Two separate celebrations instead of one?

Marilynfan · June 2010

We started to make a list of people we wanted to thank for coming to our wedding (22 people) and additional people who were not even invited to Vegas but sent us a gift (18 people) plus another 10 family members. The thought of hosting a party for 40+ people put me into a panic. DH suggested renting a hall. I'm DONE with planning and I already had the wedding and reception of my dreams. I'm not into now planning a bigger party than what it was. This party is going to be at the end of the summer after we have put in our deck. Most people gave us cash or gift cards towards our deck. This way they get to see what we did as a thank you

I just wanted to have a BBQ at our new house. However, I can't host that many people. So I suggested having 2 different parties. Have just our families over one weekend and then our friends/co-workers on a different weekend. It would keep each party under 25 people. Is this crazy?

ebonyivory10 · June 2010

No, that sounds fine.

dvohnout · June 2010

I think it sounds fine. You can also make it really casual. No formal invites, just bbq at your house. I think this will make it less stressful for you!

EstherS37 · June 2010

I think that sounds perfect.

pumpkinberry22 · June 2010

Sounds perfect to me to

mloeks · June 2010

Sounds good to me...we did a similar thing for our engagement party, hosting a luau in my mother in laws backyard.

chrisandeva · June 2010

I'd rather keep friends and family parties separate anyway, lol.

JBN10022010 · June 2010

We are doing something similar, but for our Vegas reception. We were planning on having a reception in our suite. Well,we have had more friends and family decide to come than what we were originally planning on. We had to book a larger chapel, moving our wedding time up to noon (which I wasn't excited about but it was either that or 8:00 at night). The larger chapel costs extra money so we are over our budget now. We decided to do a family reception in our suite from 3:30 - 6:30, then have our friends come at 7:30 for the real party. That way we don't have to go even further over our budget to find a place to host our whole guest list for a reception.

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