The shuttle bus will take two trips to the church from the Country Inn & Suites by Radisson hotel: first trip at 2pm, second trip at 2:35pm. There will be two shuttle bus trips from the church to the reception, feel free to take either one. The bus will be making continuous rounds from reception to hotel at the end of the night from 8-11pm.
The church has a dedicated parking lot right next to the church. In addition, there's parking along the sides of the church and behind in the gravel lot. There's also street parking.
Reception parking will be at the LeRoy Sportsman's Club (7819 North 2850 East Road, LeRoy, IL 61752) with complimentary shuttle service to the Pliura house. There will also be complimentary service back to the parking lot.
Please arrive at least 15 minutes early.
There will be a cocktail hour around the horse barn next to the gym from 4:30-5:30pm. Then we will make our way into the gym for dinner, drinks and dancing.
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Semi-formal and/or cocktail attire (e.g., men in dress pants, jacket). Ladies - feel free to bring a spare pair of shoes for the cocktail hour. It will be on grass and there is some gravel to walk across to get to the gym.
Whip is Natalie's "sweet pumpkin baby" black cat that she rescued in Dallas. Sadly, Whip now prefers cuddles with Mark over Natalie. Whip's favorite part of the day was biting Mark's brother, Travis, before she moved up to Illinois. M is Mark's cute cattle dog who now lives with Natalie and Mark in Illinois. M was recently introduced to cheese, peanut butter and her playmate Stella. The name "M" comes from the code name of the head of MI6 in the James Bond movies.
One of Zeke's friends, Buddy, kept telling Natalie about "this one guy from Texas" who Buddy knew from working harvest down in Texas. Natalie didn't expect much but decided to head over to Buddy & Shelby's house anyway with a pitcher of margaritas. Natalie went back to Texas a few months later and met Mark for the first few dates in Waco. Mark had a mustache for the first date...but thankfully had the good sense to remove it for the future dates.
Mark has one sister, Mikayla, and one brother, Travis. They are the best! Natalie has three brothers: Cole, Zeke and Zeb. Cole and Zeke are her quadruplet brothers and Zeb is five years younger. Natalie still prefers to boss them around.
They love to cook with each other! Mark is a master BBQ man and enjoys trying new recipes. He also loves playing golf, trying new restaurants with Natalie, and watching sports. Natalie is SO EXCITED to start riding horses again and spending more time outside. She enjoys working out, long walks in the timber with M, and being Mark's top taste tester. Mark may think he's the better cook, but we'll see in time when we settle down!