May 17th, 2013 Riverside Pavilion

We chose a date!! This was one of the hardest parts thus far in planning a wedding! It seemed that everybody had in mind when we should or shouldn't get married. We went back and forth for a couple of weeks about different dates. First it was May, then it was August, then it was July, and then back to May. The date is May 17th, 2013! Here are the reasons we chose the date we did:

• May is beautiful in Florida!!
• I have two weeks off of school from April 29th-May 13th and I can devote my attention completely to getting last minute things done for the wedding. (Even though I will be in my first week of summer classes on the 17th, it will be okay bc it is online and there won't be that much work that first week).
• Family members that are also in college, will be out by the 10th, so they will have a week to get down to Florida for our wedding!
• It has always been my dream to get married outside. July is just miserable in Florida. Whereas, May is perfect!
• It will save us about $1000 to have it in May because we do not have to book a church (since we will be getting married outside) and we can have it on a Friday, which is also cheaper. 

So Andy and I are excited about the date. It is super quick, but we are in love and don't see any need in waiting to get hitched. We will be waiting to take our honeymoon in July when I have another break from school! That will give us some time after the wedding to keep saving for the honeymoon!

The location is going to be Riverside Pavilion in Port Orange, FL. Our ceremony will be outside overlooking the river and our reception will be inside. It will be so pretty!

We hope everyone will be able to make it! It will be a wedding you don't want to miss! That is one of our priorities.. to make sure our wedding is fun and that we all have a blast! No stress!