeks, so I plan on stealing some ideas!