Colby and I decided to get married on a Sunday. Because we know that most of our family and friends won’t be able to stay overnight on Sunday,due to work the next day, we wanted to find a way to make our wedding into more of a weekend event. Our grand idea was to have a barbacue the day before the wedding. The morning part would be more of a rehearsal brunch and the afternoon would be open to the more family and friends perhaps even the entire wedding. To conserve on paper and postage the invitation would be sent with the wedding invitation but on a separate flyer.

We started to look at possible places to have our spectacular event. We wanted a place that has an awning or indoor facility in case it rains, someplace inexpensive, that has lots of room for play. We are still currently looking for a place but one of the biggest contenders right now is a recreation park in Holden, close to our wedding venue. The park has everything mentioned above along with a fishing pond and several trails to walk on. If we could have our BBQ here it would be ideal.

If  money was no object I can envision our BBQ decorated with tiki torches, watermelon decorative lights hanging around the awning, and two citronella candles as the centerpieces on all the picnic tables. I want the BBQ to be decorated with the classic picnic colors red, black, and white. I also would like for all the picnic tables to have matching red gingham tableclothes. There would be an assortment of silverware, cups and plates in red gingham as well. For the children that will be attending I would also put on each table a couple of bottles of bubbles and a cup full of colorful pinwheels.

I forsee the day to be full of opportunities to participate in outdoor sporting events. The first rehearsal part of the day would be a bit more scheduled including a wedding rehearsal, handing out of wedding party gifts, and honoring our dear family and friends. This part of the day the “brunch” would included catered food like eggs, sausages, pancakes, eggs benedict, ham. The drinks would include orange juice, apple juice, coffee, tea and mimosas of course!

The afternoon includes more family and friends and would be more easy going. People would be able to hike, play volleyball, canoe, play croquet, or simple enjoy the company of each other. The food that would be provided for the afternoon would be hot dogs, hamburgers, barbacue chicken, potatoe salad, fruit salad, chili, chips, and an a assortment of desserts.

We want the event to be leisurely and for people to have different options of things to do, whether it be a sporting activity or relaxing with other guests. We want people to have fun and enjoy the atmosphere, maybe even meet someone new.