What Could Have Been

This weekend the boy and I are finally putting down a deposit for our wedding location! Now that it's starting to feel at least a little bit real, I can't actually starting blogging about it. I just hope you're all as excited to read about it as I am to write about it.

The first decision that really had to be made is where to have it. I don't mean the exact place, but what state. I grew up in California, which is also where my family still lives. The boy is from Louisiana, which is where we met and where we're currently living. (Hence the title of my blog. I'm glad we're all keeping up!) So the question was L.A. or LA? There's the fear if it was out in California none of his family would come. Or if it was out in Louisiana would my family make the trek?

What it really came down to was that the boy and I are currently living in Louisiana. It just seems so much easy to me to be planning a wedding where I'm living instead of halfway across the country. And I like the idea of showing off my new home to my friends and family. Not to mention the prices in Louisiana are a little different that Southern California. But even though we've made the decision, it doesn't mean part of me doesn't wish for the wedding that could have been.

Since it's not actually happening this way, here's a glimpse at what our wedding could have actually been, if we made the California decision.

sourceAt a winery, posing in the grapevines

sourceor celebrating amongst the wine barrels.

sourceOr at the beach.

sourceNeither of these two beaches are actually in California, but I think they get the message across. But moving on to actual CA locations.

sourceUp in the mountains. (This is Big Bear specifically.)

sourceOr at a historical L.A. location like the Biltmore hotel.

But as much as I love all these possibilities we won't be doing, I can't wait to share what we actually will be doing! Do you also have two very different locations you had to choose from? What type of locations did you have to give up when making your wedding location choice?