more reception stuff

Robert, I thought you weren't going to send me as much mail as you sent me yesterday? You are getting pretty close. I love you, and I love all of the mail I am getting. This is certainly different than Weber because I have time to write, I don't have to rush off to work or class. Sometimes I have to leave so I can do the dishes or run an errand, but those can usually wait, and if they can't then I can just save the letter and come back to it later. In a previous letter you said that when it comes to money I will just have to trust you. I don't think we will have a problem. I already do. If I start to worry or wonder just say, "Wanda, trust me." Reception: I am glad that you are a lot less stressed. Please let me no if there is anything else I can do. I want to make this easy on you. I think a lot of it will be easier in the Fall when we are together and can plan face to face. I want US to be able to put most of it together in the Fall, or at least know exactly what we want. I will have to remember to allow a little leeway for unexpected suprises. (Is that redundant? Most suprises are unexpected.) Announcements and invitations: No, I don't think anyone will be offended if we don't invite them to the reception. They will probably just assume that we didn't have a reception, a lot of people don't, they just elope. Simplicity: You said that you prefer it. In a way this is where eating dinner becomes an advantage. We are having more of a dinner-dance than a reception. This way it is kept small and intimate and we don't have to stand the whole time. A reception is where the couple stands in a line and receives their guest most if not all of the time. We want to party and dance with our guests. By having a dinner the guests usually come at close to the same time. This way we can get out of there sooner. Open house: ask you mother about this one. She will know what your relatives and friends are more apt to doing than I will. Julia, Derk's wife: No, she didn't have a temple wedding and still hasn't been to the temple. However all of the weddings/receptions she helps with are LDS Temple Weddings. By the way, we probably won't have 200 people, but somewhere around there and I think the cultural hall we have chosen will be fine. If it eases your mind any we can look at it again. If you don't think it will work than we can use my grandparents ward. I just don't like the outside. The inside can be done up really pretty. The building was dedicated by Brigham Young to stand until the millenium. Maria, Jim's wife, mother of the two little boys: She will probably watch the kitchen which means she will enlist someone to wash the dishes. Temple pictures: Those who attend the Temple Ceremony are involved in these pictures. The other people will be in the pictures before/during the reception. Alexis, Brad's wife: They are the ones that got married in the Temple. Lexie, not unlike your mom, takes offense to things easily, but she is also very sweet, not unlike your mom. Lynne, Chad's wife: They were the ones that were just recently married. Chad was the youngest. He is ten years older than me. We were going to attend SLCC together, but I dropped my classes that quarter. I tutored him in math though. We had lots of fun. You keep talking about our attendants and who wears tuxedos. I am going to address this issue in my next reply to you because you ask about it, but I will tell you this: You should wear a tux, our fathers and whoever attends you. I am going to get started on the next message. I love you. Wanda