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Jana Duggar has lastly seen her youthful self’s desires realized—a white gown and her beloved one on the finish of the aisle.
On Thursday, Aug. 15, in a “basic, elegant” ceremony, the 19 Children 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 friends, 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 feel it’s a type of issues that every one women envision sometime,” the 34-year-old advised 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 actually is one thing that I’ve dreamed of.’”
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In line with her want for a sophisticated day, Jana saved all the things minimalist and easy for the general affair.
“The venue is already so attractive and picturesque that I didn’t need to take an excessive amount of from that,” Jana stated. “The blokes can be in black fits, the ladies in champagne-colored attire, 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 stylish and a bit like a princess.”
The previous TLC star talked about that one of many extra necessary issues for the day was ensuring their family members had been nicely integrated, as there are numerous them.
“Coming from two larger households, we love to have the ability to get collectively and have fun moments like these,” stated Jana. “And so to have all of them there, it simply means loads.”
She and Stephen—one in every of 13 siblings and a member of The Wissmann Household gospel band—obtained engaged on June 15 after rekindling their romance earlier this yr. The pair had briefly dated years prior, however Jana advised PEOPLE that they continued to speak to one another “on and off.”
“[The Wissmanns] would journey and sing. I keep in mind them coming to our residence, in all probability 13 or so years in the past, they usually ended up getting snowed in right here, which infrequently occurs in Arkansas,” recalled Jana.
“I keep in mind simply enjoying video games late into the night time, doing puzzles collectively till the snow melted off, they usually had been in a position to journey again residence. I don’t actually keep in mind Stephen that nicely as a result of I’m older than him, and so he was in no way on my radar.”
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