So we’ve finally made the decision. No turning back.

As much as I want my amazing Napa destination wedding, I have come to the conclusion that I have a large family and nothing that I do is going to change that. I do want them there and it’s just too difficult to get 20-something people across the country for 2 days basically. So our intimate New Year’s Eve wedding is set. No more going back. I will compensate for compromising on location by taking one seriously kick ass honeymoon. I’m thinking Greece… or South Africa… or Thailand! Ahh the wheels are churning! (However if you’re interested in having a Napa destination wedding yourself, I recommend this website. Chris Andrews, Chris@napaweddingsource.com, is their wedding coordinator and she provided me with some fantastic deals on gorgeous places that were absolutely idyllic.)

Anyway, so I decided to take FozMeadow’s idea and shorten the guest list to around 75-100 people. I’ve narrowed the list down to close friends and family only and no children. As it’s New Year’s and therefore heavy alcohol consumption- we’re trying to get as many people as possible to stay the night and I don’t want kids running around. That also means no flower girl or any of that junk. Not my style. Still waiting on the guest list portion from Chris’s family but mine is pretty set. I’ve also cut out cousins from my list. Some of them I wouldn’t mind but you can’t just invite some and not all, plus many of them are much younger and fall under the category of children and therefore ousted. Sorry guys! Chris’s family might be different because they are older and closer… but there are a lot of them. I also told my future mother-in-law to try to keep her list around 50 so we’ll just see how she decides to handle it. Then depending on our venue- we’ll cut as necessary.