Sunday
Aug012010
Wedding recap: the reception, v.1
Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 10:40AM
Immediately after the ceremony, we went into reception mode. The wedding was at 4, and the "reception-only" guests were invited to arrive at 5, so we had to hustle. Luckily we had a team of amazing people on our side. While Mike and I mingled, our families moved chairs and tables, set out a few decorations, got the buffet ready.
After talking to a few guests, Mike and I wanted to do photos so we could spend the rest of the evening having fun with our friends and family. We started with family portraits, all sorts of combinations - Mike's dad's side, his mom's side, my dad's side, my mom's side, siblings, parents, grandparents, etc. My family is HUGE and it was hard to wrangle everyone when we needed them. I asked people to hang out nearby until we were done, but with so many people, that's impossible. I will admit, it was frustrating, but really, not a huge deal.
Erica also took a bunch of pictures of Mike and I together, but I'll save those for another post. She also did a great job of capturing other people. I didn't even notice her taking most of them!
(Photos by Photography by Arika Reed.)
I LOVE all the photos we got from the day, but one regret I have is what we missed while we were occupied getting them. Before we were done capturing everything we wanted, before I even thought the reception had really gotten started, people were approaching us to say goodbye. It was really disappointing! But I'm going to blame it on them - talk about eat and run! - so I don't feel bad.
At some point in the middle of photo-taking, we stopped to eat from the UH-MAZE-ING taco bar. I was a little distracted and didn't eat as much as I normally would, but damn those tacos were good. And there was plenty of it. Later we laughed at how much extra we had. We threw a party for 60 and had for about three times that many.
I can't remember the exact sequence, but at some point later we also had ice cream. Instead of cutting the cake, Mike and I made a sundae together. God I love tacos and ice cream. I think we had the best wedding menu EVER!
Cross-posted at Shan & Mike.
After talking to a few guests, Mike and I wanted to do photos so we could spend the rest of the evening having fun with our friends and family. We started with family portraits, all sorts of combinations - Mike's dad's side, his mom's side, my dad's side, my mom's side, siblings, parents, grandparents, etc. My family is HUGE and it was hard to wrangle everyone when we needed them. I asked people to hang out nearby until we were done, but with so many people, that's impossible. I will admit, it was frustrating, but really, not a huge deal.
Erica also took a bunch of pictures of Mike and I together, but I'll save those for another post. She also did a great job of capturing other people. I didn't even notice her taking most of them!
(Photos by Photography by Arika Reed.)
I LOVE all the photos we got from the day, but one regret I have is what we missed while we were occupied getting them. Before we were done capturing everything we wanted, before I even thought the reception had really gotten started, people were approaching us to say goodbye. It was really disappointing! But I'm going to blame it on them - talk about eat and run! - so I don't feel bad.
At some point in the middle of photo-taking, we stopped to eat from the UH-MAZE-ING taco bar. I was a little distracted and didn't eat as much as I normally would, but damn those tacos were good. And there was plenty of it. Later we laughed at how much extra we had. We threw a party for 60 and had for about three times that many.
I can't remember the exact sequence, but at some point later we also had ice cream. Instead of cutting the cake, Mike and I made a sundae together. God I love tacos and ice cream. I think we had the best wedding menu EVER!
Cross-posted at Shan & Mike.
Reader Comments (2)
That swing picture = gorgeous!
Also, I hear your frustration about pictures eating up all the time. The husb and I broke tradition with that one and took all our pictures before the ceremony; that way, afterward we were free to go straight to the reception.
We actually told our photographer we wanted to do that, but there was too much going on before the ceremony, it just didn't happen. Plus we were greeting guests, etc, so getting away for pictures was impossible.