Size of Wedding

[Cassie 8]

we had a traditional religious wedding, 6 days after I entered the US. We had the following people present:

-my best friend and her daughter (2)

-his best friend and his family (5)

-my parents (2)

-his parents (2)

-my brother (1)

-his sister and family (4)

-one of my college friends and her hubby (2)

-the minister and his wife (2)

so 20 in total at the ceremony itself. 60 or so people came to the Oklahoma reception, and probably about 150 people total came to the two open house receptions we had in Canada.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

My dad wants to hold a reception at the Taj Mahal, Calgary's oldest Indian restaurant

[Cdnwmn 0]

We had both been married before so weren't going through a formal marriage this time around. Money better used towards other things.

We got married at the Statehouse in Boise, where he works. My family from Canada was not there since it was short notice and airfare very expensive. People that worked at the Statehouse came in to witness the marriage. After that we were back at our house for a bbq that we put on. My son, husband's mom and dad, two brothers, one sister in law, two nieces, best man and his wife along with their daughter were in attendance. It was great, no stress, no fuss.

[KarenCee 3]

We had a very small wedding in the garden of a good friend here in the Appalachian Mountains. His parents flew down and since I have no family left, I had only friends. My best friend from childhood was my attendant and her son was my escort. Another good friend and her husband stood in place of my parents. It was a mixed ceremony, half was Presbyterian and the other half was Native American...in honour of my heritage. About 20 - 30 people. It was gorgeous! Wouldn't have had it any other way. Besides, whether it was 2 or 200, the most important thing was getting married!

[katand7 0]

We got married at my church about three weeks after he arrived. No one from his family could come because they were all skeptical about us getting the visa and so when we did and things moved fast they were left holding the bag. (But his Mum couldn't have travelled anyway after breaking her leg the night before my now hubby left Aus). We had the ceremony and reception there and got special permission to video in the church because his family couldn't be there. We had food catered by a company owned by another church member, we did our own decorating, got flowers at a discount, bought most of the clothing on ebay. Everything was lovely - except the weather! I think we had about 60 people there in the end - about half of the total # we invited. The 50+ mph winds and very cold temps kept a lot of people away.

[sophyie 0]

We had a simple but wonderful and romantic wedding in denmark, just the two of us and our best friends, so 4 total. Our wedding was followed by a 2 night mini- honeymoon in Hamburg.

It was perfect.

Next late summer we'll have a big family bbq- style reception, and just guessing by the size of his family (his dad has 7 siblings, his mum 9, all are married and have kids ), we'll easily cross the 200- line...

[gtigiant 0]

planning it now that she has the visa. A big prewedding reception in Peru with an expectation of around 200+ people there. Then a christian ceremony in the US, and a reception at a banquet hall right on Lake Erie. Expecting around 150 at the wedding and reception in the US. Gonna be big but hopefully fairly cheap (can't afford a lot right now with everything else).

[Gina & Johann 0]

We had a simple but wonderful and romantic wedding in denmark, just the two of us and our best friends, so 4 total. Our wedding was followed by a 2 night mini- honeymoon in Hamburg.

It was perfect.

Next late summer we'll have a big family bbq- style reception, and just guessing by the size of his family (his dad has 7 siblings, his mum 9, all are married and have kids ), we'll easily cross the 200- line...

How did you have a wedding in Denmark on a K-1?

We are planning now, and for about 180 people. We have made a deposit at our venue of choice with the option of being able to move the date if something happens with the visa process. We just recieved the NVC #, so we are hoping that by March Johann will be in the states. Our families didn't want us to do the legall wedding and a bigger reception later, they wanted to all be there. It is a lot more stressfull to try and plan; however, I think it is worth trying to figure out a way to have everyone there with us.

[Joey559 1]

Just this past weekend, Paul had four, his mom, dad, aunt and uncle. We had about 65 other guest and it was a great time! I kept it small because it wasn't fair to put Paul in front of that many strangers. The 65 was family, extended family and friends close enough to be considered family