Wedding

Here are some things to consider doing. Some items may not be applicable to you.

Decide where to get married:
- City (consider getting married at your honeymoon location although it might be hard for many guests to attend)
- Specific location
- Ask people to perform functions for wedding, e.g.,
  - Maid of Honor
  - Bridesmaids
  - Best Man
  - Groomsmen/ushers
  - Guest book
  - Cut cake
  - Clean up
  - Take gifts
Determine which family members should be included in which group photos – to help determine how long it will take and so you can notify family members when you’d like for them to be in place for pictures
Decide on a schedule of events including:
- Pictures of family members
- Who will do what
Type up schedule of events including events which are intended to be at specific times and events which will be done in a specific order, e.g.,
- Earliest to drop off kids with babysitter
- Earliest to drop off items for wedding and/or reception
- Attendees seated for ceremony
- Pictures, including who should be in pictures
- Food served (will bride and groom be served first?)
- Champagne provided
- Toast by best man
- Cake cut
- Bride and groom’s first dance
- Bride and groom dance with parents
- Money dance
- Groom removes garter from bride
- Groom throws garter to bachelors
- Bride throws flower bouquet to bachelorettes
- Bride and groom depart
Provide copies of schedule of events to appropriate people, including:
- Wedding coordinator
- Photographer
- Videographer
- Those you would like included in family pictures
Buy gifts for each other

Collect items to take to wedding:
- Safety pins (to fix clothing problems)
- Tissue for bride to put in cuff
- Ring
Don’t tie rings on ring pillow too tight

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