After all the guests had taken their seats they began to line up the BP in the hallway. Some of the BP was determined to do something funny and some of them didn't really do anything, so it will definitely be interesting to see the video.
Here's a shot of one of the funnier entrances, I'm really looking forward to seeing this in action.
You can also see the new wallpaper in this shot, and I like it a lot better than what they used to have.
We wanted more of a party atmosphere with plenty of dancing, so DJ Miles said as soon as we came in they would play a dance song or two to get everyone moving before doing our first dance and I was happy with how that worked out.
Then it was time for our first dance which was "The Luckiest". This is another area that I wish we had put a little more thought into
. DH's sister and DBIL had done a choreographed first dance and it was really cool. I didn't really want to worry about having to remember steps and wanted something more natural and us. So we didn't practice at all... and our first dance song was really long... but at least we got some nice pictures of it
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"Who knew this song was so long?"
This was when we randomly threw a turn in there to jazz it up a little.
After that it was time for the toasts. We had decided to save money and not have a champagne toast and figured everyone could toast with the drink of their choice. So as we head to our sweetheart table, the DJ announces that it was time for the toasts with "existing beverage"
, it just made it really awkward and I think people would have figured it out on their own. The other problem was that the bar wasn't set up in the reception room yet, so most people ended up just toasting with water, which was not our intention. So I wish I had known that beforehand.
We were only having the BM and my Dad giving speeches. I figured it would be easier that way since I had two MOH's and neither of them really wanted to give a speech.
Both of the speeches were really great and I'm looking forward to watching them on the video. I know I keep saying that about things, but I'm really so glad we got a video after all since we were on the fence about it.
Time to eat
. We started with Caesar salad plated table side.
The salad was really good and then they brought out the entrees. We didn't get any professional pics of those, but luckily the taking pictures of food seems to run in my family, so we have a picture of the steak.
Jiko Filet Mignon with red wine sauce and four cheese mac-n-cheese. It was sooo good, even better than at the tasting. I only had a little since I was saving room for cake and the dessert party but I really wish we could have had some boxed up for later!
Up next: cake cutting, parent dances, and special guests...