192 Days til Wedding Day…
One-hundred and ninety-two days and I get to marry my beautiful fiancée. We started this engagement thing in the 300′s, so 192 days sounds like nothing now. We have come a long way from getting the church, the reception venue, the catering and many other things. This whole wedding planning and rehearsal dinner thing are more challenging than I thought.
So we have officially completed our wedding party. Whitney will have 9 brides maids and I will have 9 grooms men. I chose those people who are closest to me and have had a big impact in my life. This is not going to be the smallest wedding, but it is not going to be the royal wedding either. We are planning on having 350 people. It is going to be very chill and we hope people have fun.
The style of the wedding is going to be modern vintage. We love the look and the feel of feeling relaxed. I cannot see myself being in a suit and having other people overly dress in order to celebrate with us. The feel we want for our wedding is for people to feel comfortable and have fun. This is going to be a celebration of Whitney and my relationship. We want people to come and eat a burger and a hot dog with us. Drink some lemonade or ice tea. Make some smores over a warm chimney. Share a piece of cake. And take some candy home. We want this wedding to be a celebration of God because our story reflects the things God does through people. It will be a time in which we celebrate the good times and the bad times because they have made us the couple we are today. We hope it’s a day in which we can have a good hurrah with those that are special to us.
Wedding planning is a challenge when you come from different cultures too. In my culture both the bride and the groom plan the wedding together and both families make it happen. In the American culture, the bride is the one who does most of the planning and the groom just practically just shows up the day of the wedding. I don’t mind this tradition, but I am a helper… Whit might think too much (ha!). But I think that working together has really worked for us because it is less stressful on her. What one person does not find, the other one does. We make a good team and we are making this happen.
This will be my space to vent, inform, share, laugh, but not cry and inform my “one” reader on what’s going on with the wedding planning. I am excited for the big day, and I am glad we have the days we do in order to plan, so log in once in a while and read on.
Alex Castro
