Hipworth House: How Quickly Things Change!

If you checked the blog yesterday you saw a completely different post than what you are about to read! Pete and I had spent the entire day Saturday trekking around Florida in search of the perfect venue to hold our wedding to make it as fun as possible for all of you! We left at 9:30am and did not return until 5:30 pm... I was EXHAUSTED! And in fairness after a full tank of gas burned driving through Florida, so was Pete! After letting the details of each venue sink in we settled on a winner...Hammock Beach!! It offered an all-in-one inclusive get-a-way for us and our traveling family and friends. They had every Sunday in April available, they assured lodging would be no-problemo and we felt confident it would maximize the amount of fun possible in one wedding weekend!

We were so excited to share with everyone! Texts were flying, phone calls were happening, I put together like a 2 page blog post brimming with joy, and then it happened...
We received a dreadful email from the wedding coordinator stating that she was mistaken, there actually were no rooms available on April 1st! In a panic, we quickly offered to move to other dates in April, but the response was not good. They either had venues and no lodging or lodging and no venues. Our dreams were dashed. Pete ran around the back of the house and pressed the "Panic" button.

He looked something like this...

After the initial shock, we gathered ourselves and started the whole process over. Now, previously I made a dig at Arnie stating he must think he's running his own version of the Ritz here at Bay Hill. But despite our first impression, we went back in to see what we could do. Pete made the first call and Bay Hill had availability! Check one! Then they stated they had other packages/offers for members! Check two! Then he booked me an 11am meeting this morning with their event planner! Success!

I went in with high hopes this morning and met with Amanda who will know be lovingly referred to as our savior. She went through potential ceremony sites, the beautiful white chairs and arbor they have, the linens, chair covers, and countless other additions to make the wedding beautiful and effortless for us. More importantly, she had April 1st available AND plenty of rooms!! Pete is in South FL in meetings today and tomorrow so after I met with her I texted him on my success and ~~patiently~~ waited for his call to get the A-OK to book it!

Within an hour I had the green light and we were back in the business of getting married!! So without further adieu let me confirm we are in fact getting married at Bay Hill!! Sunday April 1st!

Let me introduce you to the place where we will say "I Do"!