Everyone who is invited to the wedding is invited to Friday night’s Welcome Party. Please come and celebrate with us. It is not often you get to celebrate with all of your friends and family and we want to be able to do that so we hope everyone can join in the festivities for both evenings.
We have a room block that is described in the Travel section. We believe this is the best hotel in town for multiple reasons and highly recommend it. We use this property frequently for large events for our company. There are plenty of other major hotel chains in town if you desire to stay elsewhere. We recommend booking early at The George as the room block will fill up.
Your best Wranglers, Boots, and Ballgowns. Heck, it is Texas after all. For those of you not blessed with that attire, Friday night is casual. Jeans are perfectly fine. The wedding is cocktail attire.
The honest answer is we have no idea. But, if the last 5 years are any indication the highs will be in the high-50s to mid-60s and there will be no rain. The lows are generally in the high 30s to low 40s. With that said, the weather is terribly unpredictable that time of year so watch your forecasts and plan for it to change multiple times.
We are hoping that 100% of you can join us to celebrate and that will be gift enough for the two of us. Please know, we do not need or expect any gifts. If you want to do something in honor of our marriage, we have posted information below in this FAQ section and the registry page about two non-profit initiatives that are important to us if folks want to make a donation: 1) The Bradley H. Tidwell ‘83 and Dr. Claire Renzetti Fish Camp Excellence Endowment at Texas A&M University Foundation; and 2) Heartisans Marketplace in Longview, Texas.
While there is plenty of Uber and Lyft in Bryan-College Station, a car is always a good idea in most Texas cities. Unless you are flying into College Station or driving in, you likely need a rental car from IAH or DFW. We do plan to have transportation from The George (the wedding hotel) to and from the Friday night Welcome Party and the Saturday night wedding venue. There will be more details reference that transportation at the hotel when you arrive.
We will be adding suggestions under Things To Do tab as we move forward. There actually many fun and interesting things to do around Bryan-College Station. We are trying to arrange some private tours of the Bush Presidential Library and Museum and a behind the scenes tour of Kyle Field for you college football fans. Even if you pull for the dreaded t-sips, this would be a neat tour.
In 2024, Brad was honored as a namesake for one of Texas A&M’s six annual Fish Camps, which Texas A&M incoming freshman attend for three days the summer before starting school. We had the pleasure of working with 25 upperclassmen who are responsible for supporting and guiding the freshman through the camp as they prepare to enter college. This program is not your typical college orientation (that happens separately); it’s really to prepare the incoming freshmen for the opportunities and challenges of college life. Not to be overly dramatic, it was probably the most fulfilling experience the two of us have had in a long time. We were so impressed with the commitment, sincerity, and quality of the counselors and incoming freshmen. Not only were we impressed with these students but also with the depth and breadth of their commitment to creating both a memorable experience and solid foundation for their fellow Aggies to be successful as they embark on arguably one of the most formative periods of their lives. We can’t stress enough how strong an impression these young people made on us and we encourage everyone to find similar ways to support students at your own Alma Mater as well. If you would like to support this endowment, please use the QR Code at the top of the registry page.
Heartisans is a local Longview, Texas non-profit that is dedicated to empowering women and transforming lives through their workplace readiness program and marketplace. We have actively supported their efforts, particularly their food insecurity initiatives by helping provide onsite meals for their program participants who often do not have the resources to properly feed their families. Heartisans is 100% locally funded and receives no local, state, or federal funding. They have recently purchased a dozen duplexes next to their site to also provide housing for mostly single mothers while they get the training and skills they need to become job-ready and independent. If you would like to make a donation to Heartisans, please use the QR Code at the top of the registry page.