We are planning to get married/exchange vows at our housewarming party. This will not be a standard “wedding” event. Our idea was basically to have housewarming party, and then go ahead and get married at it while our friends and family are already gathered together, as we made the decision to buy a house instead of buying a wedding. We don’t want anyone arriving with false expectations of a fancy event with rented chairs and catered food, because we just don’t have the money for that. We would love for our closest friends and family to witness us exchange vows with each other and celebrate our new house. Although we would love to see everyone on the invite list, we understand that it is asking a lot for our out-of-town friends & family to come all the way here and buy hotel rooms to come to a party, the way people would to come to a fancy wedding. But we would love to see anyone who wants to come to our housewarming party, and if you do, then you will also see us get married! We just don’t want anyone to feel disappointment or to have lofty expectations about what sort of event this will be. We do understand and will not be offended for those that are unable to make it. We just want everyone to understand that it will not be your typical wedding event; it will be very casual, with a party atmosphere instead of a wedding atmosphere. If you have well-behaved children, please bring them so that Leia has some people to play with. We would like this to be potluck style event, with everyone bringing something to contribute, like food dishes, beverages (alcoholic and nonalcoholic), etc. If you’re not able to cook a dish, you could just bring a bag of chips & dip, or possible a cheese platter, fruit platter, or vegetable platter, a 12-pack or 2 liter of soda, juice, etc. Please see the schedule section of this website for a list of stuff that people have already volunteered to contribute.