Western Colorado Wedding Stories

Is it about pleasing your parents?  Just doing what is expected? Seriously, why?  Because all your friends or siblings did it? For some folks it’s about celebrating with their family and friends.  But that’s not the ceremony, it is the reception/party part!  Are you publicly declaring your intention to be together for the rest of your lives, or are you promising to be the best spouse you can be (however long that may be)? I’m not trying to talk you out of a ceremony here, I love officiating wedding ceremonies!  Wedding ceremonies are sacred and serious, but they certainly do…

Before you get married in Colorado or anywhere, as a wedding officiant and communication coach... I recommend you both ponder these questions individually, then make a sacred time, or times, to have a dialogue.  Be painfully honest, yet compassionate. If your partner did not change much at all over the years (from how they are now)  would that be okay with you? Are you able to say what you really feel and/or think about anything to your partner? Can you accept that there are times you do not really like each other, but your love is bigger & deeper than…

Do you really want to wait for a Colorado wedding now?  In the Autumn of 2020 I officiated a wedding ceremony for a couple that had planned a large wedding in the summer of 2020 with me as their Western Slope wedding officiant. They put it off in hopes the pandemic would be over soon.   When they realized that no one really knew when it would end, they decided to have a very small outdoor wedding and have a big celebration when it felt safe to do so. Another couple I married in the Summer was posting it live…

Wedding while in a pandemic?   Yes you can! I have officiated joyful weddings during these crazy times when no one would think you could have weddings in time of COVID. Many people are postponing their wedding while in a pandemic.  That is understandable if you have your heart set on a large number of people in attendance at your ceremony. However, if you are willing to create a celebration with all of your family and friends when it is safe to do so again, there is no reason not to create a beautiful and memorable ceremony now. You can…

Western Slope weddings are generally more laid back and tend more toward wilderness settings. Not to say that I have not officiated some large formal weddings in Telluride, Aspen and Vail. And I have officiated weddings in those same places that were small and informal. It does not matter much whether you choose formal/informal, large/small, indoor/outdoor, what matters is what feels right for you, the couple getting married. Some choose to do what pleases their families. Again if pleasing your family is of upmost importance, then do what feels right to you. I have joined families of varied religious backgrounds…

A wedding ceremony in a hot air balloon? Yes! What better kind of adventure weddings in Colorado could one ask for with our spectacular mountains all around!   The groom called me and said he and his bride would like to have a conversation with me about their wedding ceremony, but the hot air balloon part was to be a surprise to the bride! So, “keep that part under wraps as we speak together.”   The take off point was an hour and a half from my home and I had to be there at 7 am, so the groom…