Comments?

Anyone have any comments or requests? Feel free to let us know. Or any corrections - I have very weak English writing skills. Well just because I can- here is a picture of Scram. I thought about making him our ring bearer, but we figured it would make things a little more complicated than we wanted them. Plus, with a bagpiper he may be more scared than anything else.

Pictures of the Wedding Party...

Well seeing most of you will not meet until the rehearsal dinner we figured a picture of each of you would be welcomed. (As I find pictures to put up of everyone I will add it, or if you have one you would like up - just email me it). I have also decided to add some family pics. Just in case anyone is curious.

Tiara Murphy

Bridesmaid

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Dana Braun
(Getting ready on her wedding day)
Bridesmaid
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Clay Dolatowski

Groomsman

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(No Picture Yet)
Thomas Pomerico
Groomsman
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Dennis & Nola Dolatowski

Groom's Parents

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(No Picture Yet)
Robert & Gretchen Murphy Jr.

Bride's Parents

Wedding Items...

So to try and reduce cost of the wedding I am making a lot of items for it. In this post I have included what our favor bag will look like and our save-the-date magnets. Mind you the magnets we mean to add a little humor to our wedding items. Here are pictures below:

SAVE-THE-DATE MAGNETS

FAVOR BAGS

Wedding Dress...

Though I must confess I think this dress looks much better on her...I still like it. Purchased new from ebay (just needs a few beads replaced) for $250, regularly $600.

Some Pictures of Quiet Waters Park...

I know the Quiet Waters website has a good number of pics, but I just wanted to add a few of my own to the site.

Picture of the Blue Heron Center Brick Garden
(Where we hope to have the ceremony, assuming the weather is nice)

Picture of the Blue Heron Center from the Visitor Center

(We are hoping to get a group wedding shot- all guests that's right- from here)

This is a pretty gazebo the park has in front of the Visitor's Center.

This is the South River Overlook.

It is a little bit away from where we are getting married,

but still a very pretty spot in the park.

For the Bridesmaids...

I said I would add photos, so while I am gung-ho to do so here we go. The shirt the lady has on is a silk taffeta wrap shirt that the bridesmaids will most likely wear (unless we find something else that works better). I am envisioning a brown long skirt to go with this. Nothing too fancy - but nice and that can be used again after the wedding (hopefully bringing back good memories everytime! ;-) This image was taken from www.anntaylor.com for the educational purposes of my bridal party.

The Basics...

Well the basics of our wedding is this:

Date: 10.13.2007
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Site: Quiet Waters Park at The Blue Heron Center
(http://www.aacounty.org/RecParks/parks/quiet_waters_park/blue_heron.cfm)
Photographer: Jeffrey Leard
Caterer: Garry's Grill (http://www.garrysgrill.com/)
Officiant: Reverend Hope McNew (http://www.revhope.com/)

There are links for the items that we have set already. As far as the bridal party goes we have for the bride (that's me :D), Tiara Murphy (my sister) and Dana Braun (friend). For the groom we have, Clay Dolatowski (brother) and Thomas Pomerico (friend).

As you can see it is a relatively small wedding party - but that is okay by us :) I will update later about wedding ensembles and pictures of everyone. There are still some things that are not decided, like what the guys are going to wear and what skirt bottoms the ladies will be wearing. However, we still have a good amount of time to ponder on this before any deadlines come up.

It has begun...

We have decided that seeing so much of our wedding party is in other states we should try to keep people up to date with what is going on via this blog. If ever you have any questions, just make a post, send us an email or give either of us a call. In the next few days I will work on getting it updated with everything we have been doing this past year, including links and pictures where I can.

Note: We are only providing this blog to the main components of the bridal party - we want to keep most of our wedding a surprise for the guests. We believe it will make for a more enjoyable day for them. So please do not forward this blog address.

Accomplices in Destiny,
Toccarra & Erik