I Still Dream of A Church Wedding

My husband and I are married for 5 years now. We had a civil wedding with my family back in the Philippines.  Although we both wanted to have a church wedding at the time, it was impossible, and we didn't have all the time to plan and get things ready.  As a matter of fact, everything happened so fast!

new addition to my
"wedding gown designs collection"

John was about to start doing a training for a deployment when he flew to the Philippines to meet me and my family for the first time.  Yes, we got married on our first meeting!  I know, right?  Should I say, we were too in love and too scared to lose each other that we chose not to wait any longer?  I think we were... (Hehehe.)

Anyway, he was only given 2 weeks of leave, and within that two weeks, we actually spent less time doing things we wanted to do together because we were too busy getting requirements/documents we needed for our wedding.  We honestly felt bad that we didn't even get to inform all of my family members about us getting married.  They knew about him of course.  But I think most of them didn't really expect me getting married right away, especially when it was just his first visit.

I still dream of a church wedding, that's for sure.  As a matter of fact, every time I think about our plan of having a church wedding, I always search for wedding gown designs.  I even save some that I found really pretty.  It's tough when you see a lot of beautiful gowns and you know in the back of your head that you can only get to wear one, and no matter how much you want it customized according to your style, you can never put everything into just one gown.

The other day, I found a style from the plus size wedding gowns that I think was too cute.  I liked the back more because of the bow-like design.  Not too fancy, but pretty enough.  And yes, you guessed it right.  I saved it to my computer so I won't forget.  I'm still searching for my "dream wedding gown", so anything I find beautiful and cute, yet simple, I save them.

Right now, we still don't have a set date for our dream wedding.  But I would really love to get married in the church where I grew up.  And if my husband wants one here in the US, too, I think a garden wedding would be perfect for us.

Whew, church and garden wedding!?  Looks like a lot of money right there.  But, would be great if we get to do both, for my side of the family and his.