*Still very early in planning* We have been researching venues and trying to plan a budget and several of the places we are looking at offer discounts for earlier receptions. As there are LOTS of children in our families, (and I have a child who will be in the ceremony with us and wouldnt DREAM of leaving out of my reception) it is a given that it will be kid friendly. We were thinking of having a timeline kinda like this: 12 ceremony2 lunch family friendly reception (prolly about 3-4 hours looking at venues) then a couple hour break 9-10 ish renting out a bowling alley or hitting up a bar for adult only activities--Question (s) are these: Has anyone ever done something like this before? Should you put the after-party on the invitations? By doing it this way, we kinda want to keep our alcohol cost down for the reception (its a lot cheaper to buy a keg of beer and some pizzas at the bowling alley and let others fend for their liquor) and only serve minimal (would prefer none) alcohol at the reception especially since its the time of day we are considering.