details about the welcome party drinks and food are below!
All drinks are on us for the evening, enjoy! Tito's vodka, Cutler's gin, Bacardi rum, Herradura Silver tequila, Woodford Reserve bourbon, Johnny Walker red scotch, beer, wine
There will be a variety of pizzas (margherita, four cheese, caramelized onion, and chorizo sausage), a salami platter with flatbread, and desserts served at 8pm.
I'll be walking down the aisle with my dad to the piano version of "Better Together" by Luke Combs :) Blaise's sister, Brooke, is going to be the officiant. We'll have his sister, Paige, and my brother, Trent, included as well through readings. Blaise and I will be reading personal vows!
Mixed drinks, signature cocktails (hugo spritz and tequila sunrise), beer, and wine are on us for this hour! Mixed drinks will be available for purchase via cash bar for the rest of the evening, but are free to you for this hour, so order all the mixed drinks now!! Smirnoff vodka, Beefeater gin, Cruzan rum, El Jimador Blanco tequila, Evan Williams Black bourbon, Jim Beam rye, Dewar's White Label scotch, Rittenhouse rye ... specific beer and wine are on the bar sign :) Passed appetizers: pulled pork slider with cabbage and mustard slaw, meatball with spicy tomato sauce, & baked fingerling potato with goat cheese and sea salt We'll be on the rooftop where we'll stay for the rest of the night. We kindly ask you to stay in the bar/fireplace/pool area for this hour, then we'll go sit at the tables for dinner.
The bar will be closed from 6-7pm for dinner, so make sure to have your drink sorted by the end of cocktail hour!
We'll go directly from cocktail hour to our first dance!
The appetizer will be a Caesar salad alongside dinner rolls with butter. The entree will be plated - chicken, salmon, or pasta based on which option you chose.
A champagne toast will be poured prior to speeches starting. The best man, Blaise's brother, Brent, and my Maid of Honor, Emilie, as well as our dads, Joe and Kevin, will do speeches.
My dad and I will dance to "Lean on Me", the same song that my mom and her dad danced to at my parent's wedding.
Beer, wine, and signature cocktails are on us for the rest of the night! Mixed drinks are still available for purchase via cash bar.
Our card box will be a leather briefcase with "Andries" on it :) The "guest book" will be a map of the cities that we are going to on our honeymoon. During cocktail hour or after dinner is a great time to sign it! We'll frame it once we get back home :) The books on the corners that will hold the map down are the 4 countries we are going to.
Blaise and I will cut a small gluten free caramel chocolate cake. Almond and chocolate croissants as well as cinnamon hazelnut maple rolls, all from Renaud's Patisserie, will be the dessert!
Beginning around 8pm, we have a date with the dance floor for the rest of the night :)