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September 26, 2012
Friends, Mayberry, Our Wedding, Ridings

The Rehearsal Dinner

In all my wedding advice, I love to emphasize how important it is to be yourself at your wedding. It may sound super simple and slightly obvious, but anyone who has been engaged knows that so much pressure is put on that day.

Weddings are rooted in traditions – within your family or just within our culture. Tradition tells you that you have to do things certain ways. YOU DON’T. Do things the way you want to. Skip some traditions, hold others dear to your heart – it is your wedding, you get to create it.

The best weddings I have ever been to reflect the couples who are getting married! Even if they don’t do the wedding like I would have. I enjoy it because it is “so them.”

My wedding was obviously filled with a bunch of serious people 😉 We played outside, wore our chacos, set up the barn, and ate at Rudy’s (the best BBQ in town – the mister & I are slightly obsessed) We kept some traditions, skipped some others, and enjoyed it so much!

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  1. meg mcilvaine says

    February 26, 2013 at 10:46 pm

    i loved your rehearsal!! 🙂 fun all around! lots of pee your pants laughter…except i did not pee my pants…just to clarify.

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  2. Selene says

    February 27, 2013 at 11:32 am

    omg! thank you so much for the comment!
    i really love photography and i try to do my best!

    these pics are adorable!

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  3. My-cliffnotes says

    February 28, 2013 at 2:00 am

    This all looks so fun!
    Mine is this summer!

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  4. Rachel says

    February 28, 2013 at 3:56 am

    Love the photos!

    My favorite part of my rehearsal was definitely the food. 🙂

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  5. Angela says

    February 28, 2013 at 8:33 pm

    My rehearsal was at an upscale bowling alley. It was actually a lot of fun!

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  6. The Jayneses says

    June 19, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    This is adorable! Ours was also casual and my favorite part was when a nearby mariachi band stopped by to serenade us for a bit!

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  7. Megan McIlvaine says

    September 3, 2014 at 2:19 pm

    Cute cute cute. My hair looks so much lighter in these pictures!! Also, love the one of all of us walking back down the aisle. Good job, Bethy!

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  8. Elizabeth Mayberry says

    September 3, 2014 at 3:09 pm

    both of us. All of us. WE had summers back then 😉

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