Hurricane Sandy

I am not sure where all of you are located in the direction Hurricane Sandy but I just wanted to extend my well wishes to you all. I hope you are all staying safe and out of harms way during this storm and that you are all doing well.

Much Love!!!

Alyssa

Cover Charge for Reunion... Say what?!

Just letting everyone know, incase you weren't aware of this before... there are a few things I'd like to point out.

*There is a $5 charge per person for the reunion- please be respectful of this, as I dont think that is too much to ask!! However, this includes children, so if you are a family of 4 you would be paying $20 in total. You may write out a check to me personally: Alyssa Mochan or I will accept cash that you can send in the mail as long as you conceal it properly. This money will be going towards the paper products, coffee and pop as well as the overall deposit for the hall.

*This place holds a specific number of people, meaning I will NEED everyone to send back their RSVP card with their money. You will get these in May when I send out the invitations. I will also be including the directions as well as hotel information for everyone who is coming from out of town and doesnt know the area well.

*You also will need to let me know as it gets closer what your family will be bringing for the dish to pass so we dont end up with multiples of the same items!!

Thanks everyone. I'll try to continue to update this daily. If you have facebook feel free to click on my badge to the right and friend request me!!

Have a great night!
~Alyssa

Family Memories

I wanted to share some pictures with you all that I had that were taking over the summer. Sadly this was at my Aunt Onnie's funeral luncheon, but I thought you might like to see what our side of the Drakulic family looks like these days. As pictures continue to come in I will continue to share them on here. These are just some that I had from my own personal collection.

This is my family above, minus my sister Alexa because she had left before this picture was taken that day. I am on the far left, and then my brother Daniel, sister Ericka, Dad Jeff and Mom Sharon. I know most of you may have seen me at the funeral home but not have known who I was. Or, perhaps we've never met, which brings us back to the reason we are having this reunion, so everyone can unite with one another and have a nice laid back day catching up on old times and creating new memories.

Andrea and Greg

Georgie and Darlene and son George

 

Diane, Sammy, Eleanor, Lauren, Lucas

 

Eleanor and her Boys! *from left to right* Gary, Sammy, George, Greg

 

Michael, Nargess, Matthew *Top Row*

Michael and Barbara *Bottom Photo*

 

Melanie, Sharon, and my Grandma Helen

 

 

As I said, I'll update more as I get them. But I hope you enjoy these pictures. Hope everyone is doing well. Much love,

Alyssa

Sneak peek

I got my first batch of the save the dates! I love them!! I can't wait to share them with you all. Below is a sneak peek so you can see what they look like. I'd love some feedback. Now I'm going to start designing the invitations!

Tiny Prints, Big Impressions... custom save the date!

So as you can see in the logo above, I have come across a new company through Shutterfly called "Tiny Prints" I am in love with their site. They are all about custom stationary, invitations, announcements and more. I just place my first order with them on Friday for 10 of my custom Save the Date cards I have created. I am waiting for them to come in the mail, so I can see what they look like and if any changes need to be made. If not, I am ordering the rest of them this Friday, and by November they will be on their way to you! I can't wait to hear what you think of them. But please keep in mind this is just the save the date cards, the actual invitations will be coming later!!!

XOXO,
Alyssa

F.A.M.I.L.Y.

I was thinking today, I think the best part of a family reunion, especially ours is going to be meeting all of your family members that perhaps you never knew existed. At least I know for me that was the case. When I sat down with my Grandma (Helen) this summer in her kitchen and started discussing starting to plan this reunion, she made me a list of people to add to the guest list. People I didnt even know of let alone knew I was related to. I guess it just goes to show you the true importance of FAMILY. As the months of July and August went by I began contacting more and more relatives, and talking to people through Facebook and Email that I had never spoken to before, and even met a few cousins who are my age. That was a really nice experience for me, granted meeting you all in person will be even better. I am really looking forward to spending time with you all and getting to put a face to a name. I truly appreciate all of you who have helped me in any aspect of this reunion, and I hope that you all or at least most of you all will be able to make an appearance that day to come and spend some time with us. Eat some good food, have a drink or two, and sit around and BS with us all. :)

Love to you all ---

ps. Thanks to everyone who has been reading my blog, it wont tell me who is reading it but it does show me the amount of page views that I get each day, and it truly amazes me and puts a smile on my face to know that you are all actually taking the time to read my thoughts each day.

Save the Dates

Just letting everyone know I am working on finishing the save the date invites to order. They will either be going out November or December. I haven't decided yet, be on the lookout for yours. :) I am  going to be labeling it with the category your family is assigned to for the dish to pass, and you will be able to come up with some ideas of what you'd like to bring and let me know.

I'm also going to be looking up hotel information for everyone and posting it on here as well as including it with the Invitations for all the out of town family who will be coming in for this.

Be sure to start sending me pictures when you can, so that I can start working on some photo books. Thanks!