The CHURCH

Okey Dokey. This post, as the title suggests is all about the church. Complete with PICTURES!


The first: as everyone should know, the date. JULY 9th, 2011 at 2 pm. The ceremony will take place at St James Church in Manchester. Its a beautiful, Catholic Church located on Main Street. 

The Outside

Panoramic View down the isle. All of the windows on the side are stained glass. Very pretty!

A Closer in View of the aisle.

Zoom in of the alter. This is where Alan and I will be standing to get married!!!

This is the organ pipes. They are in the back of the church. So pretty! The detailing on this church is so pretty!

An example of the detailing. This is the ceiling.

So, in any case, the church is all set. And gorgeous. Its better in person, trust me. The mass that we are having is a FORMAL Catholic nuptial mass, it will take about an hour and 15 minutes to an hour and a half. When all is said and done, we will probably be leaving the church around 3:45 for pictures.

In terms of decorations for the actual ceremony: not too much. The Church itself is already extremely beautiful. We will be getting an aisle runner to cover up the icky green carpet that is currently the aisle. It will be traditional plain white. There may or may not be red rose petals sprinkled down it. (We don't really have a flower girl, so who knows.) In addition, I am making PEW BOWS that we will have to tie onto the outside of the pews. (The sides facing the aisle.) Here is a picture of one. The ties are built right into the bow, so it shouldn't be too difficult. 

See me in the background? lol.

That is really it for decorations. Like I said, the church is very ornate in its own right and I don't want to add to much and make it look tacky. Also, I am cheap. 

For music: we will have an organist and soloist. No, the wedding march will not be played. No secular music is allowed in the church. Alan and I have a meeting with the organist and soloist about the musical selections in January. When I know more, you will as well. I do know that the soloist has a magnificent voice. That is about it.

In terms of entering and exiting the church: Each groomsman and bridesmaid walks down the aisle individually in the beginning and leave as a pair at the end (symbolism of entering apart and leaving married). However, there are WAY more groomsmen than there are bridesmaids. Specifically there are 4 bridesmaids and 7 groomsmen. Here is how we are going to get around that: Caitlin, as everyone may or may not know is the maid of honor for 3 reasons:

1.) She knows Alan and I the best together, and will therefore be able to make a toast with more ease at the wedding

2.) She is currently is close proximity to me and can help me shop, paint, construct, and preform all other manner of maid of honor tasks that you guys cannot.

3.) I love you all so much and could not decide except by practical reasons. 

As is custom, she will be entering and walking down the aisle right before me. She will also be the first to leave the church after me. The best man is Dax Blemberg. He will escort her down the aisle as is traditional. The other groomsmen are Andy, Alan's brother, Dan, Alan's cousin, Mike Kerfoote, Alan's friend from high school, Justin, Alan and I's friend from college, and my two brothers. Pictures, I figure will be helpful to prevent the most awkward wedding party ever. I am working on Pictures for Mike Kerfoote and Dan. They don't have facebook pages that I can rob. Dang.

DAX! The bestest best man ever!

ANDY! Alan's Brother. He doesn't talk much. Don't be offended if it happens.

JUSTIN! One of my favorite people IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. Great sense of humor...very dry. Laughs like Santa Clause.

Jordan. My Brother. Everyone Probably knows this one, but hey.

Jerome trying to look sensitive and deep. Most likely drunk. :) (BEN PERRY SMILEY!) Also my brother. Duh.

In any case, now that you know who they are, here is the BIG NEWS! You get to walk with not one, BUT TWO of these loverly gentleman down the aisle. Lucky you guys! You will henceforth be known for all time as CHICKY BUFFERS! (And possibly polygamists) I have no idea what order this will take place in. Perhaps we will all get together and play some sort of game to decide. Any ideas anyone?

The last bit that I can think of right now is that, no, you will not have to stand there the whole time. Cause I love you. :)