The plan is there is no plan. That's the reality of being a military spouse. What do you do when circumstances beyond your control affect your wedding like a pandemic such as the coronavirus or military orders?
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Wedding Wednesday | Our Vows
I hounded Jett to work on his vows. About five or six months before our wedding I got us each little notebooks to write our vows in. I had looked at a bunch of different vow writing tips on Pinterest and done quite a few writing exercises, but honestly, I flew to Texas with no idea what I was going to say to Jett on our wedding day. Jett actually listened to me and finished his vows about three weeks before our wedding. You would think this would have made me happy right? Wrong. He ended up sending his vows to our friends and screenshotting their replies gushing over how…
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Wedding Wednesday | Day Of Tips
The BIG DAY! It’s here, or almost here. It’s crazy to think you’ve spent months planning for something that only lasts for a few hours. There are so many moving pieces to today, that something is bound to not go as planned. It’s okay. If you look up Type-A in the dictionary, I swear my picture is there. I thought I had everything planned to a T and taken care of… But that wasn’t the case. We had a few hiccups and our day was still perfect.
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Wedding Wednesday | The Registry
I know what you’re thinking, “It’s time to break out that price gun!” I hate to disappoint you, but a lot of places just give you an iPhone these days to scan items into your registry. Jett was not amused by this fact. Registries are a pretty tough topic to write about because everyone is in a different life stage when they get married. You may be getting married straight out of college where your roommates previously had everything, in which case you need a lot of stuff- most importantly the basics. You may be getting married after living on your own for a while, so maybe you don’t need…
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Wedding Wednesday | Vendors 101
I feel like I’ve covered so much wedding stuff already, but then I realize there’s still so much to go! If you’ve missed a few of my Wedding Wednesday posts you can find them all under the “Blog” tab and then under the “Wedding Wednesday” category. Today’s topic- wedding vendors. Hopefully, you can learn a few lessons from my mistakes! If you read our 2018 Recap you have already seen some of our vendors. Bless everyone who is planning a destination wedding or planning apart from your fiancé. And those of you who are doing both… you’re crazy. But, that’s what Jett and I had to do so like I said,…
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Wedding Wednesday | Guest List
Guest lists, in general, are hard but especially for a military couple with military friends. There’s a reason everyone gets married right after graduation, training or deployments- because there’s no other time to get hitched!
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Wedding Wednesday | The Dress
The dreaded dress shopping. Surprisingly, even though I tried on probably 25 dresses, it really wasn’t that bad. In typical military fashion, it’s not easy to get your friends AND family together for something. I wasn’t able to have most of my bridesmaids present for my dress shopping. I was lucky enough to have my mother, future mother-in-law, and sister in attendance. I planned my dress shopping around Jett’s graduation from The Basic School when both our families would be in town together.
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Wedding Wednesday | Bridesmaid Proposal
I figured Wedding Wednesday would make the most sense if it went in chronological order, right? Plus, there are so many engagements around the holiday season that this series might appeal to some non-MilSo ladies. So, you’re ENGAGED! Woohoo! First things first- go get your gals! My girlfriends are all over the country so asking them to be my bridesmaids in person was out of the question. I’m a very extra person though so I knew I wanted to create some sort of gift or box for them. I would recommend getting the box first, that way you can see how much actually fits in it before buying things. Which…
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Wedding Wednesday
I’ve officially been Mrs. Meenach for over a month now and married life is great! Obviously, it would be better if Jett and I lived together, but I am grateful for the amount of time we’ve been able to spend together during our first month of marriage. Being married is great- I cannot stop reminiscing over our wedding. If you know me this is going to be really hard to believe, but I never had a dream wedding planned out. I always hoped to get married one day but those hopes never really included any big plans for a wedding. Anyway, this wedding was like a dream. Everything was perfect…
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Pre-Wedding Q&A
I was scrolling through TheKnot.com, which is my usual these days when I stumbled upon a pre-wedding Q&A they did and instantly thought this would be a perfect activity for Jett and me to do to get this blog going! Enjoy!