Southern Weddings

We chose October 17 for several reasons. First of all, we met in October of 2007 (Oct. 13, as a matter of fact). Secondly, I always envisioned myself getting married in the fall, and since we are having our wedding at my fiance’s family’s farm in Eastern NC, I didn’t want to do it in the blazing summer heat and humidity! Finally, I just plain love the fall…it’s my favorite time of year, and I love that I get to say "I do" during my most favorite time of the year!

My fiance and I will be married on September 5, 2009. While many couples shy away from holiday weekends, we decided it would be a wonderful opportunity for family and friends to enjoy three or even four days of events and activities. With many guests coming from out of town, an extra day will provide more time for them to relax and enjoy rather than rush and stress. But the "true confessions" reason that we chose the date is so that my fiance can wear his seersucker suit! It was my birthday gift to him last year, and he’s so excited to wear it. I never dreamed of planning a wedding around my husband-to-be’s attire, but happily, I am!

Don and I are getting married at the beginning of October. There are a ton of practical reasons for the date: outdoor weddings in Florida aren’t pleasant during muggy Summer months and have too many mosquitoes, it’s the only time we could both take off of work, we’re trying not to go into debt and wanted time to pay for things before the wedding. but, the most important reason for choosing our date is that we wanted our far-flung family and friends to have time to make travel plans. Both Don and I have traveled extensively with our jobs, and we have friends in many states and countries. We want our day to be a celebration that includes ALL of our loved ones, so we’re waiting to give them enough time to find a way to the ceremony by plane, car or donkey, if necessary :)

Even though we are past the Save the Date portion of the wedding planning ( we are getting married in August and starting the invitation process currently), I wanted to share the significance of how we chose our date. We will be getting married a day after what would be our ten year anniversary from the first night we met, which also marks my fiance’s parent’s wedding anniversary. Since his father passed about seven years ago, it is a way to commemorate him, and their marriage, as well. We are so excited to be able to have such a special date to mark this new chapter in our lives!

We chose our wedding date, October 17, because it is plenty of time after I graduate from my undergraduate program (in May) to finish up all of the last minute plans, find a place for the both of us to live together, and the same month that his lease runs out on his apartment. :) It has given my parents PLENTY of time to grow accustomed to the realization that their little girl is getting hitched and has really allowed me to embrace planning with an excited ease. Not to mention the Berry College Campus (in Rome, GA) is absolutely stunning in Fall!

We choose 4-6-10. My father passed away when I was 22, and can not be there. This is his birthday, so I can always celebrate his day.

We haven’t set the date yet- but we’re aiming for a couple: April 3rd, 2010 because it’s my parents anniversary; July 3rd 2010 because it’ll be 7/3/10 and I think the adding is cute; Or just a weekend in May, our anniversary and my birthday are in May and I loooove spring flowers (peonies, tulips, lilies)

We chose our date because we love the Spring. It is April 24, 2010. Our anniversary is Feb. 23rd, but we aren’t winter people. We love to get out and fish or camp in the Spring so we wanted to make sure that part of us was incorporated in our wedding. There was no significance to the exact day, though. My birthday is March 24th, so why not April 24th?

We originally wanted an late August wedding, but after a long list of our family’s’ conflicts, we finally settled on June 5, 2010. I know people says you can’t please everyone and to stick to what you want… but having everyone there was the most important thing for my fiance and I.

We chose our wedding date because simply my fiance plays football. We did not want to rush it and it be in the summer and his final football season is in the fall. So then I said ok first of January. Well incase they make it to a bowl game or the championships we had to push it back to the first available date after all the bowls game are over. So yes we set the most important date of our live around his football season so everyone could be there and I would have to stress about them making it all the way to the national championships on my wedding day! I so thankful though and excited for a Winter wedding!

Our original wedding date was in October. We were trying to work around my fiancee’s work schedule. However, due to the economic struggles everyone is experiencing the agency put on a hiring freeze. Because of this, we moved our wedding day up to June 13th (no need to wait anymore). It has worked out for the best though! I’ll just be graduating from college and won’t have to wait the additional time to start our life together. Plus, summer is my favorite season and I’ve always pictured myself getting married in the summer.

We choose July of 2010 because by then I will have finished my Master’s degree and my fiance won’t be starting his until August. We originally picked the 17th at random, but now we’ve realized that we’ll be moving during the last week in July, so we have to decide whether to move the wedding up a week and pack after the honeymoon or move it back a week and pack before we get married.

We chose the month of December of 2009 for many reasons. December 09, 2001 was when he had asked me to be his girlfriend. December 9, 2007 was when we got engaged. The number 9 has been very special to me. It was the number I had all my jersey when I played sports. For some reason the number 9 has followed me and given me happiness. We knew our wedding would be the month of December. We wanted the ninth as our date but it doesn’t fall on a Saturday so we realized 2009 has a nine in there so it will still be perfect.

We wanted a fall wedding because we love the fall! October seemed like the perfect month- not too hot, not too cold, and right before the holiday season starts. We chose the 24th because, being from Austin, this was one of two Saturdays that did not coincide with an at-home Longhorn football game :) I’m looking forward to our fall wedding as it keeps getting closer and closer!

We chose December 2010 because that’s when several of our loved ones will be coming back from deployment overseas. We wanted to be able to share the holidays with the people we love most, and celebrate our wedding with everyone present.

My birthday is 9-9, his is 7-7. My first thought? 8-8. The church we wanted was booked. Sigh. Okay, 10-10 then? Booked as well. At first we thought they would fiddle around with it for us but the bride for 10-10 refused and I was heartbroken. And my photographer was booked for 8-8. I got over it, and have fallen in love with our date… 10-3, which was decided after meeting with my photographer and remembering that Alabama’s football schedule would matter around here. It’s an away game with UK (another date we were considering was a home game with Tennessee…if you know football that would have been just awful). So there you have it! I know October will be beautiful and not so hot…and fall is my favorite season!

Everyone knows that a true fall Southern Wedding has to take place on a bye weekend- that’s how we found our date!

I chose our wedding date, June 5, 2010, because it was the soonest we could possibly get married! My fiance is attending a service academy which means he is prohibited from having any dependents while attending school. Ultimately, I’m glad to have the time to plan my dream wedding and I like the idea of both of us being college graduates by the time we marry, but I would take an afternoon in a courthouse anytime if it meant not having to wait for another year!

We picked January 2010 because my fiance will FINALLY be done with graduate school in December of 2009. We figured it would be a good time to celebrate both things. Plus, I love winter, and booking vendors has been stress free since it is their off season.

April 24, 2010 – to Ben and I this will be a day we will never forget! April is our ideal wedding month and is so special to the two us as well as our families for multiple reasons. First and foremost, both Ben and I were born in April. While I am an Aries and believe in celebrating all month long, Ben is a Taurus and has always shared his special day. Ben is so fortunate to share his birthday with his father – just another great bond between father and son. Additionally, both of our siblings are also born in April while Ben’s parents were also wed in April! To us, our special day needs to be held in our special month, with the special friends and family that will be in attendance.

I am currently not engaged, but I hope that when I am planning a wedding that I plan a late Spring/early Summer. However, I have a very dear friend getting married in July. I would love to give this to her as a gift. She has been such a good friend to me and I am so excited that she will be marrying a man who makes her better!

We were going to have a pretty outdoor autumn wedding, but the venue we really wanted didnt have any dates available in October. September leaves in VA arent fully colored yet, and in November its too cold for outdoors at night. SO! We decided to get married as soon as possible, June 5th 2009. Its the weekend after my finace graduates from college! Im so glad we changed the date because if I had to wait until October, I would die!

My fiance, Jeremy, and I chose the date of May 8th, 2010 because we both LOVE the month of May. Jeremy and I met in March and dated until he officially asked me to be his girlfriend in May of 2007. My parents also met in the month of May through the newspaper classified ads. We have also decided to get married on the beach which will be beautiful in May and all of our friends from Colorado can be there to enjoy the wonderful weather!

We’re using our meet-a-versary: 2/20! I also love planning for a winter wedding since our vendors are so easy to schedule.

we picked sept 20 for our big day. mostly for one reason–dahlias! i love dahlias and wanted to wait until they would be in season for our rustic backyard wedding. we have a list a mile long to get the yard ready for the event, but it’s nice to have an incentive. can’t wait to start planting the dahlias and other flowers–we’ve been saving glass jars for a year now–for flowers and candles.