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Show bficlol MONDAY • APRIL 9 • 2007 A little time for YOU Life Editor and his lovely wife marriage by the numbers Utah marriages by age, location and time i The benefits of hiring a wedding coordinator Luke and Kristen Hickman C3 ning our reception. We didn't have to worry about setting everything up, only to tear it all down after a few hours. Hiring a wedding coordinator allowed us to enjoy our engagement, worry about things that really mattered and hurry away to our honeymoon even faster. These are just some of the topics that'll stress out the bride, frustrate the groom and leave no free room for spending time together. It can be so stressful that some couples begin to wonder if getting married is still a good idea. Don't despair; hope lies within the power of a wedding coordinator. A coordinator, if they're good, will worry about all of these items for you. This -dress doesn't mean that they will -cake make all of the decisions for -rings you, but that they'll seek out the best deals and bargains to -tuxedos make -your wedding the way -food that you want it. They will never do anything that you -invitations didn't already decide on. -announcements When we were to be mar-decorations ried, we thought we knew exactly what we wanted, but -locations our coordinator brought up -bridesmaids dozens of concerns that we -groomsmen hadn't thought about that would've left us scurrying -maid of honor around in the last minute to -best man correct. Instead of stressing out, we were able to spend . -videographer quality time together and -photographer lose none of the excitement -colors of the big day. On the day of the wed-flowers ding, our coordinator set -bouquets up the reception hall, stuck • -garters around the entire time to ensure that things ran smoothly -honeymoon for us and took everything -ceremony down when it was over. Our only duties that night were -luncheon or dinner? to have fun, entertain our -DJ or band? friends and family and ar-receiving line or casual range a way to get all of our presents home. mingling? We never went through the trying moments of plan- To do: Planning your wedding around the seasons? Here are the number of marriages by month in 2002 in Utah Valley. No surprise here, summer weddings outnumber winter weddings two to one. January: 203 October: 205 November: 205 February: 243 , March: 261 " December: 205 September: 303 : April: 343 May: 343 . . . .-* ••' \ .( * ' -\ * ; July: 381 June: 397 August: 488 i , t Total marriages: 3,633 ^.t&mp, v. Average agejpf grooms and brides getting married m Utah In '' 12: . A- Groom's 1st marriage: 23 years of age' Groom's 2nd marriage: 37 years of age Brides 1st marriage: 21 years of age Brides 2nd marriage: 33 years of age , Salt Lake County leads the state in annual marriages, fplloWed by Utah County and then Davis County. .0. \0 Alarriages in Salt Lake County in 2002: 10,618 '/;';.• ^Marriages in Utah County in 2002: 3,710 fc^ |Marriages in Davis County in 2002: 2 , 2 1 9 . ^ ^ ^ . : ,: Courtesy of Utah's Department of™anUU •-*;'-*'^-^*- Curious about the average age of brides andtyooms in Utah County? Brides, by age, getting married in Utah County in 2002: Age 16: 14 Age 17: 59 Age 18: 196 Age 19: 391 Age 20 and above: 2,973 " "*-V*Yi Simplifying your celebration Ten Utah Valley reception sites with catering and d6cor services provided: Alpine Art Center Bella Via BYU Museum of Art Chef's Table Chillon Reception Center Clarion Manor Colonial House Provo Mariott Victorian Manor White Willow www. alpineartcenter. com www.the-bella-via.com www.byu.edu www.chefstable.net www.chillon.com www.clarionmanor.com www.thecolonialhouse.com www.marriott.com (801)229-2701 www.whitewillowweddings.com flowers for all occasions boutonnieres cake toppers center pieces and more 80 1.404.6382 | mention this ad and receive $50 your order •i |