Kimberly and I will be getting married on April 20th, 2008. Here are a few other pages with pictures relating to the event. Below are all the details I could think of. If I have forgotten anything, let me know in the comments.
Groom Pictures
Wedding Ceremony
The wedding will take place April 20th, 2008, at 3:00pm, at Elmwood Gardens. Here is a “map” of how to find Elmwood Gardens. It should be noted that our cell phones don’t work very well out there either, so if you get lost you will need to call their land line at (903)549-2716.
Rehearsal
There will be a small rehearsal at 2:00 pm on April 19th, 2008. At this time, I’m not even sure of who all needs to be there. There will not be a rehearsal dinner because it’s the middle of the afternoon. Anyone that starves because of this can call Casey and get some tacos.
Bachelor’s Party
Well, let’s call it more of a get together. To the best of my understanding, we are all going to meet at Ben’s parents’ house in Winona around 1:00pm or 2:00pm on Saturday, April 12th, 2008. We will be skeet and target shooting. The last I heard, we will be having 12 gauge shotguns, a .45 caliber pistol, a 9mm pistol, and possibly a .22 caliber pistol. But really, Ben’s dad has a lot of guns, so who knows.
We will be wearing ear protection while shooting, and drinking will be kept to a minimum throughout the dangerous activities. After the gun shooting, we will be heading out to Friday’s or some other bar. So far as I know, the following people will be attending.
Russell, Ben, Brian, Casey, Uncle Steve (maybe), Josh Jernigan (maybe)
Bachelorette’s Party
The ladies’ party will be the same day, but I don’t really know the details of what time everyone will be showing up. It will be held partially at our home in Irving (thus, why I have to leave town to have mine). From there, they will be going to Pete’s Dueling Piano bar.
As far as I know, the following people have been invited: April, Kara, Melanie, Kathy, Susan, Amber, Amber’s friend, and 2 of April’s friends (sorry, don’t remember the names of those friends).
April and Melanie have already called dibs on the guest bedroom. We have an inflatable air matress, and April is bringing hers up as well. If I were one of you ladies, I would be trying to sleep on the air matress…they are by far the most comfortable things I have EVER slept on (no sacasm…seriously, they are nice). All in all, I think we can sleep 8 on devices made to be slept on, then there is at least one couch that is long enough to sleep on, and one other couch that is a love seat. OH! And another couch that has a sleeper twin bed in it. So maybe there is room for 10 to sleep comfortably, plus 1 to sleep uncomfortably.
Wedding Shower
The wedding shower was held on April 5th, 2008 in Tyler at Becky and Steve’s house. Special thanks to everyone who attended, hosted, and showered us with presents! As of today (April 8th) I think we have finally unpacked everything and found a place for it. I know I used my new towels for the first time, and they were great!
Invitations
If you didn’t get an invitation, and you feel slighted by this, please don’t just hold it in! By far, Lindale was the worst postal service we encountered. From there alone, we had 4 invitation returned (2 were destroyed, 1 took 4 weeks for us to get returned because we wrote the wrong address on it, and one we have no idea what happened to it).
The point being, if you didn’t get an invitation, it doesn’t mean we don’t want you to come, it just means we either forgot (yeah yeah, it’s easy to be offended if this is the case, but get over it…I mean honestly, I forgot my cousin Shannon, and I really want her to come, she’s a blast!), addressed it wrong, or it got destroyed in the mail. Call us up! Make a reservation with us over the phone! The important thing is for us to know how many people are coming so we have enough food.
Other Things
As far as I know, all of the folks that need to get measured for tuxedos have done so, and they have been turned in to Al’s Formal Wear. All the ladies have found their dresses. I have brown dress socks for all my groomsmen (because honestly, who has brown dress socks?).