Wedding Party Advice - Immediate Family Roles

I wish I had done this at my wedding. My bridesmaids were good and all but I really wished I had my brothers stand up with me instead. At my vow renewal I will be having my brothers and have them doing something and no bridesmaids or anything. You can do whatever your heart desires for your wedding and I suggest you do otherwise you may look back with some regret over time.

I LOVE seeing mixed gender wedding parties, especially when they color coordinate

H and I actually didn't have any of our siblings (6 brothers and 1 SIL total) in our wedding party, though we did ask my SIL to do a reading. There's no set rules (at least anymore) about who you must have in your wedding party! We thought about making some/all the brothers ushers but ultimately decided 1. ushers weren't necessary and 2. they'd rather just be guests than given tasks in order to feel "included."

My brother is so important in my life, but I know he'd hate being a "bridesman" and he's not close enough with FH to be a groomsman and FH already has 7. So I'm having my brother just walk my mom down the aisle. It's a small enough role that he won't get a lot of attention that he doesn't want as well as won't involve him in getting ready with a certain group/be too involved in pictures which he'd also hate, but also just away to include him.

Oooo I can see that being super cute! Do they usually wear the same colors as the groomsmen or different ones more matching the Bridesmaids?

That's an amazing idea actually! I totally forgot that my dad is walking me down haha! My older brother can walk my mom down. My younger brother (who is a better dog handler) can walk our baby girl, Harley, down the aisle this is all so perfect! Where did your brother stand? Or did they both sit down?

My Wedding hasn't happened yet! But I plan on just having him sit down next to my mom/dad up front, if he has a GF at the time (his relationships are pretty hit or miss lately lol) I'll make sure there's a seat for her up front so they can sit next to each other without him being too distracting trying to get to a seat not directly up front so he doesn't have to walk back up the aisle to get to his seat.