So...here's the situation. My parents are quite adamant about us getting married in my hometown, a 5 hour drive away from where we live, and I am happy to do so. My grandma (who is 84) lives there, as well as other older family friends, and I wouldn't want them to have to make the trip down here. Our parents' house is also really nice and big, so we can have people stay with us, and we can also have people over for the rehearsal dinner and after the ceremony. These guests will be almost all relatives, with some older family friends/church people, so we won't be having any drinking, dancing, or loud music. It will be a time to eat and visit with friends. The church ceremony will be under 30 minutes.
I still do want a reception with alcohol, toasts, dancing, etc., and FI and I are set on having it at our favourite restaurant here where we live, and we want to invite our younger, local, non-church-going friends from swimming, school, and work. I know that they are much more excited about the drinking and dancing than driving 5 1/2 hours for a 30 minute ceremony.
The tentative plan is to have our church ceremony on the Friday afternoon, followed by food and visiting at my parents' place, then a brunch on the Saturday morning. Then we'll drive down here and have our reception at the restaurant on the Sunday evening. The only people coming from the ceremony to the formal reception will be immediate family and the WP.
Does this sound ok? I feel like our guests fit into two different demographic categories and I think they would all be happy with this sort of arrangement. It's sort of like having a DW and AHR, but only two days apart...can I do this?