Aaron and I were lying in bed with Ilo Dog last night, talking about preparing for the Peace Corps, our excitement to do so much together in the future, and our perfect happiness of being in love, when he asked me to be his wife. I said yes, of course! I never thought I would feel so confident or be able to outwardly express so much excitement about marriage until it happened. All I could do was smile and hug him and then secretively roll it around and play with it in my head for a second, hear him say how he happy he was, and then smile again. There is no ring because he was going to wait until he found one but couldn't contain it anymore and I had told him that I don't care about formalities and things being 'just right' - all I do is love him. And so he asked right then. He still wants to find a ring, which is fun but certainly not necessary, so it will be something different but special.
And the date? We don't know yet. A while but not too far off. We'll get married in a court house and then have a celebration with family and friends. We were thinking Mardi Gras would be loads of fun and less planning (on our parts) but it would also be more expensive for some and my nephews wouldn't be able to go. So, most likely it will take place here in Arizona. If you have any suggestions please write something. We would love to have a trunk of ideas to pull from. Maybe an outdoor brunch and then dancing and drinking at the funk club Chez Nous on Grand Ave? No clue really. We just want everyone to have a good time.
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Congratulations!!!! I think the court house ceremony and a family and friends celebration is a fantastic idea. This way you could really make other elements special and unique to the two of you. Like hand made personalized invitations (I could do this!!!!) Hint hint :)
One idea I really like is instead of having a formal minister/priest you have a backyard wedding (the alley maybe if the project is completed?) and we all stand in a circle (depending on how many people you invite, you could just select a few) and everyone goes around and says something special about marriage and you and Aaron, kind of like a best man/maid of honor toast. Then after everyone has spoken you and Aaron speak and you exchange rings. My cousin did this with her wedding and it worked out really well. It takes the away the boring marriage talk and you incorporate your love ones into the wedding. Its simple and wouldnt cost a thing!
oh, good ideas, sou sou bean:) yes, you can make the invitations! that would be marvelous and i like your style. the circle sounds really special too.
my aunt did a circle wedding- it's really cool! not everyone spoke, just those who felt moved to do so.
you know, you have to be married to do the PC together ;)and yay for PC, too! love that stuff.
i think you should have dancing and eating together so the boys can participate. how about a back yard celebration at one of aarons families houses?
i think circle wedding are weird. i think something simple is nice and i am more traditional. i think having a wedding that people are involved in makes peoople who are not used to that uncomfortable. but, that is just my opinion.
yeah, i definitely was concerned for the boys with the mardi gras idea. that's why we decided against it... plus, it would cost more people plane ticket money. at least fewer people will need to take a plane with us having it in az. we won't do the circle, Becka:) not because it isn't cool, because it sounds peaceful, but Aaron and I would feel embarrassed standing in the middle listening to people say things about us. he doesn't even like the masseuse touching his feet and i get fidgety with compliments. i also LOVE them but having other people listen in on them would give me stage fright.
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