As a part of our registry, we chose to provide an option to donate to a local food bank. Chicago has been amazing for us, and giving back to the city is important to us.

This is a group gift on Amazon.

We are hoping to use credit card points to offset the cost of flights - but flights to Japan ain't cheap, so your support can help us get the rest of the way there!

While there will be much exploring while in Japan, it's still our honeymoon, so we plan to take a day to relax at a Japanese thermal spa.

If you have a favorite restaurant and/or food item that is a must try in Japan, let us know! If you choose this gift, we promise to send pictures of the amazing food we try.

NewlyNamed compiles all of the documents you need to make a legal name change, and also allows you to provide them the common information asked across these forms so that they can automatically fill out many of the forms for you. This will be extremely helpful to Ellie as she officially becomes a Vandersteen.