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 “traditional, 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 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 type of issues that each one ladies envision sometime,” the 34-year-old instructed 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 step with her need for a complicated day, Jana saved all the pieces minimalist and easy for the general affair.
“The venue is already so beautiful and picturesque that I didn’t wish to take an excessive amount of from that,” Jana mentioned. “The fellows shall be in black fits, the ladies 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 necessary issues for the day was ensuring their family members had been properly included, as there are lots of them.
“Coming from two greater households, we love to have the ability to get collectively and rejoice moments like these,” mentioned Jana. “And so to have all of them there, it simply means so much.”
She and Stephen—considered one of 13 siblings and a member of The Wissmann Household gospel band—obtained engaged on June 15 after rekindling their romance earlier this 12 months. The pair had briefly dated years prior, however Jana instructed 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 house, in all probability 13 or so years in the past, they usually ended up getting snowed in right here, which rarely 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, they usually had been in a position to journey again house. 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.”