A few months back, I (Sidney) was contacted by the producers of Say Yes To the Dress. For those who don't know, this is a popular wedding TV show on TLC. They told me that they are creating a new show right now called Say Yes to the Dress: America. On this show, they will have 52 couples (1 couple from each state) flown to New York City. The bride-to-be will try on dresses at the world famous "Kleinfeld Bridal" where she will get to pick out her dream dress. Then, all 52 couples will gather in NYC to all be married in a giant ceremony in Central Park. The goal of the couples is to show off their state pride, and the producer said she would like us to submit our info and try out for the Indiana position. Well, Connor and I thought...why not? Nobody we know ever wins this stuff but we have nothing to lose. Anyway, after many Skype interviews and video submissions, long story short, they contacted us again recently to inform us that WE ARE IT!!! We are getting married on national television on July 10!! We will be the Indiana couple! Of course, we said yes!! So the next question was...what about our August 30 wedding? I've always wanted a personal wedding. One without 51 other couples. One to celebrate the love of just my husband and I, with the people we love most by our sides. We also realized we already had many payments holding our August 30 wedding. So after much consideration, we decided to not get officially married UNTIL August 30, in front of our family and friends. BUT. Instead of a wedding of 200 as we had originally planned, we decided to now just do immediate family and friends. Our wedding will be small now, but we decided it's what we want most. Financially, it also makes sense. We were blessed to be given a televised wedding for our giant extended families to be able to watch from their own homes, so we have decided on a small, intimate setting now for August 30. (Continue reading in next post).

If you are invited, know that you are someone VERY special to Connor and I. We had to cut our list by about 150 people, and although it is unfortunate...we can not WAIT to share this special day with the people who mean so much to us. Thank you for sharing this exciting time with us!! We invite you to please please come celebrate with us on August 30 for the OFFICIAL marriage of Connor and Sidney! We can't wait to spend the evening sharing our love with all of you! Also: this is not allowed to be public knowledge yet. We are only allowing you all to know right now...so please help us keep this little secret for a bit! We can't wait to tell everyone, but for now, you guys are the only ones with the inside scoop😊 Thanks in advance! Ps. The show won't air until several months later. We will simply be filming in NYC from July 7-11. Eeeee! We are so excited!!!