Our Marriage Ceremony Calendar Week Schedule, Events + Why Nosotros Planned It This Way
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I don't fifty-fifty know where to start alongside this story!! I gauge it dates dorsum to my sister's wedding inward Saint Lucia. She had a rattling minor as well as intimate wedding on the beach alongside both parents as well as siblings all staying at a delineate solid nosotros rented for the week. Andrew as well as I had the best fourth dimension as well as loved how especial it was for everyone. Fast frontwards a few years, (before Andrew as well as I were fifty-fifty engaged) nosotros were sitting eating Provisions inward Nantucket talking almost what we'd desire for our wedding.
We talked for almost an hr how nosotros mean value nosotros wanted it to live on the isle since it was hence especial to us, how it would run hence everyone would convey to locomote (not only ane side of the family), as well as to a greater extent than importantly if nosotros could swing it. We also discussed how much nosotros loved my sister's marriage ceremony as well as wanted to create the same: a small, intimate ceremony alongside our immediate families only, as well as a rented delineate solid for the week.
Our master conception was to teach married inward Nantucket, hang out for the week, as well as and then throw a political party for our identify unit of measurement as well as friends dorsum inward New York. We however wanted to celebrate alongside everyone as well as brand certain no ane felt excluded (like our Aunts/Uncles/Cousins) as well as looked rattling seriously into renting a boat on the Hudson for a nighttime to throw a reception party.
But it only wasn't fitting. Something wasn't right. And piece exact details are foggy, I know unopen to August of lastly year, my friend Louise as well as I talked almost having everything inward Nantucket: getting married, renting the house, having the minor ceremony BUT as well as then inviting everyone out to political party for the weekend. It only sort of clicked and that's when everything started coming together.
I rattling vividly recall devising a conception for the calendar week as well as waiting for the right moment to introduce it to Andrew. At that point, he had been maxim no to hence many ideas. He fifty-fifty denied my plea to displace it to Italy inward 2020 hence I would convey to a greater extent than fourth dimension to plan.
Andrew as well as I were driving to his parents, as well as I told him I had a conception for the week, but he wasn't allowed to country aye or no until the terminate of the weekend. I needed him to mull it over earlier crushing my dreams as well as sending me dorsum into some other stress-induced panic. I pose it out, as well as inside a infinitesimal he said he liked it as well as I instantly texted my family. By the terminate of the weekend, nosotros were locked inward on a date, a oil schedule, as well as that's when the ball started rolling!
The top dog argue nosotros scheduled this into a week is because of the delineate solid rentals. Usually, large houses on the isle convey a minimum stay, as well as most of the ones nosotros were looking at were all a calendar week (Saturday to Saturday). So it only sort of was forced upon us, as well as since nosotros had our friends + identify unit of measurement out for the weekend, nosotros needed something to create during the week. (I volition convey a carve upward post service almost the delineate solid alongside the link, how nosotros flora it, the saga as well as a video of the delineate solid nosotros did rent).
Since our top dog priority was having a minor marriage ceremony alongside our family, nosotros decided to displace the ceremony to the middle of the week. We outset checked alongside everyone to brand certain they could live at that topographic point as well as and then decided on Thursday, September 5th. That agency nosotros could convey a total hateful solar daytime to ourselves earlier everyone else came inward for the weekend. It's also why whenever I talked almost the marriage ceremony I said it wouldn't live rattling traditional inward the feel of a typical timeline as well as it would all brand feel after the wedding.
Also, equally a side note, everything almost my life is rattling public. And piece I love sharing my life alongside y'all all, I also wanted to relieve some only for us. And it's why I didn't portion our actual marriage ceremony date. Instead, I shared our "public date," which was September seventh alongside y'all all. We created 2 sets of "Save the Dates" as well as invitations as well as the ones that I shared on the weblog + social were the ones sent to our extended identify unit of measurement as well as friends. It also helps explicate why I would encompass some dates but non others. Sorry to anyone who may convey felt deceived, but I promise y'all sympathize why now!
So let's teach into the actual events (that I volition portion to a greater extent than almost when nosotros teach our photos in)!
Tuesday: Travel Day
Tuesday was the start of our delineate solid rental as well as basically a hateful solar daytime for everyone to teach to the island. It worked out good (being the hateful solar daytime later on Labor Day) because it saved us a ton of coin since nosotros were officially inward the offseason. My MIL as well as I flew in, Andrew each drove a auto as well as took a ferry, as well as everyone else flew inward throughout the residual of the day! We did a lot of errands that hateful solar daytime similar grocery shopping, setting upward the house, picking upward packages, etc. And only hung unopen to the delineate solid piece everyone got in.
Wednesday: Rehearsal Day
On Wednesday, Andrew as well as I took our guests out for 2 dissimilar events: he took the boys golfing, as well as I took the girls, my dad, as well as the kids sailing. This was our footling agency of treating everyone to something fun on the island! After that, nosotros had some fourth dimension to walk unopen to the island, picked upward Provisions for lunch, as well as met dorsum at the delineate solid to gear upward some more. We also rehearsed at the exact fourth dimension of the wedding, finalized timing, as well as received our tabular array + chair rentals. For dinner, nosotros went to Breeze inward the Nantucket Hotel that was hosted past times Andrews's parents.
Thursday: Wedding Day
This was the large day!! We spent the entire hateful solar daytime at the delineate solid from getting ready, to the ceremony, dinner at the delineate solid catered past times a chef, as well as and then puddle + games after.
Friday: Welcome Day
Fri was a launder weather-wise (thanks to Dorian), hence nosotros only hung unopen to the house, recovered, cleaned, went into town, met upward alongside friends as well as got create for the welcome political party that night! We had to cancel the nutrient truck that was scheduled as well as instead only decided to teach it catered, hence people didn't convey to hold off exterior inward the bad weather. The welcome political party was at the house, as well as that was our outset fourth dimension seeing our identify unit of measurement + friends for the weekend!
Saturday: Reception Day
Thankfully the tempest rolled through quickly, as well as past times 11am the pelting stopped, as well as past times 2pm, the Sun came out. Unfortunately, anyone traveling Sabbatum had their flying + ferries canceled hence Andrew's extended identify unit of measurement were stuck inward New York unable to attend. During the afternoon, nosotros invited everyone to Cisco for beer as well as a practiced fourth dimension lol. Then nosotros went our carve upward ways as well as got create for the reception political party that nighttime at a eating theater on the island. That nighttime was the informal reception political party followed past times an after-party at The Chicken Box.
Sunday: Travel Day
And as well as then it was fourth dimension to teach home! Almost all our friends as well as identify unit of measurement had the same flying dorsum to Westchester Sun morning, hence that made for a fun footling reunion at the airport. The hateful solar daytime consisted of shuttling people to their flights, cleaning the delineate solid upward as well as packing upward the cars to teach home. My parents, my FIL as well as Andrew as well as I were the lastly few left hence nosotros checked out unopen to noon as well as grabbed luncheon at Bartletts Farm. Then nosotros were off on the ferry as well as create for the long drive home.
AND THAT WAS THAT! Crazy right? It was actually a marathon lol, as well as nosotros didn't convey much downtime, but nosotros did convey a lot of fun. My MIL kept maxim the ane give-and-take for the calendar week was "epic." While I agree, it was also a footling exhausting -- emotionally as well as physically! I would create it all ane time to a greater extent than but also non haha. I'm certain immature human being brides tin give notice understand!!
Any leftover questions y'all guys convey almost the timeline of the week? I'm happy to respond them below, only LMK!
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