Michael and Jordan's Wedding in Kansas City, Missouri

The story of our wedding

My husband and I chose to downsize our wedding due to the pandemic and to keep our loved ones safe. We had an intimate ceremony at our church, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, and followed the ceremony with a reception at Rye on the Country Club Plaza. We live streamed our wedding and hired a videographer to be sure to be able to share our day with our loved ones who could not attend.

I was devastated to not be able to share our big day with our entire family, but we kept all of the other details I would have wanted, even with a smaller wedding. I did a first looks with both my dad and my step dad, had the big dress and all the flowers, and had both of my dads walk me down the aisle. We included all of the little details: pictures of our parents' wedding days, the polaroid guest book, family heirlooms intertwined in my bouquet. We chose to have our first dance outside of the reception venue, before going in, at the same location where my husband proposed. Our venue had windows that opened up to our proposal spot, so as our family had their cocktail hour inside, they could watch our first dance through the windows. We had the speeches and cake cutting and sparkler exit just as I had originally planned. It was a wonderful day!