I'm sure many of you will be attending a wedding or two this summer, not including your own.  At each wedding, I want you take a serious look at all the elements: the decor and food, music and details.  Think about what you are planning for your own big day, and take (mental) notes of what you do and don't want at your wedding.

Maybe there's a song you will hear and want played at your reception.  Maybe the cake table was a little too close to the dance floor, so you decide you want yours placed behind the head table.  Or maybe there was a great signature drink and now your fiance wants to hunt down a special cocktail for your big day.

My dad joked that my sister's wedding, held three months before mine, was my dress rehearsal.  Though I laughed at his joke, I knew it was true.  I made sure that David and I paid attention to every detail.

After Torey's wedding I decided that we would not be announced by the MC for our first dance and that we would break up the toasts, so they weren't all held at the same time.