Hi,
I am trying to figure out how to have the start of our wedding reception run smoothly. We are having an afternoon ceremony with a break after to allow to time for our formal photos. Then we are having a small but formal dinner where we will just have our family and wedding party. The dinner is to take place at the reception location. But I am wondering, since our family and wedding party will already be there when the rest of the guests arrive after dinner has been taken care of, do we also then sit and wait for the rest of our guests or do we leave to re-enter again once everyone else shows up? It just seems silly to sit and wait but seems kind of awkward for our family who has already spent time with us to see us leave and return again. Has anyone else had a similar situation and how did you run things smoothly?