One of the most common things I hear is, "We only need about 10 minutes of your time"

While a wedding ceremony may last 10-20 minutes, the time your officiant spends on your event, definitely is much more than you might think.

For an elopement, which would typically entail the least amount of time, will on average require an hour of your officiant's time. Consider the emails, phone calls and/or texts between you and your officiant, the time spent writing the ceremony he or she will be using, travel to your ceremony location, the actual ceremony and completing and returning the necessary paperwork. 

Do I have your attention now?​

Jessica and Nick were married 9/15/13 at The Cotillion Room and Garden in Independence, MO. Their ceremony and venue was beautiful, just like this couple and their family. This was the first wedding that I performed and I'm so glad that I was able to be a part of their day!

I can't tell you how many consultations I've been to. But I can tell you that every one that I've been to, the couple hasn't interviewed us.

Wait. What? 

I'm actually very shocked at this. Probably the most important person in the grand scheme of your wedding day and we aren't asked any questions? I mean, yes, decor and clothes and food, and, and and...are all so very important. Did you think about the person that signs that marriage license to make your marriage legal? 

Wow. This actually pretty interesting to think about. Just because someone is willing to take your money and stand in front of a crowd and say the words, does not mean that they are allowed to legally marry you. This is one HUGE important question you should be asking. But there are more...