I Served Serial Joe a Slushie

For those curious about why we're having a wedding with just basically our parents there, I present a small story.

It was at Jamsie's wedding rehearsal dinner last month. We were talking with
Scott's dad, and he said something which really struck me. He said
"when Brenda and I got married, we just did the usual thing at the
time in Britain, which was to go a justice of the peace, then have
dinner with parents afterwards, and that was it". And that really
made an impact on me. Whenever I've heard or seen anything about
weddings, I've felt that I didn't want to have to go through all that
planning for something I see as, at it's heart, very simple. But I'd
always just accepted that was the way it had to be, until I heard this
story from Scott's dad.

Recently, we've been planning to go to Belize next year, and then I
suppose it all came together and we decided to have what Scott's Dad
and Mum had, but in Belize. No reception, no big ceremony, no
showers, no parties, just an exchange of vows and then dinner
afterwards with parents. Possibly our siblings will come, I'm not
sure. But that's it. The whole idea is exactly what I'm looking for
in a marrige ceremony, very simple.

I understand that other people want to have all of these various
events and parties that go around the wedding, and that's great. The
thing is, that's just not for me. For me personally, having nothing
more than vows and one's parents is perfect. I suppose part of it is
that Meghan and I have considered ourselves married for quite a while,
after all we have been living together for several years. The
ceremony is really just a formality, so it's something that I'd like
to be as simple as possible.