How to Cope with the Unexpected

Emily and I have been thinking of different blog ideas that will be interesting and helpful for our readers. I thought I would just put it out there and see what people come up with that they would like to see more of or maybe something new. What do you guys think? Do you have any good blogging ideas that you would like to share with the rest of the class? :)

One idea Emily came up with is a blog series called 'For Brides'. This is a series where we give helpful tips and tricks of the industry to all brides that are planning their wedding, or even thinking of what they want their wedding to be like even though they aren't engaged yet but are planning to be soon (if only HE would ask! :). This is something that we think will help brides immensely! There is so much wisdom that can only be learned by experience and exposure to the industry. So for those ladies out there that want to hear what tips we have to give, we would love to hear what you think of our advice.

This will NOT be us telling you how to plan your wedding; instead, we will be relating our ideas to our experiences in the wedding industry and giving you another perspective that may help. Savvy? :)

Today's topic, and I think totally appropriate for our first post of this series, will help you to truly enjoy your wedding to the fullest. This is, after all, why you go through it; to have the most amazing and memorable moment of your life. I am calling today's post 'How to Cope with the Unexpected'. If you have not gone through the process of planning a wedding, you cannot fully appreciate the anxiety of it; it feels like being put through the gauntlet and hoping you survive on the other end (this is not everyone's experience, so we are speaking to those brides that DO stress about it). There are so many details and vendors to coordinate, not to mention parents, relatives, and friends that all have advice and opinions that get chimed into the whole mix. In the end, your wedding is more like a smorgasbord of details, ideas, and emotions that, if you aren't careful, will take all the fun and joy of this day that you have been thinking of since you were a little girl twirling in a summer dress.

So how do you avoid getting caught up in the chaos? Here is today's word of wisdom...

Realize that no matter how much planning you do, things never go exactly as planned. We've see both extremes; brides that just go with the flow and couldn't care less, as well as brides that have a schedule down to the last detail. Neither is wrong or right! Every wedding is different, as are the personalities of the brides and grooms. I was pretty involved in planning our wedding and helped to create an order of ceremony and reception, also delegating responsibilities to different people. In fact, Emily sometimes said I SHOULDN'T be so involved! :D Other guys are less involved in the planning; no problem! Their brides probably want to be making the decisions anyway :). In both extremes, whether completely planned out or hardly thrown together, experience shows us things go differently than planned; notice I am not saying they go WRONG, they go DIFFERENT :). The reason is that you cannot anticipate every variable so why try to? Here is our word of advice that could mean the difference between being 'pull your hair out' stressed at your wedding or 'beyond overjoyed'; don't let unanticipated things affect your overall experience on your wedding day. You can have 1 of 2 goals; you can try to force everything to go exactly as planned, or you can plan to enjoy your wedding day no matter what comes because you get to have it with the person who is most important to you in the whole world. Think about it... what really matters most; to have a flawless day but be stressed the entire time worrying that something will go wrong? Or to go into the day knowing that unexpected things will happen but it doesn't matter because you are going to laugh about it and be completely in love instead of worrying about the details. It's as simple as that... So we encourage you to choose the latter, whether or not your flourist is an hour late or even if a stray dog eats your wedding cake (God forbid this happen!! BUT... if it did, it would definitely be something to tell the grand kids :D).

Does this help? I am also curious what our married readers think about this post because they have already gone through it. Do you think this will help our brides? Thanks for reading! :)

Here's a picture of Temple with Robyn from Hawaii. I know, I should have finished editing the Hawaii pictures a while ago :). I am still finishing them, just been too busy with other photo shoots.