June 9, 2007
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Planning Journal

2.27.07 ~ My Dress!!!!

I finally got the phone call today!!  My dress is in!!  I am sooo excited....I can't wait to go try it on!!! :)

2.18.07 ~ back!

okay, I am back from my mini hiatus with more planning completed!! 

All the girls have their bridesmaids dresses and they look gorgeous on!!  (you'll have to wait to see :)

We have picked out all the tuxes now, our groom is going to look soo hot in his tux, and of course all of the groomsmen and dads will look extremely handsome as well!!  (we have a really good looking wedding party all around :)~

Also, we took our parents up to the Ocean View for our food tasting last night...OMG....the food there is DELICIOUS...I have NO idea how we are going to decide what to serve :)  I might just need some suggestions from everyone!!

up next....cake and flower time!!  Too fun!!

1.13.07 ~ more updates

Well I let the planning slide for the holidays but we have definitely got a lot more taken care of.  Bridesmaids and Junior Bridesmaids dresses are on order, The Flower Girl dress is being picked out this week :)  We now have our videographer and we also just picked a wonderful place for our Rehearsal Dinner!  We went there for lunch and the food is just amazing!!!

Up next, meeting with the dad and the florist (one of my favorite parts!), picking out tuxes, and our food tasting will be February 10th!  I am soo excited!  I can't believe we are down to under 5 months!

1.17.07 ~ Bridesmaid Dresses

...are coming in early!!

They should be in next week!!!!!!!!

 

10.10.06 ~ Updates

Just a few updates in our planning because it's been a while!  We have booked our JP for the wedding and our day of coordinator as well.  Holly and the bridesmaids have done round one of their dress shopping.  So far we definitely have a favorite contender.  More shopping and decisions to come soon!!

9.05.06 ~ Dress Shopping

I found my wedding Dress!!  WooHoo!!!  YAY!!

 


6.21.06 ~ Check out our photo gallery for a preview of our engagement pictures!!

 

6.17.06 ~ Took Engagement Pictures

We met Rachel at Spot Pond this morning to take our pics, we had so much fun!  Can't wait to get them back now!!

 

6.12.06 ~ Finally Rescheduled

Engagement Pictures have finally been rescheduled for this Saturday.  And we moved the site to Spot Pond were we met!  It's so pretty there!!!  YAY!

 

6.3.06 ~ Pics Cancelled

Engagement pictures were cancelled today :(

Bummer!!!  Still waiting to reschedule!

 

5.3.06 ~ Scheduled Engagement Photos!!

Engagement Photos are scheduled to be taken Sunday June 4, 2006 at the Weeks Footbridge and the surrounding area on the Charles!!!  SOOO Excited!

 

5.1.06 ~ Engagement Photos

Engagment picture locations

does anyone have any ideas for where we can take our engagment pictures?

we want water, sand and grass!  And of course Holly wants flowers!!!

are we asking for too much?

Will be scheduling with Rachel within the next day or two!!

 

Planning in a nutshell

 4.11.06 ~ And Another one Down...
Signed our contract with our photographer, Rachel McPherson today!! We are so excited to work with her!
You can check her out here, although it will be another month or so before she gets a lot more pictures up!
 
And Picked the DJ!!
We met with Brett and spoke with Aaron. Brett was EXACTLY what we were looking for, he will be INCREDIBLE!! So you all better be up for a long night of dancing! Bring some comfy shoes!!!
   
  
 Photographer Picked!
Rachel McPherson from www.decenturbanweddings.org. Holly took Audrey in to meet her together (someone had to know what they were talking about) and she was amazing! Holly loved her and we all clicked right away! She will do engagement photo's, rehearsal, and entire day of wedding!!
We are sooo excited to work with her!
 
Looking for Photographer
Well we are on the hunt for a photographer...
What a process...all we want is someone not too expensive and we don't even need albums, we can do those ourselves. We just want TONS of photos!
Any ideas...???
2.20.20 ~ Signed the Contract!
Signed our contract at the Ocean View Inn and Resort today! We LOVE the place! 9 hour rental, water is across the street, ceremony on location, BEAUTIFUL View, 5 bedroom suite above the hall for an entire weekend wedding!!
 
 Location Picked!
We've picked a place!!
The Ocean View Inn and Resort - Gloucester, MA
Right on the water!!!
Ceremony will be outside on the water, starts at 2!!! YAY!!!
I'm sooo happy that’s done!! I can breathe again!!
 
 Narrowing it Down…
Okay, we decided for our own sanity to give up on the Cape idea. So we are focusing now on the North Shore. Today we narrowed down our options to 2!
The Nahant Country Club (not on the water, but close enough for pics, beautiful ceremony area, and awesome bar!! Hehe)
The Ocean View Inn, Gloucester (right on the water, suite, big hall; hotel, suite, and pool in one area ours for the weekend)
 
 The Hunt Begins...
Well we have a few places to look at in the next coming weekends.
We are still looking for on the water and now since we know we want a "weekend wedding", we are looking down the Cape. But man is it pricey! We fell in love with the Wequassett Inn in Chatham.
But of course we will be looking on the North Shore as well, checking out a the Emerson Inn in Rockport, Castle Hill in Ipswich, The Elks and The Ocean View Inn in Gloucester, and the Nahant Country Club and doing a few more drive by's as well.
If anyone has any ideas, feedback is great and will help us create the perfect day for our guests. It's almost as if we just want it to be great for YOU.
We want everyone to eat and enjoy it. We want everyone to dance and have fun.
And we just want to be married ;)
 
 
We’re in Love!!
We drove down the Cape this morning to see the Wequassett Inn. It is amazing!! If we could have we would have booked it on the spot.
Few downsides though…getting everyone to the Cape and possibly having to do the ceremony on a Sunday night hmmm…
 
 
 
01.29.06 ~ We Picked the Date!!!!!
June 9, 2007!!
(ps…it will be a happy 2nd birthday for Mason Simpson :)
 
Introduction
Hello everyone!
We have created this page to keep Holly sane and maybe keep Marc updated as to what is going on during the planning stages! :)
Currently we are looking for a venue that will allow us to have a wedding on the water, we'd love to be outside.
Thank you and love you all.
Holly & Marc xo