Thanks for the Input

Thanks for the input everyone! We have talked about it, and we'd prefer to have it on November 21, 2009. We'll scope out some reception venues (Angela in person and Jeff via phone pictures) and try to find a place that is open on Nov. 21st. As soon as we've booked a site, we'll let you all know!

Right now, these are the two places we like the best. This one is beautiful in person but can only be reserved for a few hours.
This one, we haven't looked at in person yet, but it's very inexpensive and can be booked for the whole day.

We're going to look at the second one this week (Angela in person and Jeff via pictures and text messages) since Angela has so many days off. Hopefully we'll make the decision soon so the rest of the planning can begin!

First Thanksgiving or December Anniversary

Right now, we need help picking a specific date for the vow renewal and reception. We both want to have something fairly soon after Jeff gets home. The problem with that is that will be right at the beginning of the holiday season. We were playing around with possible dates the other day and Saturday, November 21, 2009 stuck out as a possibility.

We know it's close to Thanksgiving (it's the Saturday right before), but it might be a nice chance for both families to meet and share a nice meal as our "First Thanksgiving" all together. And since it's not on the actual date, the families who need to celebrate the holiday with other factions of their families can still do so that Thursday.

The 21st is also significant because we were married on June 21st. If we do the vow renewal on November 21st, it will be exactly one year and five months after the initial ceremony.

As was posted before, this is just a suggestion. We would like to know if this date will be a problem for anyone now before we save the date.

Another date that we've been thinking about is December 11, 2009. This date is significant to us because it was when we first met in 2007. Almost every month we have been celebrating the 11th as our anniversary.

The issue that might come up with having it on this date would be the fact that it's on a Friday. We would have a later celebration, perhaps starting the vow renewal around 5pm and then dinner and the festivities to follow. We could move it to December 12 so that it would be on a Saturday, and this would be two years and a day after we first met.


Let us know your thoughts or ideas. Leave a comment below.