Hello.
My now fiancee proposed to me on a cruise to Mexico about two weeks ago, and though we had talked about getting married the proposal now was a complete surprise - he told almost no one but my dad. I am the kind of girl that has been dying to plan my wedding, but now that the ring is on the finger it's real. Even though Kevin and I don't want a totally formal, overdone wedding there's a lot to do, and our idea's are changing daily. At first we wanted to go to Mexico with just our parents and my sister, then we were going to have the small ceremony here in Seattle and just the two us go to Mexico for a honeymoon right away. We were going to get married in the winter so Mexico would be a way to get away from the Seattle rain. Now we're thinking that it makes sense to have a small ceremony followed by a larger reception on the same day. This means the date should be in early fall or late spring since a larger number or our family is east of the mountains. We are looking for venues on the sound in Des Moines or around North Bend. Idea's a appreciated. I am told that people have small (15 or less) ceremonies and then invite more to the reception, so at this moment I'm trying to figure out how we invite people leetting them know they are invited to the reception following a private ceremony.
Anyway, I write a lot. Looking forward to responses.
Carly