Did you know that the average cost of a wedding is $20K? Or that the average price to attend a wedding is nearly $450? We think that pretty sums up our decision making process.
Our ceremony actually only included the two of us! In DC, witnesses are not required, and the marriers have the option of officiating their own ceremony.
Though we would love to party with everyone, the current COVID situation makes planning anything near impossible. Instead, we hope to be able to celebrate individually with all of you as soon as we are able to see each other again in the future.
We might choose to renew our vows in the future and have more of a traditional wedding then. But for now, we are just enjoying being newlyweds.
We had initially discussed hyphenating our last names, but unfortunately Gullett-Stone sounds like some sort of disease, and Stone-Gullett really isn't any better. So after much deliberation, we decided to create a totally new last name to christen our little family. We are now happy to present ourselves as Michael and Elizabeth Orion.
That's totally fair! We did not originally intend to create a registry, but we have had multiple requests that we do so. We definitely do not expect any gifts, so please don't feel obligated to get us anything. For those of you who are buying us gifts, we are incredibly grateful and thankful for you.