Fish Lake Friday wasn’t a fish fry. In fact, fish wasn’t served at all. Fish Lake is a place.
The day before their wedding, my Aunt Ann & Uncle Bobby had a casual get together at Aunt Ann’s family home on ‘Fish Lake’. It is one of my favorite wedding memories. Everyone who was invited to their wedding was invited to Fish Lake to get to know one another. The next day, at the wedding, most of the guests had already met and knew each other. All the awkward getting-to-know-you pleasantries had already been taken care of. The day of the wedding was so much fun!! Fish Lake Friday was a casual gathering in the same spirit.
Below is the description found on our invitations:
“Fish Lake Friday has its roots in one of Carrie’s favorite wedding memories. Her Uncle Bobby and Aunt Ann had a party preceding their wedding at Ann’s family home at ‘Fish Lake’. The fun and fellowship at ‘Fish Lake’ made their wedding a wonderful time. Remembering a summertime lake at a fellowship hall in winter, we hope you will come make warm memories on the eve of Carrie and Rob’s wedding.”
It took place in the Fellowship Hall of our church and my mom totally ran with the fish theme. She spent all summer ‘07 gathering summery fish stuff and hit the mother-load with CVS’ summer displays. At the end of the season, she drove to 3 different store and collected their fish displays. Lots of impact for $0. Nice!
My mom and her good friend Karen
Yes, it looked a little like an old school prom but I think it had so much character and warmth. We had about 160 come and it was a great way for people to get to know one another. It was also a time for us to mingle with our guests. We knew with such a large guest list (304), it’d be hard to spend time with everyone on our day. We spent so much of our actual wedding reception making rounds and saying hi to people but didn’t have any time the whole night to actually have a conversation. But that was what Fish Lake Friday was for!
My brother’s friend Jen came up with the idea of putting the tulle over the lights. Under da sea. Under da sea.
Who’s that hot mama?! She worked so hard on this night! It was so much fun and she did a great job. Thanks MOM!
Kate’s looking especially enthusiastic.
