Come celebrate with us!

He swiped. She swiped. We matched.

So, we’ve decided we need to be flexible and change our plans yet again. Although we still plan to get married in June of 2021, we’ll do so with just a small group of our immediate family in attendance. We have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, we’re beyond disappointed that we won’t get to celebrate with you in June. We were looking forward to showing off our cool new rings in person. And, of course, anyone who’s ever attended a wedding with us knows how we love to cut a rug at these things, but we guess we’ll have to settle for Luke and Oreo as dance partners that night instead. We were so excited to mark this important life event surrounded by all the people who are important to us, but it just isn’t in the cards. But there’s a lot we like about this new plan, too. For one thing, for the first time in a while, most of the lurking uncertainty that has dogged our wedding plans since March is now gone; no matter what, we’re going to get married in June. It’s a bit of a relief, to be honest. And for another thing, when we decided to scale our wedding plans way down, that brought us closer to another major life event: being able to buy a home. We’ve already started hunting for a place to call our own. Still, not having a big party now doesn’t mean we’ll never get to have one. We’re planning on having a big anniversary party down the line when it’s safe to do so, when we’ll finally get to eat too much, drink too much, and dance too much with all our favorite people. When you think about it, the party will mean even more then, because we’ll be celebrating more than just a brand-new marriage; we’ll be toasting a marriage that has had a chance to wear in a bit and get nice and comfortable, like a good shoe. We’ll be basking in all that joy, and we’ll also be honoring all of our patience and perseverance, and the love that holds us all together through rough times like these. By that point, I think we’ll all have earned it. Love, Josh & Julia