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2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
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2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
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Our wedding is set for july. this will be our 2nd marriage. he has 3 kids, i have 3 kids and we share a child. yes bigger than the brady bunch. We have a 14 (boy), 12 (boy), 12 (girl), 9 (boy), 9 (gi
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2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
Making a second (or third) trip down the aisle? Chat with others in the same boat here.
Our wedding is set for july. this will be our 2nd marriage. he has 3 kids, i have 3 kids and we share a child. yes bigger than the brady bunch. We have a 14 (boy), 12 (boy), 12 (girl), 9 (boy), 9 (gi
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2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
posted at 2/5/2012 8:56 PM EST
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Our wedding is set for july. this will be our 2nd marriage. he has 3 kids, i have 3 kids and we share a child. yes bigger than the brady bunch. We have a 14 (boy), 12 (boy), 12 (girl), 9 (boy), 9 (girl will be by ceremony), 2.5 (boy) and 1 year old boy. I am on great terms with my ex (he and his new wife will be attending our wedding, as we attended his). we are not doing a big expensive wedding. Family is cooking the food to be served buffet style. we are doing a unity sand cermony for the kids with each child having their own sand color to contribute. we are giving wedding favors that are smaller versions of the our sand bottle to everyone. i will be wearing the dress, he will have a nice outfit. the boys will be wearing khaki shorts with coral colored polo shirts, the girls will be wearing dresses with the khaki/coral colors in them. our ceremony will be taken place in the same room as the reception with people already sitting at their tables. we plan on being married in the middle of the tables (more less the tables will be in a circle shape).
we just need help with the wording on the invites.. our ceremony to us is more about the unity of 2 families. The kids are all on board for this and cant wait to be a blended family. We have involved them in everything.
i would like to do our vows but also include a family vow..
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Re: 2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
posted at 2/5/2012 10:27 PM EST
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"Together with their families" is a good choice for invitations in this circumstance.
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Re: 2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
posted at 2/6/2012 12:17 PM EST
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Don't include a family vow, it can make the kids feel like they are being disloyal to their birth parent. The sand ceremony is a very nice touch and a great visual reminder for them of the blended family they belong to. We did a sand ceremony, but our vows were between my DH and me.
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Re: 2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
posted at 2/6/2012 6:20 PM EST
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I think the advice above is great. Just want to say congrats on finding love a second time around.
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Re: 2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
posted at 2/7/2012 8:47 AM EST
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Thanks for the advice. we did decide just yesterday about the fact we wont be doing the family vow. the kids really like the idea of the sand ceremony and have been having fun picking out their sand colors.
still trying to decide about the wording of the invites and how i want my name to be present on the invites. i didnt go back to my maiden name after my last marriage, i kept the same last name as what my kids last name is.
would it be too informal to just use my first name or first name with middle name, or just use my full name?
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Re: 2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
posted at 2/7/2012 7:51 PM EST
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Congrats. We too are doing the unity sand. ( I have 3 boys and he has a boy and a girl). To me it just seemd perfect. I hope your day goes great.
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Re: 2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
posted at 2/7/2012 9:01 PM EST
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Use the name you currently use for the invitations.
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Re: 2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
posted at 2/8/2012 8:36 PM EST
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I just used first names on the actually invitation. I kept my last name the same as my children's after the divorce so I had the same delima. We are doing a sand ceremony with an hourglass and a different color of sand for each person. We all like differnt colors, so each person choose sand in their favorite color (red for FH, purple for me, light blue for older DD, green for DS, and pink for younger DD). The kids have had fun helping us plan the big day.
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Re: 2nd marriage for us with 7 kids
posted at 2/21/2012 5:48 AM EST
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Congratulations on your pending marriage! We are in much the same situation as you are. I have 3 girls and 1 boy and my fiance has 2 boys. I kept my married name after the divorce because of the children and the ease of identification. I have decided to use my first name, middle initial, maiden name and married name on the invitations. The majority of the guests (friends) only know me by my married name but it was important to me to also include my birth name for my family. It's a bit lengthy but it is who I am. I have a question for you (and anyone else). Will you change your name to your new husband's last name, keep your current last name or hyphenate your name? That seems to be my current issue. Any thoughts?
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