Parents Meet = Success!

"You don't choose your family.  They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." -Desmond Tutu

This weekend Ben and I, as well as my parents, traveled to Freeport, MN where his Mom and Dad live.  We got together so our parents could meet each other.  We had a wonderful lunch of Wild Rice Soup, salad, bread and fruit and of course the conversation turned to wedding planning very quickly.

I should back up a little first...Ben and I have talked about where we want out wedding to take place and our #1 choice was Mike and Betsy's backyard.  It is kind of a perfect option, we want outside and simple and their house is on King's Lake which would be a great backdrop.  We were a little hesitant to bring it up as we thought it would be a lot of pressure, work and stress for Mike and Betsy.  We did ask them when we arrived at their house on Friday night.  They were very excited and said that they would be honored to have it at their home!!!!  YAY!

Alright back to Saturday, wedding conversation...we talked a lot about logistics and details and threw around a lot of different ideas about everything from seating to decorations to flowers to guest lists.  Ben and the Dad's disappeared as quickly as possible, of course.  But it was fun, and of course a little overwhelming, to explore all of the options there are in wedding planning.  We also talked about dates. We decided that September 13th or September 20th, 2014 were the winning dates.  We want to leave a little flexibility depending on dates that are open for whoever we decided to be our officiant (which will probably be the next big decision we will need to make).

So far we have A) colors and B) location and C) date(s) planned.  It makes me very excited that we are much ahead of any wedding planning timeline that I have come across!  Woohoo!

It seemed as if our parents hit it off.  It was very nice to meet at Mike and Betsy's house rather than at a restaurant, more relaxed environment and we had all afternoon rather than just an hour or so that we would have had at a restaurant.