Recap: Wedding Bliss and First kiss

The wedding is right around the corner, Michaella is getting her things ready for her move to Chicago. None of the girls would want her to go.
The family are preparing for their guests. They get help from family and friends to decorate the church for the wedding.
The girls head to the Nail Salon to get their nails done for the wedding while the boys head to their tuxedo shop to pick up their outfits.
Brandon doesn't trust that his brother-in-laws won't touch the car even through the boys promise that they are going to be destructive.
Brandon and Michaella decided early on that they were going to save their first kiss after they are married. Michaella is excited for her first kiss.
The girls are running on Bates time and Kelly is not happy. Kelly jokes like the Duggar family, they are on late Bates time.
Michaella is getting stressed out but thanks to her wedding planner puts her at ease. Kim knows that it's a little harder to get their Bates family wedding. Carlin starts crying and Michaella feels for her sister.
John and Alyssa come up from Florida with baby Allie. The family can barely recognize Alyssa since she changed her hair to dark brown.
The morning of the wedding, Michaella is counting down the minutes until she can get married. As the wedding gets closer both boys and girls are running behind. Michaella gets everything done with her dress as Callie starts crying. Michaella and Callie spend a few minutes together.
Michaella has told everyone that she doesn't flower pets to fall on them during the first kiss but Brandon wants them and puts the little boys up to it.
The family gets ready for the pictures and Gil gets a little tear up when he sees his daughter in her wedding dress. Brandon and Michaella did not want to see each other until the altar so they have to have a door between them and hold hand to pray.
The wedding starts on time, Gil and Michaella have a prayer.
Lawson sings his new song "I will always" during the grandparents and Brandon's parents enter the chapel.
Kelly is honor to be apart her daughter's wedding. She says that they all bests friends.
Michaella starts down the aisle with her dad. Her dad is asked who gives this woman to marry this man and he responds her mother, i, and her 18 siblings.
A professor of Brandon and Gil officiates the ceremony. They reciting vows, wedding rings and lighting their candle. Brandon and Michaella pray with their parents and then are pronounce husband and wife. Gil gives his daughter a kiss on the cheek before Brandon can kiss his new wife.
The couple finally share their first kiss and give a hug. Michaella is super excited that she was his one and only.
Brandon and Michaella managed to get away from someone decorating their car.
NO TRIVIA Questions this week either

Nervous Bride?

This week's episode of Bringing Up Bates, Erin asked her sister (Michaella) if she was nervous about her wedding. 

The Bride said no that she is not nervous.

Be sure to watch the new episode of Bringing Up Bates, we will be posting our recap and trivia questions later tonight! :) 

Brandon and Michaella's wedding photos!

We have a ton of new photos of the wedding and we are super excited to share them with you! 

 

Two months of marriage

Today marks Brandon and Michaella's second month of marriage! 

Last night we posted new wedding photos of the happy couple! 

Wedding photos!

Brandon and Michaella are about to celebrate their second month of marriage tomorrow! 

The couple decided to share some new wedding photos! :) 

One day until Wedding!

By this time tomorrow Brandon and Michaella will be walking down the aisle as husband and wife.

Wedding #4: DIY

Michaella is so happy to share the Unity Candle that she and Brandon will light at their wedding. We are happy to share it with you all.

Just 14 days!

Just 14 days until Brandon and Michaella will be husband and wife and that means that Michaella is getting ready to leave her family home for the first time in her life. She is super excited for this new adventure in her life.

 

Three weeks to go!

In just three weeks, Brandon and Michaella are getting ready to be husband and wife. They haven't revealed their honeymoon spot so we are thinking that it might be released in the show! 

 

New blog series!

We are super excited for Brandon and Michaella's wedding in about three weeks and we are excited to announce our new series that we are starting up for them as they start this new journey!

Journey to one year of marriage will start on August 22nd!

Brandon and Michaella's wedding cover photo ideas

We are thinking for Brandon and Michaella's wedding photo cover idea is to put their last four photos together before their wedding.

Let me know what you think.

See you in the next blog! 

Four weeks to go

Just four weeks until Brandon and Michaella will be husband and wife. They're super excited for their big day.

Brandon and Michaella's blog: preparing for the big day part 2

Ever since our engagement began on April 13^th, life has taken on a new challenge and thrill as we make preparations for the wedding while being in two different states. Since Tennessee and Illinois aren’t very close, much of our planning has involved texting information and pictures, emailing design ideas and music clips, and cell phone brainstorming sessions.

Having this distance between us – especially at this stage – hasn’t been the easiest thing in the world… but the Lord has been so gracious in providing several opportunities for us to be together. Having to deal with the distance has also allowed us to see more clearly that our relationship will be lacking if it doesn’t have the second thing that was mentioned in the last post… the “revelation of a mystery.”

The Bible talks about this mystery in the book of Ephesians, where it talks about Jesus and His bride becoming one (see Eph. 5:31-32). The “bride” that is mentioned is the group of people that have covenanted themselves to Jesus through commitment and belief. This covenant actually makes them “one” with Him, which is stated to be a “great mystery.” And for good reason! If you think about it, how could anybody, whether in the past or present, actually become “one” with Jesus? The answer is found through the covenant He offers to all humanity. This covenant is the only thing that can produce this oneness.

As we (Brandon and Michaela) anticipate entering into covenant with one another, where the two of us will “become one,” we realize that our uniting is only a picture and reflection of something God has established since the beginning of time, which is that the creation of God would be brought into true oneness with Jesus Christ. We see that our marriage is only a representation of the ultimate marriage of Jesus Christ to His bride, and as we walk in the revelation of what that is, it is then that we can receive, not just the deepest kind of love for each other, but also the vibrant life and love that lasts forever.

But we also realize that these things can only be experienced through the commitment of a covenant.

(To be continued – Anticipating the making of our covenant.)   

Other blogs: 

• Preparing for the big day part 1
• Our wedding party  
• Engaged 

Journey to wedding: One month to go!

Brandon and Michaella have one more month until they are husband and wife! They are super excited to start their marriage. Brandon and Michaella are getting ready to move her to Chicago! 

Preview: Doctor's orders

Erin has been experiencing early contractions, so she and Chad rush to their doctor, to find out what’s wrong. Meanwhile, Michael and Brandon discover how stressful it can be to plan a wedding long distance via video chat.

Countdown to Wedding update #2

Brandon and Michaella have two months until they say I do. They are working on finishing all of the last wedding details and enjoying their time together.