christyml

Hi there. My husband and I have been legally married for exactly a year and a half today, and I am considering getting baptized. I have a goal date of June 12th of this year, and a temple sealing goal date of August 20th of next year. My question is, if someone was not sealed for their wedding, and they are going to get sealed possibly years later, do they usually have a reception after the sealing or not? For our legal wedding, we had a short ceremony, and then a large reception with a dinner and music and dancing. We had about 100 people give or take. What is your suggestion of what we should do? My husband says he would like to do a reception, but I'm not sure how big, or who to invite (none of my family is LDS, so none of them would go through the temple with us) or if we should have one at all. I do not want gifts, but I would like to have things like flowers, bridesmaids, professional pictures, etc (we would be paying for everything of course). I just want to follow correct etiquette, if that makes any sense. If anyone can shed some light on proper etiquette, that would be great! Thank you!

Hi there! My name is Christy, and I'm 23 years old. My husband's name is Jonathan (he is 24) and we have a 4 month old son named Joseph (who we call Joey). We have been married for about a year and a half. I am not actually LDS. I am Catholic. My husband was raised LDS and he went on a mission to Riverside, CA. We met when he got off the plane coming home. I remember that I was wearing the most inappropriate thing I owned (I did not dress immodestly on purpose though). I have taken all of the discussions and had an interview date, but I backed out of it out of fear. My family does not like the LDS faith (although they love my husband), and I just got really scared of "leaving" my family. Since then, I have made a baptism date (for June 12th 2013). It is more of a goal date, than an actual date, just because I don't feel quite ready yet, does that make any sense? I have not told anyone except my husband and my next door neighbor (who is actually the Relief Society President). I feel like I should get baptized because I know that it is harder to have a mixed faith family. I know that that is the wrong reason, but it's the best one I have right now.