2 Ceremonies??

We will also be having 2 ceremonies. At our minimony, it will be just us, our officiant and my MOH as a witness. Family will not be there for 2 reasons, don't want to risk spreading a virus, and my FH's family is out of state, so it'd be unfair if mine was there and his wasn't. So, our family will be at our "bigger/postponed" ceremony which will automatically make it more special. I've bought a second simpler dress, which I'm still deciding if I will wear that one or my special one - but was saving the expensive one to also be a surprise and more special on the day with family. We will also be saving our personal vows to share in front of our family.

We are going to do exactly what you are doing. We will have our minimony in October and the big wedding next year. Currently, the idea is to do the same ceremony both times, as we still want our whole families there for the tradition of bringing the families together. Though you could probably customize it a little, like not do any readings at the minimony if you are getting married at a church. I am also going to wear my dress twice, assuming alterations are done in time, as I also wanted to get married in that dress, plus I put a lot of money into it. I will have different hairstyles so that FH is still wowed each time I walk down the aisle.

Love this! The aspect of bringing the families together really resonated with me! That's exactly our thinking about our 2 ceremonies!

I am also considering doing a minimony this year and the big celebration as planned next year. I also have concerns it won't be "as special" so following along this thread to see what others think. But here is what I have so far: This is still kind of a new/unconfirmed plan but so far I think I would do two dresses so that my FH sees me in my "real" dress for the first time on the scheduled day next year and a simple but pretty dress this year which my hope adds to the wow factor to keep ceremony round two special. Also two sets of vows. We haven't decided if we're writing our own vows or not but possibly one set will be our own and one will be the more "traditional" vows. FH says not many people get to marry The One twice so that's already pretty special.