Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Visit Home and Planning a Wedding!



Kristal and I just returned from a two week trip home to the US where we visited our respective families in NY and MN. We got a lot of good quality time with the family and were plenty of highlights. Spent the 4th of July at White Lake (NY), sang happy birthday in person to my mom for the first time in years, saw Kid Rock and Foreigner in concert,  celebrated Blair (Kristal’s cousin) and Lynn’s wedding in Minnesota, and to top it all off we got to do some in person wedding planning! Here’s a few highlights from the two weeks stateside.






Ever since Kristal and I got engaged in January we have been planning a Minnesota wedding remotely. Up to this point we have secured a venue, band, photographer, videographer, and caterer all by choosing from different online options. Last week we had the chance to actually visit our venue and talk with our wedding planner in person. We were a bit nervous at first since we booked the venue sight unseen, but we were amazed when it was even better than we thought!

One of the benefits of planning a wedding abroad is that you are forced to make decisions. You don’t spend two months doing wedding venues, or countless meetings with wedding photographers, because in the end you will have to decide based on limited information. For Kristal and I this has actually made the process a lot less stressful because we have been able to focus on what is important to us and not stressing over the smaller details.

Our venue is in Crosslake, Minnesota where we will have a lakefront ceremony followed by a lodge reception down the road. It is shaping up to exceed what we could have hoped for and the countdown has begun! Below are a few sneak peaks of the venue and some of the planning we have done so far! You can also check out our new wedding website at theknot.com/us/sawittzkewedding