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Sunday, August 13, 2000

Kristine, Megan, Lisa, and Shelley will be staying at Kristine's house saturday night, and when they get up and around on Sunday morning, they will go out to CAA to pick up the flowers. On their way from CAA to Hockinson, they will put up balloons on the corners to the church so people can't get lost on the way. Someone should check on these later on in the day (mom and dad when they come?) to make sure the balloons are still up.

Kristine and the girls will make sure all flowers and decorations are finished from the night before. Karen may come and help with this in the morning depending on how the decorations went the night before. Roses petals should be sprinkled on the table centers and filled into the flower girl basket which needs to be decorated.

Shelli and Len need to arrange for pick up of the food and cake at noon and get it out the church. The kitchen staff - Karen, Sarah, Nicole, and Sarah - can arrive around 2 to set up the meat trays, put mints and nuts in bowls, make sure the tables will be arranged nicely with the boxes to elevate some of the dishes and the large flower arrangement. All food should be ready to go before the ceremony, and then after the ceremony, actually be placed on the table while we are doing the receiving line

By noon, everything that Kristine and the girls need to do should be done. Starting with Megan, the makeup and hair should be done. That way, Megan will be able to help with all prep for Kristine. Next comes Lisa and Shelley, and then starting on me. Have Sarah Booth hand out flowers to all in picturesWe should be finished with being ready but 2:45. Check in with Doug Congleton at this time and be ready for pictures. Make sure he catches pictures of when Eric first sees me, and then proceed into the formal pictures with friends and family.

Pictures should be done by 3:45.

Kellie, Lori, and Leonard should be in place at 4:00. Prelude music will be started at 4:10 by Gabe, who will keep an eye on the sound system so that Canon doesn't start before it's supposed to.

Procession:

Leonard and the groomsmen will be escorting people to their seats.
Processional music begins - Canon in D - Processional order as follows
My mom and Eric's mom will be lighting the candelabra candles and then sit in their seats at the front.
Eric and Groomsmen will enter from the side to stand in the front with the Pastor
- Shelley
- Lisa
- Megan
- Caley, Matthew, and Katy - Caley will be sprinkling flowers with one hand and have one arm over Matthew (also holding basket in that hand), Matthew will have both arms extended for the girls, and Katy will have a Bible.
- song should finish and then pause
My Processional music begins. Dad and I will walk slowly down the aisle together. When we reach the front, I will take Eric's arm or hand and dad will sit down.

Then for how we will stand in the front. I think it will go something like this:

Shelley	Lisa	Megan	Kristine	Eric	Craig	Bert	Greg
Caley and Katy					Matthew

I think this will be the best set up heightwise :-)

During the Ceremony, Eric and I will face each other, and Pastor Lutz will be behind us. Megan will hold my bouquet for much of the service so Eric and I can hold hands. When Megan needs to straighten my dress, Lisa will hold my bouquet and give Shelley Megan's bouquet. This will be slightly different when Eric and I light the unity candle because Megan will be singing. We will walk across the stage (?) and light the candle, and when we come back to our places, my dress will need readjusting :-)
Megan and Craig will hold the rings. When we come to the ring exchange, they will hand them to Eric and I.

After we are pronounced man and wife, Eric will lift my veil and kiss me (yea!!) and we will turn and smile and walk out (not too fast like my mom and dad!!). Megan may need to fix my dress as I turn around.

The processional will look like the following

Kristine and Eric

Megan and Craig

Lisa and Bert

Shelley and Craig

Caley and Katy

Leonard and Matthew will stand at either side of the church and dismiss the rows (I think).

Eric and I, as well as our parents (and Megan and Craig?), will line up outside of the front door for the receiving line and then direct people to the reception room. Punch should be getting ready for serving at this time (prepared by Kitchen staff and served by Sarah), and all of the candles should be lit by Karen and Brian and Gabe directly after the service. Brian and Gabe can start the music at this time, as well. (They will both be seated in the front sections of pews with either family so they will be dismissed right after the service is over).

After the receiving line is finished, Megan should check Kristine's makeup before Eric and Kristine make their entrance into the reception room. Megan can alert Brian, and he can announce us "Please welcome Mr. and Mrs. Eric Beeson"

The bridal party can mull around the room for a few minutes or so and then take their seats at the head table. The tables should be as follows:

Head table:

Shelley

Lisa

Megan

Kristine

Eric

Craig

Bert

Craig

Parents tables:

Len, Noralee, Leonard, Matthew, Kellie, Karen
Larry, Lorna, Bonnie, Lori, Katy, Brian, Nancy and Kathy
table close by for Huss family and Tiffany, Sarah, Nicole, and Sarah
table close by for Shelli and Scott and family
table close by for other relatives of Eric.

That should cover all of the attendants, family, and helpers.

Assuming after, people will make a buffet line and get their food. The bridal party and parents tables will go first (Brian can announce this), and then everyone else can line up.

Eric and I will cut the cake at this time. After we do that, Nancy and Kathy can have at the cake and cut the rest of it up for people to eat. Make sure that there are bowls of mints and plenty of punch to drink still to go with the cake.

We should do the intertwined punch drinking after the cake cutting

Craig will make a toast, and Megan will follow with one.

After cake is eaten, I will throw my bouquet. Brian can announce that all single women need to come outside the door to do the bouquet toss. Make sure that pictures get taken of this and the person who catches the bouquet with me. A chair should be placed outside, and I will sit down and let Eric take the garter off (just the throwaway one), and throw it to the single men.

Brian can make an announcement about us heading into the reception room again and enjoying talking while the bride and groom prepare for their exit. Karen should make sure that the food we want to take with us is packed up and in our car while we are dressing.

Lisa and Shelley will be in charge of making sure the the flower girl basket and the program baskets get filled with bubbles and make sure that Caley and Katy each get a basket to walk around the room and hand out bubbles. Brian can make some sort of announcement about the bubbles being to mark our exit.

Megan will come with me and help me change out of my dress and into my going away clothes. Eric will do the same and we will return to the reception room together. We should make some sort of speach thanking the guests for coming and sharing the day with us.

Have Brian tell everyone to get their bubbles out and stand outside while we get in our car (make sure its parked right outside the reception room door and decorated if that is done).

And we will ride off into the sunset!! :-)

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