Getting legally married, then doing a ceremony and a reception later?

Hey there Wedding Wire Community!

So ny fiancé proposed in December of 2017, and at first we wanted a June wedding but were trying to be realistic and settled for a September wedding (in 2018) but then I lost my job a few days after got engaged. And then I had my tonsils and adenoids removed, and I’ve been off work since. So financially me being a full time student and no job, and him being a roofer we are extremely tight in money. So we moved it to next June, because we haven’t put any down payments down and we wanted to make it the best we could since my family can’t afford to help. (I know his will as they have made it very known they way to but I don’t feel 100% comfortable with that ya know) I have 11 siblings, and my two older siblings both go married in a court house. My sisters first marriage lasted less than 8 months and then her second marriage she planned and threw in less than 4 months, and it was beautiful but she could only afford about two or so hours at her church/they only had time for about two hours and that included tear down. There was no dancing for any of the guests, and everyone had eaten all the food before half of us could get to it.

Ny parents are religious and would like us to get married sap as we are living together. I understand that, and if I were to get pregnant I’d was us to ge married asap as well which he agrees, so my dad suggested that he wanted us to get married “legally” and then do a ceremony and a reception when we plan to and we can renew our vows and such later.


Is this idea financially really really different than us getting married all in one day in June of next year or even September if this year?

How exactly does that eveb work anyway?