I read online that you can get a hard wood floor for your outdoor wedding tent and that's the recommendation if it's going to be wet or something. Totally going with it! I was thinking about the options for having the ceremony and reception at the homer house and making the tent the location for both events but I'm not sure that's do-able. I like the idea of having the reception in Anchorage but I can't figure out where. Again, tons of time. The logistics are evil though -- ceremony in Homer and then drive to Anchorage for the reception? Is that crazy? I feel like this is crazy.
At the same time, I think it would be kool to have a few hours after the ceremony in a car with Jeremy to let it all soak in. So, say we have a morning wedding around 10 or 11, then start the drive. We can have everything in the car to change (if we want to) on the drive back to anchorage and just relax for a couple hours. I think it would be kinna kool. Unfortunately, I think it would mean that the wedding party would go back to Homer then to clean up but maybe my family could hire a clean up crew. My grandma would probably stay at the house to make sure everything's back together but that wouldn't be the end of the world. How much reception is she going to be up for anyway? I think she'd just enjoy the ceremony. I dunno. I would have to talk to the family I guess about their opinion on logistics because I wouldn't want them all stuck at the homer house while I'm in Anchorage at the reception. They kinna need to be there too. I do really like the idea of not going straight from the ceremony to the reception though because it gives a little break in the day. And it gives me the opportunity to relax, take a nap or something if I'm super frazzled. I will calm down a big, I'm sure. And it also makes the day longer, though so it's more fun. That's my idea anyway. I'm so excited about this whole plan.
Granted, this whole plan does totally put the cart before the horse. I feel like we need to live together for a while. And I know that 2014 gives us lots of time to do that but there's still something holding me back. Perhaps, of course, it's simply that he isn't down here yet. I think that will help me feel a lot better about this whole plan. For now, it's fun to dream. Although, this is more than a dream. It's planning!
More on this later... I'm sure.
Just remember, you're going to have to plan time in there for pictures as well. Where do you want photos to be? Homer? Anchorage? Both?
ReplyDeleteThe logistics might be sightly more of a pain for that. Then again, it's not like you don't have more than enough time to plan.
Setting up for the reception is usually an enormous pain in the ass. And since the drive is a pretty hefty one, that will probably mean that someone will stay behind in Anchorage to set everything up and will miss the ceremony. Tables, chairs, stuff for the caterer, covers and bows if you do those, place cards, etc.