Modern Rustic Country BBQ

My fiance (MK) and I are both fairly laid back people. We decided a fancy chic wedding just isn't us. We are hoping to have a relatively casual country BBQ at the barn. Our ceremony will be outside in a courtyard and there will be country cocktails and hors d'oeuvres while we have family photos taken.

 

MK and I have been debating on how dinner will be served. We are currently meeting with caterers comparing buffet vs. plated vs. family style. We like the idea of people having choices and the ability to take as much as they would like of certain foods, which is why buffet or family style are really sticking out to us. Some of our family members are not big fans of a buffet at a wedding so we are leaning a bit more towards family style where platters are set out on each table and guests can serve themselves, that way we have a bit more of a casual feel but still appease our family :)

We are really excited about our dessert table.Our family is full of excellent bakers and we've been asking close family members if they would make some of their yummiest desserts to feature on the table with our cake. I know it's been done before but I love the idea and we are going to have some amazing homemade desserts...apple crumble, brownies, pineapple delight, banana chocolate chip bread, caramel cake, cheese cake with raspberry drizzle. Super yum!! I'll be making tags most likely on little chalkboards with information about the dessert and who it was provided by.

 

MK, like most guys, loves burgers. He has been awesome with adopting a bit more of a vegetarian lifestyle since moving in with me, so I wanted to include something I knew he would love at the wedding. Our late night (because we both come from European families where a late night meal will be expected) will be sliders & french fries (and grilled cheese for the veggie heads like myself).

Well it's true...

I am indeed getting married in a barn!

My fiance and I met 8 years ago through friends who ran into each other one day at a subway station in Toronto. We're high school sweethearts who went to different high schools. We dated through high school and university (& college) and we are now both beginning our careers. My fiance is an Computer Engineer (nerd!) and I'm a Veterinary Technician (animal geek!). We are very excited to be taking the next step in our relationship together.

Last May, when my fiance proposed we decided to wait a year or two to get married so I could finish my program and we could save some money for the wedding (and a house in the future)! The one thing we decided to book was a venue before I returned to school in September, so we set out on a search for something different. We knew we didn't want a typical church & banquet hall wedding celebration as that really isn't "us". We looked for and visited venues where we could get married outside and possibly have a tent reception ... and then we came across an amazing old barn that had been turned into an event space and we fell in love with it. We invited our moms to come see it one weekend and they fell in love too.

So the one thing we have done is booked our venue...the barn. The reason for the title of the blog is that as the resident animal geek in both my fiance's and my family, I was always teased that I would probably get married in a barn...but there will not be horses!

Although there will be dogs :)