Rose Ceremony

The moms are sold on it, they want a rose ceremony. I had never heard of it until we went to the museum last Sunday.

Both mothers (or parents I guess) are given a rose and hand the rose to their respective children. So for the bride and groom the last gift from their parents is the first gift to each other.

I want to use two wooden roses so we can keep them. I know someone that makes them. She and I worked together at my very first job and we are now back together at my new job.

Table names

I don't like table numbers at all. I don't like people to think that the higher the number they are(ex. table 20 out of 20) the less important they are to us. I like table numbers instead. We were originally going to go with different varieties of wine but we switched to different New York State Wineries. Here's the list in ABC order:
Applewood
Arbor Hill
Atwater Estate
Brickstone
Bully Hill
Casa Larga
Cascata
Cayuga Ridge
Chateau LaFayette
Deer Run
Dr. Konstantin Frank

Fox Run
Glenora
Goose Watch
Heron Hill
Keuka Spring

Lakeshore
Long Point
Rooster Hill
Sheldrake Point
Six Mile Creek
Standing Stone
Thirsty Owl
Widmer
Woodbury

Please raise your glass to toast... Mr. Jim Beam

We have a few speeches during our reception... our fathers, Uncle Marion's poem, best man, maid of honor, "sisters of honor." And we thought about a champagne toast. We have been planning on Jason and my Grandpop doing a shot of bourbon together. I thought about it and decided that we should just use bourbon! Jason loves Jim Beam, it's his favorite. So I think we're going to pass around shots of bourbon instead of champagne.... we'll have apple juice or something else for anyone who doesn't want to. But who wouldn't want to, right? Ha ha. It will be my first shot of bourbon. I like little touches that reflect Jason and I.