Wedding Songs

Everybody we have talked to had a great time at our wedding. One of the things they enjoyed the most was the music provided by An Enchanted Evening. Because I feel like it, here is a listing of the important songs of the night:

Stephanie and I would like to extend our thanks to her uncle, Donald J. Erickson, Jr. for singing and family friend, Jim Hall for playing the music during the wedding ceremony.

Wedding Photo Proofs

Anyone who is interested, our Wedding Picture Proofs are now available online to browser and purchase. Directions to get to the proofs are outlined in the email I received from Timothy Whaley & Associates:

Dear Family & Friends:

Timothy Whaley & Associates, our official wedding photographer, would like to provide instructions on how to view proofs and order photographs from our wedding.

  1. Please visit: http://www.twaphoto.com
  2. Click on: "Weddings"
  3. Click on: "Photo Proof Login"
  4. Click on: "Wedding Day Proofs"
  5. Click on: "After 12/27/06"
  6. Select our last names from the client list and enter our wedding date, 8/4/2007, as the password in the following format: MMDDYY

You will be able to view and order any of the photographs from our wedding day, directly from the website. Orders will be shipped to you approximately 2 to 3 weeks from the date placed. If you are interested in obtaining information on additional products offered by our studio, please call 630-271-1737 and speak with Kristina.

Thank you for sharing our special day with us and we hope you find this internet feature a great way to order cherished memories of our day!

Thank you!

-- per email from Kristina Manno, Personal Studio Consultant with Timothy Whaley & Associates

You could follow all of those steps, or you can go to the Erickson-Sepcot Gallery login page directly. Enter the password 080407 and (unfortunately) your Name and Email Address to enter the gallery.

Honeymoon in Kauai

I'm officially married!

Our wedding (Saturday, 4th of August 2007) went fairly smoothly. There were little issues that arose throughout the day: pictures began a half hour late, the dessert wasn't what we had ordered, the DJ didn't play an Anniversary Song or Dollar Dance Song... but we were able to get all of our pictures in, everybody complemented our choice of food and music, so all-in-all the night went by smoothly.

We took Sunday off to relax, have dinner with our parents, and open wedding gifts.

We had packed for our honeymoon on Thursday so we wouldn't have to be running around after our wedding trying to find stuff to bring, so when we woke up Monday morning, all we had to do was double check we had everything we needed, and get a ride to O'hare Airport. We left Chicago around 12:30 PM CDT, had a layover in San Francisco for a few hours, and finally landed at Lihue Airport on Kauai Island, Hawaii around 8:00 PM HST.

While in Kauai, we went on a Helicopter Tour of the Island, took a Zodiac tour of the Na Pali Coast, and went to a Luau in between driving all around the island and sitting on the beach, soaking up the sun. We saw a Red Eyed Crab, some Spinner Dolphins, a White-Tipped Shark, and one of the sets of the new Ben Stiller comedy: Tropical Thunder. The weather and the landscape were beautiful, I took over 600 pictures while we were there (so keep an eye on my Flickr account over the next few weeks for photos).

The only thing I didn't like was sitting in the airplanes for 4+ hours each trip (Chicago to San Francisco, San Francisco to Lihue, Lihue to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Chicago), and even that was bearable because I got to see 4 movies I had not seen before: Spiderman 3 (not as good as the other two), Fracture (good, but predictable),The Hoax (good movie), and Shrek the Third (good movie).

There is too much to talk about right now, so stay posted for more details. :-)

Update: August 27, 2007

Stephanie and I spent about a week in Kauai Island, Hawaii (6-12 August 2007) for our honeymoon. While there I took a few pictures... over 600 of them. Anyway, they are up on my Flickr page in my Kauai Set, so go have a look :-)

Wedding this Weekend

Four more days to go and I am already burnt out. I just finishing up putting final touches to what will become the Wedding Program, and there are still countless things left to do. I still need to find groomsmen gifts, create and print up the place cards... We need to make our final payment to the reception hall, put our wedding favors together... The list is long, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel - resting for a week in Kauai :-).

Tomorrow marks the day most of the family members start coming in (a few are already in for a family vacation). It also marks the day we start getting to make numerous trips back and forth between the city and the suburbs. I am tired already and the week has not even begun. Final payment is being made tomorrow, Stephanie's bachelorette party is on Thursday, Rehearsal and Dinner on Friday, Wedding on Saturday, and somewhere in between working and driving we need to wrap up all of the loose ends. At least we gave ourselves a day to rest before the 12-hour flight down to Kauai on Monday...

Wedding Update: Music - First Dance Song Options

Yesterday, Stephanie and I met up with our DJ to go over the important songs for the wedding. We (read "she") has spent a lot of time going through the list of sample songs and song suggestion sheets, so we went into the meeting pretty prepared. The Bridal Party Introduction, Father/Daughter Dance, Cake Cutting Song, all of that was easy. The hard part is coming up with the song for our First Dance. Needless to say, we haven't decided yet, but we do have it down to four:

  • Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Elton John from "The Lion King"
  • Deeper Kinda Love by Sammy Hagar from "Ten 13"
  • Everything by Alanis Morissette from "So-Called Chaos"
  • Your Song by Elton John from "Elton John"