We went from having a venue for the wedding/reception to agreeing on a backyard wedding and I am ok with that. It's actually saving us $1000 or more that we can put towards something else wedding related like more on food or honeymoon. Here is how we got to this point....
Previously we were going to rent our local Shrine Club. Not what I originally wanted but in our budget and it is still very nice venue. But I done got aggravated that we are having to wait til November before we can even pay our deposit because they told us with all the events that they do through out the year, they had to wait on their 2024 calendar of events before we could actually pay our deposit to make sure that they didn't have an event already scheduled for our day, which the guy had ensured us that our date would be available by looking at their past events for our wedding month. But I was still a bit unsure and scared that we would wait until November, and they would have something booked on our date already by the time they got their calendar of events and then we would be back to square one so in the mean time I have been looking at other places and other options. And I am one that likes to get things done ahead of time and not wait til last minute. So I been really worried about waiting til November to get the venue set in stone that I knew I couldn't do anything related to invitations cause we didn't have anything set in stone. So I have been stressing over that issue. Fast forward to now.....
My FH's brother has encountered some health issues and him and his brother are very close. So his brother (my FH BIL) wanted to have a cookout at his place this past weekend because he had gotten some bad news from his Dr on Friday. He's had some trouble with with his right foot for the past 2 or 3 years. Well it had started getting somewhat better to where he could walk on it a little bit up until the weekend that my FH and I moved and his brother come to help us move and he over done it a bit and now he's back to square one with his foot. Well the bad news with his foot is that they are gonna have to go in and amputate his foot sometimes this week. He goes into the hospital today to see when surgery will take place. So if you can find time to say a small prayer for him, I would greatly appreciate it. So back to my post.
We went over to his place on Saturday. It was my FH, myself, my FBIL, my MOH, and Our BM. We were sitting out on the back patio and my MOH, BM and FH were talking wedding details and FBIL joined us on the back patio and heard us talking about wedding details and he looks at us and said, why don't y'all save your money and have your wedding right here in my backyard. And I was like are you serious ? (I said that in a happy way) and he said yes I am serious. So FH and I talked it over with our MOH and BM and we gladly accepted it. Because we know once he has this amputation done, his going like he does now is gonna come to a screeching halt for a good while so if we have it elsewhere, he will not be able to attend. And we want him there...
So my question is, how do I word my invitations now that we are having a backyard wedding at his brother's ? How do I put the location/address on there ? I don't want it to sound too forward or weird or out of place. I am lost here since our location has changed to a backyard wedding now. Please help. Any and all ideas are welcome.
Sorry for the very long post. TIA.
