Seating of Parents and Grandparents

While we don't have much family, we plan to have everyone seated that isnt Bridal Party or "dad" to walk down the aisle. we will do a first look and all family bridal party photos prior to the guests arriving so they can go sit and be with the other guests.

Parents and grandparents will be mingling outside the church and welcoming the guests as they arrive and before they are seated.

(not necessarily in the following order

Once the processional begins, the grandparents are seated (grandmothers escorted by ushers OR their husbands, your choice). Then the MOB is escorted in (by BM or husband, if remarried) followed by the grooms walked down the aisle (optional, but how we are doing it) and the FOB walks bride down

Hmm. I guess we should ask our parents and grandparents what they expect to be doing before the ceremony.

My mom and grandparents cannot walk very well either, so we are going to have them seated prior to the ceremony started along with the guests. Just the BM and GM will walk down the aisle, and then me with my uncle (who is escorting me).

We're going to have ours come early due to pre ceremony pictures and theyre also going to escorted to their seats before the bridal party as part of the ceremony. we're going to have actual ushers that are not groomsmen that are going to do it. more than likely it'll be uncles that will escort them.

Traditionally, the seating of the grandparents/parents signals the start of the ceremony. It isn't required. But they don't have to arrive early, except maybe 15 minutes early (like hopefully everyone!). They just wouldnt go sit whenever they feel like it, like guests would - that's only if you do this. Don't have to.

Our grandparents didn't attend (his passed away, mine are not healthy ennough), our moms walked down the aisle together (his dad isn't in the picture), then groomsmen, then bridal party, then me and my dad.

I spoke with my mom, and she said she'd definitely like to be walked down the aisle. And that we could put a chair for her where ever before then. So, it looks like it's happening.

Our venue has a "family and bridal party room" for our family to hang out it outside of the bridal suite and grooms room. Our grandparents/family will be hanging out in there. When the ceremony is about to begin my parents will go take my grandparents to their seats. Then return to that room. My mom and FH's parents will be walking down the aisle as part of our ceremony.

We just have a bridal room. I think mom would enjoy hanging out in there. Grandma could too. Not sure about dad. I don't know what to do with FH's parents. They've already said they don't want any part of the ceremony. They just want to be guests. Might be a little weird just having my parents walk down.