365 Days Until the Wedding!

Well, we are now at 365 days until Anna and I will be married! It is exciting to know that the wedding day continues to get closer and closer.

So, where are we in the planning?

Well, we have the reception hall and the church booked. We are going next month for our wedding classes here in the Detroit area. We are beginning to explore photographers and DJs, and are putting together the wedding invitation list, as well as seeing who may need hotel rooms. Looks like we're going to need about 50 if everyone is able to make it...

Anna is continuing to look at wedding dresses in these HUGE wedding magazines that are like 800 pages or something and I am trying to see how we're going to be able to do our honeymoon for the least amount of money... I think I will have enough Marriott Rewards points for our hotel to be free, but I don't think I'll have enough Frequent Flyer miles to be able to get that for free. Perhaps though... We'll have to see.

Anyway, with only 365 days to go, we are starting to ramp up a little in our planning, and I will be doing more posting here as more plans become finalized.

We are very excited! Thanks for reading.

-Bruce

Anna's Bridal Party

Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay in posting, but I have been a little busy with work...

Anna has decided upon her bridal party, and they are below:

Maid of Honor - Liz Zona, Anna's cousin
Maid of Honor - Elaine Holmes, Anna's friend from college
Bridesmaid - Erica Presto, Anna's friend from college
Bridesmaid - Erin Hanrahan, Anna's friend from grad school

So, now that this is taken care of, we're working on getting our marriage classes taken care of at the local Catholic church. We'll see how that goes. In addition, we are currently finishing our guest list, and will be working on some other stuff as we move forward.

Hope everyone is well!

Date Set

The wedding date has been set - May 17, 2008. The church and reception hall are both all set for the event, and we are looking forward to continuing the planning...

More details will be posted as we move forward, so check back often...

Details Moving Forward...

We've selected the following sites for our wedding and reception...

Wedding

St. Ann of the Dunes (in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore)

433 West Golfwood Road

Beverly Shores, Indiana 46301- 0727

www.st-ann-of-the-dunes.org

Reception

Waterbird Banquet Center

558 Indian Boundary Rd

Chesterton, IN 46304

www.waterbirdbanquets.com

The Banquet Center is attached to two hotels, a Best Western and a place called the Waterbird Lakeside Inn - which will most likely be our hotels of choice for the wedding. Easy access to the rooms from the reception, so in case you imbibe a bit too much, you can get back to your room easily and safely. There is also a Hilton Garden Inn about 3 miles away, so that is an option as well. We'll post more soon...

We are working on scheduling it for the weekend of May 17, 2008. More details will be posted when we have finalized them.

We're VERY excited to have this stuff out of the way!

Bruce's Wedding Party Set...

Who in their right mind would want to be in the wedding party of
the idiot to the right?

So, my wedding party is set, even though we haven't finalized a date for the shindig yet... Anna is still working on finalizing hers, and we're talking about readers, etc., so more info will be forthcoming on that stuff. However, thought I would post my party just so people know...

Best Man:

• Joel Hammond (my brother)

Groomsmen:

• Pete Grasso (friend from college and Fraternity brother)


• Don Morrow (friend from college and Fraternity brother)


• Todd Bailey (friend from college and PR mastermind)

Should be a good time, and we're excited that plans are starting to get underway. We're traveling up to the Michigan City, IN area, where the wedding will take place, the weekend of March 9 to look at potential reception locations, so that will be exciting.

Check back often for more updates... Until the next time...

-Bruce

Engaged!

Well, on Saturday, February 10, Anna and I became engaged. It happened in the afternoon at our apartment, and Anna was VERY surprised. We are extremely excited, and we will be posting on here with updated information as we make decisions. Check back often for new photos, comments, etc. about the wedding and the planning.

Below are some photos that were taken immediately afterwards...

Above: Anna showing off the hardware...

Anna and me after the proposal (no need for any bald comments... I've heard them all!)