Ceremony order

The first order is what we went through.

The first one is what I was thinking lol

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I think this will be how we do it . I like that the last thing we do is be pronounced husband and wife and have that "you may now kiss" moment!

I never even thought of this but now that I think of it at my cousins wedding I believe they took a short break to sign the register before kissing. I will definitely have to ask the officiant what they do.

View quoted message Signing the register is a legal part so I don't know why it wasn't included in anything you saw online. We are most likely going to have to do it during the ceremony as we aren't seeing each other beforehand.

In the last wedding I attended it was vows, rings, sign, pronounce, kiss. Do you have a preference? What does your officiant recommend?

We did signing, pronounce, kiss.
You aren't legally married until the register is signed, so pronouncing before signing wouldn't work.
In the jewish religion the signing is done before the ceremony (and you are technically legally married at that point), so in that case, they pronounce at the end of the ceremony.

We did vows rings signing kiss pronouncement. The officiant did it that way, I never even thought about it

I went to a wedding this past weekend and it was vows, ring, signing, pronounced husband and wife, kiss and then a big group picture!
It was a backyard wedding - and the officiant forgot to put the pen at the area they were signing... so they just ended up signing after the ceremony. but they still went over to sign during the ceremony as they didn't know at the time there wasn't a pen! No one knew any different. they laughed about it !

We are considering signing the register earlier in the day and just skip that part in the ceremony. We are trying to keep it as short as possible becauase it will be outdoors and hot out. If we do keep it im not sure what order we will do. Maybe vows- rings-kiss-signing-prouncement? Ill have to think on it.

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I'm leaning towards that too. I feel like the kiss should be at the end, that's the big event!

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Ok, that's what I thought too. I googled it and a lot of ceremony samples don't have the signing at all, which I thought was a legal part of it.

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That is what I originally planned and then my brother sent me a copy of his ceremony from 2 years ago and they did the signing at the very end so I started doubting the order. In my mind, "you may now kiss the bride" seems like it should be the very last thing, so the register signing should be before that. It seems like I'm getting so indecisive about these little things the closer I get to the date. They don't matter but for some reason I am so focused on them!

I think we'll be signing the register and then being pronounced. I feel its a bit anticlimactic the other way.

I'm not sure yet. We have a sample of our ceremony coming our way soon so we'll figure it out then. Most weddings I have been to have been the first option.

I think we will do the vows, rings, signing and then pronounce us. I think the weddings I have been to have been that way so I'll probably just do that haha