Jana Duggar has lastly seen her youthful self’s desires realized—a white gown and her liked one on the finish of the aisle.
On Thursday, Aug. 15, in a “traditional, elegant” ceremony, the 19 Youngsters and Counting alum married musician Stephen Wissmann in Prairie Grove, Arkansas,
The newlyweds exchanged conventional vows at The Grand at Willow Springs in entrance of 500 company, together with the maid of honor, Jessa Duggar Seewald, her sister-in-law, Abbie Duggar, and sisters Pleasure-Anna Forsyth, Johannah Duggar, Jinger Duggar Vuolo, and Jordyn Duggar as bridesmaids.
“I believe it’s a kind of issues that every one women envision sometime,” the 34-year-old informed PEOPLE forward of their nuptials. “For me, it felt like, ‘Okay, it’s by no means coming.’ However now it’s beginning to sink in. Actuality is beginning to set in. And I’m like, ‘Wow, this really is one thing that I’ve dreamed of.’”
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Consistent with her want for a sophisticated day, Jana stored every little thing minimalist and easy for the general affair.
“The venue is already so attractive and picturesque that I didn’t wish to take an excessive amount of from that,” Jana stated. “The blokes will likely be in black fits, the women in champagne-colored clothes, after which simply white flowers and greenery.”
Jana—the eldest daughter of the Duggar household’s 19 youngsters—walked down the aisle to “Holy, Holy, Holy” in an off-the-shoulder ivory satin ball robe along with her dad, Jim Bob Duggar. “The gown felt elegant and a bit like a princess.”
The previous TLC star talked about that one of many extra vital issues for the day was ensuring their family members have been properly integrated, as there are a whole lot of them.
“Coming from two greater households, we love to have the ability to get collectively and have a good time moments like these,” stated Jana. “And so to have all of them there, it simply means quite a bit.”
She and Stephen—one in all 13 siblings and a member of The Wissmann Household gospel band—acquired engaged on June 15 after rekindling their romance earlier this 12 months. The pair had briefly dated years prior, however Jana informed PEOPLE that they continued to speak to one another “on and off.”
“[The Wissmanns] would journey and sing. I bear in mind them coming to our dwelling, in all probability 13 or so years in the past, and so they ended up getting snowed in right here, which infrequently occurs in Arkansas,” recalled Jana.
“I bear in mind simply enjoying video games late into the night time, doing puzzles collectively till the snow melted off, and so they have been capable of journey again dwelling. I don’t actually bear in mind Stephen that properly as a result of I’m older than him, and so he was by no means on my radar.”
