Ok, so one of the biggest and most difficult decisions we've had to make about our wedding is WHERE we are going to get married, and i'm not just talking venue. It's been a challenge because I am from MI originally and I am still pretty close to my family. And trust me on this, weddings are a BIG DEAL! All of the aunts, uncles, cousins, etc love to celebrate, and when I got married, it was a no brainer that my family was going to celebrate with me. Well, I moved to wyoming a few years ago for school and I've pretty much settled here. But there is no way that my very large family could make it out here for a wedding. It just costs wayy too much.
Obvisouly wtih only considering this, I would just have the wedding in MI...but here's the twist. FI's family lives in New Mexico, and there is no way his family could make it out to MI for the wedding because its way too far away.
So after a whole lot of stress and a whole lot of conversations with our parents, we have came to a decision. We are going to have the ceremony here in wyoming with a resturant reception immediatly after, and then later that week we are going to have a big reception with dancing, dinner, etc in michigan so that my family can celebrate with us. In addition, we are also plannig on doing a unity sand ceremony in michigan before the reception and i'm trying to talk FI into reading something special to eachother in front of family durring that. That way they can still be a part of us joining our individual lives as one.
I know there is a lot of disrespect for brides that talk about having "two weddings" but I really can't think of another way to make sure that all of those important to us get to participate and celebrate with us...any advice?