Grand idea helps pick bridesmaids

 

(Photo:mermaid prom dresses uk)If you’ve ever planned a wedding, you know it can be a nightmare.

You’ve got to buy a dress and find a place to hold the reception. You’ve got to find a caterer and a photographer.

Then there are the bridesmaids, a collection of friends who are expected to buy dresses and sometimes travel thousands of miles to take part in the wedding.

It’s sort of a rite of passage. Practically every female has been a bridesmaid at one time or another, especially if you have a large circle of friends.

Sometimes, though, people like to keep it in the family, which is what Alissa McKaig hoped to do for her wedding to Kyle Doehla, set to take place on Halloween.

McKaig, by the way, is a professional runner who has tried out for the U.S. Olympic team and has taken part as an elite athlete in races all over the world.

McKaig’s plan was to use her sisters as bridesmaids. It makes sense. They would most likely be at the wedding anyway, all five.

But there were some complications.

Doehla chose his groomsmen, and he winnowed his list down to eight but couldn’t narrow it down any further.

That left McKaig short three bridesmaids.

Well, McKaig was out running one day and she started thinking. There will be a lot of people at the wedding. Among them will be three grandmothers.

Throughout her life, she says, the grandmothers have stood beside her in everything she has done. They’ve all had a huge influence in her life.

So it didn’t seem right to have them just sit in the front row during the wedding. Why not have them stand with her as bridesmaids?

McKaig acknowledges that she’s never heard of anyone doing anything like this before. Bridesmaids are usually young.

But there’s nothing wrong with having some older bridesmaids.

So come Halloween, when the wedding ceremony takes place, the bridesmaids will include Betty Godschalk, who is 96, Leora Adams, who is 86, and Ruby Clausing, who is 86.

So it will be a special night in many ways, including for Leora Adams. She’s never been a bridesmaid.Read more at:pink prom dresses