-----Food----- Since this will be an outdoor fall wedding, we are having a picnic! So find the coziest spot in your house, set up a few blankets and pillows, and bring along your favorite picnic foods. Some suggestions are hoagies, fruit salad, macaroni salad, and for dessert donuts or cupcakes! -----Signature cocktail - Spiked apple cider recipe----- Join the fun with this easy fall cocktail! Ice Apple cider Rum (black spiced rum ideally) Ginger ale or ginger beer Garnish with apple slice -----Playlist (Apple Music or Spotify)----- No wedding is complete without music! Check out our wedding playlist or blast your favorite tunes. The link will be posted in the comments soon! -----Send us pictures----- Drop pictures of you all dressed up and enjoying the virtual wedding (don’t forget your furry family members). Leave them in our Facebook event throughout the day! We may even print them out and save them in our wedding album ;) -----Games----- Weddings are full of fun, and virtual weddings can be fun too! Jim and I created a little competition between guests! Compete and you could win a target gift card. Three winners will be chosen: best pajamas, fanciest dressed, and funniest outfit. Good luck! -----Livestream----- We know everybody is patiently waiting to hear how they can tune in on the 15th. Jim and I are still working out the details, but don’t worrying you’ll know soon enough! Thank you so much for making this pandemic wedding one to remember even though you can’t be there in person!

-------- What is a self-uniting/Quaker wedding? -------- A self-uniting ceremony or “quaker wedding” is one in which the couple are married without the need of a third party officiant. These marriages only require the signatures of two witnesses in place of an officiant. -------- Why are you not getting married in a church? Why can I not come to the ceremony? -------- We will not be having a traditional ceremony for three reasons: 1) COVID is preventing us from having one. 2) Neither of us is religious. 3) It costs more than having a Quaker/Self-Uniting wedding. We are only allowing our very immediate family (parents and siblings) at our ceremony. We are doing this for the safety of all our guests, and hope you will watch from the safety of your own home. Our ceremony will also be very short (10-15 minutes) and light-hearted. We don’t want anybody to travel for a very short and casual ceremony. -------- What is a virtual wedding? -------- Since COVID has uprooted our plans, we had to think of a new way to have everybody at our wedding. A virtual wedding allows us to have everybody there, but also keep everybody safe. Guests will be able to see our ceremony and be there afterwards from the comfort of their own home. We understand it is not ideal, but we would rather have everybody safe than run the risk of infecting and possibly killing people at our wedding.

-------- How do we attend a virtual wedding? -------- We will post a link on our website and Facebook event. The link will have step by step directions to join the virtual event. We have not decided on a platform for the wedding just yet. Because of COVID, we are trying our hardest to adapt to this new situation, and thank you for your patience. -------- How can we reach you if we have questions? -------- On our wedding website, specifically the FAQ page, at the top is Jim’s email address. If you would rather text/call us, please email Jim for our numbers. The website is a public website (anybody can look at it), so we don’t want to put our numbers on there for safety reasons. If you know anybody that has questions/concerns please send them to the website. We can’t help you if we don’t know there is a problem. -------- Where do I send a gift, card, etc? -------- If you would like to send us a gift, card, etc., please send it to Sarah's parents' house. If you need the address, contact us via email, text, or direct message us. The email address can be found on the Wedding website. Since the website is a public site (anybody can look at it), we will not be putting any mailing addresses on there for safety reasons. If you are uncomfortable sending a gift, card, etc there and would rather run the risk of your package being stolen, then we can give you our address. However, we live in a major city and packages can sometimes disappear. We strongly suggest sending anything to Sarah’s parents’ house so it won’t get lost.

Jim and I are saddened to share that we had to make the decision to cancel our wedding reception. We apologize to anyone who has already purchased outfits or any other items for the reception at SOMO. This decision was extremely hard to make but a necessary one. With COVID-19 rising once again in the United States, the debate whether to wait and see if things get better or just go ahead and cancel came up again. Ultimately we decided the safety of our most vulnerable family and friends was more important than our wedding. We understand the value of a wedding in American culture and offer an alternative. Jim and I, along with our most immediate family, will be having an in person ceremony. We know the rest of you would love to be there as much as we would love to have you there. The creation of this event is to invite all our you to watch our marriage from the safety and comfort of your own home. This allows for the safety of all of our loved ones and most importantly making sure everybody can attend. We love you all and thank you for your understanding in uncertain times.

Like any romantic love story of the 21st century, this story starts with a dating app. Jim was searching high and low for a while; almost to the point of giving up, but then he found Sarah. Sarah on the other hand was only on this dating app for five days, and decided Jim was good enough. Why on Earth did such a smart and beautiful woman settle for Jim? Well you see he won her over with his clever introduction; a gif. After sending back and forth jokes, the two decided to go on a date. On a very cold January night in 2018, the two grabbed drinks at The Bard's. Jim thought it would be a good idea to make Sarah talk most of the night and only inserting few sentences here and there, including the fact that his dad is dead. Apparently that didn't turn Sarah away, so the two headed to Barcade so Sarah could kick ass at Street Fighter. The date went so well that the two went to the Art Museum the very next day, and ever since then the two have been inseparable.