CEREMONY

We are having our ceremony at Cantigny (can-TEE-nee) Park in Wheaton, Illinois. I had been there a few times as a kid and remember it being a magnificent place. Shortly before we got engaged we went there just to check it out and take a walk around on a beautiful fall day. We just absolutly fell in LOVE with the place.

  We are planning to get married at the East lawn garden, which has a beautiful cascading staircase and a beautiful pond at the bottom. However, we if the weather doesnt allow that we do have an alternative location inside the visitors center. Reverend Jim Rehnberg  from 'Rent-A-Rev' will be our officiant. We have really enjoyed working with him thus far, and has really just made us feel like family. Claudia Dorsch will be our harpist for our ceremony and cocktail hour.

  The first few photos are ones that I have been collecting. Again, contact me to remove or take credit for your pics.... The last half of the pics our some of our own we took for fun.

RECEPTION

Our reception is at Le Jardin, which is located next to the Cantigny Park visitor center. It is a brand new venue that opened August 2008. It is a beautiful room full of windows with amazing views of the gardens. Theres a large bar (which was a big plus) and also a beatiful fireplace located in front of the dance floor. For cocktail hour, there is a spacious pation with several tables and chairs surrounded by greenery. This area Im sure will be used throughout the night. Right outside of Le Jardin is a large sitting area used for Cantigny's Cafe. We will be using this area for our photobooth. There also are 2 plasmas on either side of the room that we will have a our slideshow playing throughout the night for our guest to view at their leisure.