It's ALMOST THE BIG DAY!!!

Hi all.
We have only a few weeks to go, and with that in mind here is a helpful timeline!

Friday August 15:
Around 5:00 we have a room reserved at Sebago Brewing Company right in the Old Port. We are planning to have appetizers available as we welcome everyone to our wedding weekend!
And yes, there is also a 5:00PM road race literally RIGHT next door. So if anyone is interested sign up here! Seriously, if there are a few runners let's get matching t-shirts then eat all the snacks :-)
(I have a feeling that anyone who is in town on Friday might as well plan on roaming around in Portland and having a good time that evening- it's summer in Maine, let's enjoy it!)

Saturday August 16:
Morning: Pshhhh, I have bride stuff to do! (but if anyone is kicking around the bride needs lunch/brunch, just sayin'...)
12:30- Doors open for us at the official venue, Grace Restaurant.
Being that I am a hungry person I have asked for some sacks to be awaiting our arrival! I don't want anyone to get hungry/grumpy (like me.)
1-4- Official party time!
During this time (close to 1:00) we will have a ceremony, followed by the cash bar opening, and food (which is critical.) We are really happy with our food choices and feel that it will be an enjoyable lunch! (although, I know for a FACT that I will be having a legit PB&J beforehand- I can't wait until 1:00 whatever to eat!)
Anyway.... We are excited about the delicious food options that we have chosen and we are sure that no matter what your dietary needs are you will find something that you like!
While this is not a formal, sit down, plated dinner there is sure to be something to please everyone (we tried....)

We are really SO excited to see everyone and can't wait to spend quality time with you! As I mentioned in a previous blog post we honestly would love people with talents to share them, music, singing, acrobatics, whatever- if you would like to share your skill we would love to see it.

5:30PM: We plan to have a MASSIVE takeover of the Munjoy hill Otto's.  Eric and I had our first date at Otto's so we are a bit nostalgic for this part of the evening. I am pre ordering a good number of pizzas for you hungry people but the head count is a little questionable at this time- so please give me a shout if you plan to come! I don't want anyone to miss out on a slice of the best pizza in Portland. Also, at this time we are inviting some extra friends to join the party so things will get exciting! (It is good to keep in mind that Eric and I are middle aged. the party will not take a turn for "club-hoppping-body-shots-terrifying nonsense! hahaha") This is an all ages event, seriously!

7:00PM: We take over Portland....
OK for real. We REALLY want both the under 21's AND the "Adults" (like me) to want to join in so, I expect that we will keep our destinations more of the oyster-bar by the docks, or restaurant at a hotel version of fun for the majority of the evening. Portland is great fun an we are still in the planning phase of these later hours- but it will certainly be fun for everyone!

Gifts:
Yes please.
As always, I feel a touch awkward addressing this but it has come up, a lot!
While it was our original plan to set up a "honeymoon" registry we simply have not found one that meets our needs yet- other than paypal (hahaha kidding)
Any gift is appreciated unless it is a dog (which we still would happily accept), or a child (which might be an issue) or a toaster (we have all the toasters) or a rooster (hmmm.)
When my Mom asked what we wanted for our wedding we said "A vacation!!!" and "A NEW CAR!!"
So either of those would be great.
But we will have a lovely place at the wedding for people to put dogs, fat stacks of cash, and not toddlers or toasters ;-)
We could also use wineglasses as I break them daily. No lie.

Can't wait to see all of you! And please, please just text, email, facebook, twitter or (OMG) CALL us if you have any questions! We are trying hard to keep everyone in "the loop" but just contact us if you have any questions, concerns, or just want to say hi. :-)

Counting down.

The official countdown is ON.


If you were lucky enough to get a hand-delivered invite you already have it. Lucky.


If you did not get a hand delivered invite we need to hang out more. And it's in the mail. Or almost in the mail. Hopefully with an RSVP card in it... Hopefully that RSVP card has a stamp. (it might not. if you get the RSVP card/s with no stamp just email us with an RSVP. LILLIE I MEAN YOU) (shit and possibly a half dozen other people. but whatever we tried. and who has stamps? who even sends mail anymore? archaic... seriously. )


Eric and I are very excited to be getting married in not too many days. We are also excited to have a wedding but mostly we are pumped about the whole making it legit thing. We really kind of like each other!


We hope that you are all looking forward to celebrating with us. :-)


If anybody has any skills that they would like to share at our wedding that would be fun! So if you can sing (Bailey. Ainsley.) Or play an instrument. Or do magic! We would love to see/hear you and can basically make this a talent show. Fun!


At this point we are both so freaking busy with work, tri training, horses, camp (MORE CAMP), horse shows and just summer chaos in general that regular updates are unlikely!
If you have questions drop us a line.
(also, I'm sure we will post more before the big day is actually upon us!)


Happy summer everyone, can't wait to see all of you.