The great venue hunt

My Mom, Aaron and I went to see a few venues today. We also saw one last night. So far we've seen 3 venues.

Right now I'll just call them Venue 1, Venue 2, Venue 3

Venue 1:
Pros and Cons

• Nice Garden Ceremony Site
  
• Reception Site
  
• Kind of sucky garden wedding set up. They will only do two set ups and both are not that great. I wish they would let us set it up however we want. That would be great.
  
• Seating would be limited. There are only 75 chairs allowed in the garden but it has occupancy up to 175. Everyone else would have to stand.
  
• Seating for the reception would be limited to 98 if we wanted to use the round tables
  
• Seating for the reception would be a lot more if we used the long banquet tables
  
• It has a nice big kitchen
  
• It has a big stage with a good PA system
  
• Included is two extra rooms - a lobby with couches and a pretty window filled room. I'm sure we can do something with those rooms
  
• I'd have to get changed in the bathroom or at home - There is no where to get changed there privately
  
• We'd have to pay for parking per car
  
• The ceremony site is good for 2 hours.
  
• The reception site is good for 12 hours (not including set up) we can be there until midnight.

Venue 2-

• Pretty Rose Garden w/ lots of benches and tables
  
• Really pretty wedding site
  
• Nice Gazebo
  
• Pretty Archway
  
• Tables, Chairs included
  
• Nice Brides Room with TV, Bed, Private Bathroom w/ vanity and shower.
  
• Nice Grooms Room with Lounge Area, Big Sofa, Kitchen Counter, Mini-Fridge (will be stocked with beer), and a bed and seperate entrance to public bathroom. Okay Wooden Lobby Area
  
• Lots of pretty arches with flowers and lights
  
• There are flowers and lights all over the place. So it will be pretty after dark
  
• You have to order the alcohol through them and all they offer is beer, wine, champagne and sodas
  
• The reception/wedding area is in the same outdoor patio, so we'd all be kind of stuck together all the time

Venue 3

• Really picturesque
  
• Pretty Ceremony area overlooking lake
  
• Pretty Reception area with twinkle lights everywhere
  
• Uneven walkways around the reception area - not ideal for heels
  
• Unsure about cost because owner was not there
  So I'm not sure about costs or anything else because I dont have all the details
  
• Really nice pretty driveway

We also went to a wedding cake store (it was near where we had lunch) and a paper store that specialized in invitations (also near where we had lunch).

So I have some more ideas.

My mom and Aaron say they are all wedding-ed out .... at least for this weekend...

I'm not, I'm ready to do more. :)