Church? - check!
Reception? - check!
Photographer? - check!
Videographer? - check!
Big checks and smiles for me and Peter. We have officially booked our church and reception venue; we couldn't be more happier. It has been a tiring, but fun adventure thus far. Appointment after appointment...searching and hunting for the perfect church, reception venue, photographer, and videographer was stressful, yet exciting.
We had initially found a church and it was beautiful. The pastor was very accommodating and the fee was quite reasonable. The only negative thing about the church was the aisle, it was short. So our search for a church continued. I started to head north with my search for churches and had stumbled on First Baptist Church of San Diego. The pictures were beautiful and I immediately contacted the coordinator for additional information and set up an appointment to look at the property. We instantly fell in love with the church and knew that this was where we were to be married.
Our reception site was on the dramatic side. We initially had our hearts set for the Coronado Community Center and were able to get our date. Unfortunately, when they sent our contract to sign and pay our deposit, their were some fees that were not initially disclosed to us. It was quite disappointing to see this and turned us off to hold our reception there. We had the Hilton Del Mar in the back of our minds and scheduled another appointment with them to see the property one more time. The second time around, we knew that this was where we will be celebrating our new family with our family and friends.
We had our hearts set for our photographer and videographer at the get go and was eager to book them. Fortunately, the videographer was a friend of mine who does amazing work and we were able to book him. I wish I was able to say the same for his sister, the photographer. To my great sadness, she was already booked on our date and became unavailable. My heart sank hearing this news and my stress level shot up in the fear of not finding a photographer we liked. In our great fortune, my friend recommended us an amazing photographer who was twice as expensive, but the work we've seen so far is worth every penny.
Big check offs on the list of venues/vendors to book and it came with giddy and smiles from ear to ear.
