how can i include my boys in our wedding

Re: how can i include my boys in our wedding

• MOBinFL2008

  

  February 2010

  Do the boys actually want to be in the wedding or is this your preference?  I teach 13-year old boys and most of them would die if they had to be part of a wedding, they'd be happier just being a guest and then getting their picture taken with Mom and her new husband.
  
  If your boys truly want to be in the wedding, they could both escort you down the aisle, they could roll out the aisle runner if you're having one, they could be ushers, they could be groomsmen, or they could just be your sons standing up by you watching you get married.

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• crakd

  

  March 2010

  i have four kids (girls 12 and 10, twin boys 8).    all the kids will walk down the aisle with me (i don't want them to be "attendants") and we're doing a sand ceremony as a family.  love the sand ceremony idea, i think it works really well for blended families.
  
  good luck. 
  

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• golden1215 member

  

  March 2010

  We are doing the traditional Lutheran unity candle ceremony but our daughter will be brought up my her godparents and have her own little candle to add to the big "family" flame instead of it just being us 2.  The minister just words this part of the ceremony a little differently.

  

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• swtasa member

  

  March 2010

  Well my daughter is significantly younger then your boys but we're having my fiance say vows to my daughter and giving her a special gift during the ceremony. We are also doing a sand ceremony where my daughter will add in her bit of sand. She'll walk down the aisle infront of me, as the flower girl(I'm sure right into the arms of my FI)
  
  I say ask them what they want to do if anything. a 10 year old might be far more excited to participate then a 13 year old.

  

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• sassyredd2010

  

  March 2010

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_customs-traditions_can-include-boys-wedding?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:36Discussion:7bcaa6a0-81a9-4af1-88ff-6835e0e1e5d5Post:6264520f-d562-4941-a71b-1f7dc722d109">Re: how can i include my boys in our wedding</a>:
  [QUOTE]We are doing the traditional Lutheran unity candle ceremony but our daughter will be brought up my her godparents and have her own little candle to add to the big "family" flame instead of it just being us 2.  The minister just words this part of the ceremony a little differently.
  Posted by golden1215[/QUOTE]
  
  wow, thats a great idea...i had been trying how to include my kids more in the ceremony and i think that willbe really neat

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