Wedding Info (Lowe's gift cards, registry, travel, hotel)

hi everyone! well, if you are visiting us here at barnardelsberger central, you're probably looking for wedding information :) first off- we are SO excited to have you there for our sweet day! if you haven't RSVPd yet, would you kindly pop it in the mail today? we just need it two weeks before the wedding (march 15th) to give a head count to the reception hall. thanks :)

GIFTS

before you read one more thing, if you absolutely HATE shopping from a registry, or really don't want to take the time to do it... we have a little something called The Remodel Fund that you can give to :) shane bought a house last summer, and we are in the process now of fixing it up... the bones of it are beautiful (we'll have to post pictures soon) but it needs some major updating. for example? stove top from 1975. dishwasher that only THINKS about washing dishes, but just steams and then quits. a washer and dryer that love to make towels smell like mildew and then leave them soaking wet after drying for 3 hours. and then there's the favorite leather-and-velvet covered walls in different rooms of the house... yeah... major painting going on. you get the point. :) so, if you want to give to the Fund, we would love that more than anything! :)

WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE A LOWE'S GIFT CARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are registered at:

Target -- just go to www.target.com, click on Gift Registries, then search by bride's name (Beth Adelsberger) and it should come up. It will say "Shane Barnard, Beth Adelsberger, March 29, 2008, Ohio"

Crate & Barrel -- go to www.crateandbarrel.com, click on Gift Registry, it will say "search by registrant name", type in "Adelsberger" and "Be" for first name, and it should come up. Just go to "view registry"

If you don't have time to browse through a registry, you also have the option of buying a gift card at either site- target.com or crateandbarrel.com :)

TRAVEL

for some of you, the trip to xenia will be a bit of a trek. if you're flying into ohio, the closest airport to xenia is the dayton international airport (www.daytonairport.com). however, you may find cheaper flights going into columbus (www.port-columbus.com) ... especially if you're going the southwest airlines route. columbus is a little over an hour away from xenia. dayton is under 30 minutes away.

LODGING

there is a holiday inn in xenia... we are currently blocking rooms under our name, we'll keep you updated on that :) but, let's face it, there isn't much going on in xenia, so that's where all of you out-of-towners will be staying, if you so choose.

directions from holiday inn to collier chapel:

1) start out going south on west church street toward n. west street .18 mi
2) turn right onto west main st/us-35

directions from dayton airport to holiday inn:

1) start out going southwest on terminal drive 1.12 mi
2) terminal drive becomes dayton international airport access rd 1.73 mi
3) merge onto I-70E via the exit on the left toward columbus 1.62 mi
4) merge onto I-75S via exit 33a toward dayton 6.27 mi
5) take the keowee st exit, exit 55, toward leo street .18 mi
6) turn slight left onto keowee st 1.99 mi
7) merge onto US-35E toward xenia 11.56 mi
8) take US-35 BR E toward xenia 2.64 mi
9) turn left onto w church street .18 mi

total distance= 27.29 mi driving time= 36 minutes

directions from columbus airport to holiday inn:

1) start out going west on international gateway toward sawyer road 1.88 mi
2) merge onto I-670W toward columbus 9.36 mi
3) I-670W becomes I-70W 16.02 mi
4) take the US-42 exit, exit 79, toward london .33 mi
5) turn left onto US-42 S 28.32 mi
6) turn left onto north main street/US-42/OH-72 .14 mi
7) turn right onto west xenia ave/US-42. continue to follow US-42. 7.46 mi
8) turn right onto east church street .57 mi

total distance= 64.09 mi driving time= 1 hours, 24 minutes

if you prefer getting your directions elsewhere, feel free!
one last thing-- you can go to legacycenter.org and see pictures of the chapel and reception hall (just click on anything that says "schindler banquet center" or "collier chapel") or get a better feel of where it's at.
we're excited to see y'all very soon! love, beth & shane