2020 is STILL our year. We are getting married!

hi everyone! we know it's been a while since we wrote our last update. the past few weeks have just been a whirlwind, but we are happy to announce we are closer than we ever were before to our wedding date! if you recall, we rescheduled our wedding with 47 days left. now that there are TWENTY ONE, we're really starting to feel how REAL this is! it's a huge test to our patience and faith, but to say we did this with the love and support of our families and friends is still an understatement. God really blessed us every step of the way, and we are so thankful to have gotten this far. it's really happening!! as all our guests should know by now, we were only allowed a max of 25 for our ceremony and a max of 50 for the reception. we unfortunately had to make cuts to not only our guest list, but also our sponsors/wedding party to be able to continue with our wedding on September 14. as bummed as we are that we can't celebrate with everyone like we originally planned, we already feel the immense love from all of you, cheering us on (virtually and spiritually)! we thank everyone, sincerely and from the bottom of hearts, because we would not be here without you all. we truly have the best supporters on our side. love you all forever! yelly & justin

Hi all! Just dropping in with another update! ❤️ Currently in Illinois, we have made it to "Phase 4," and it can be both a good and bad thing! Illinois has thankfully been one of the more patient states with reopening, but Phase 4 means additional re-openings and the anticipation of cases steadily starting to rise again. It also means we're allowed 50 people a gathering instead of just 10! It's giving us hopeful, yet anxious feelings about what that means for September. It is still pretty early to tell what the projection could look like in the next 75 days(!!), and we know anything can happen. After all, if this pandemic has taught us anything, it's taught us to expect the unexpected! (Of course, our relationship has taught us that too bahaha.) With this in mind, even if the state is in its "fully reopened" phase by September, we know the original plan of having our 300+ invited guests together would no longer be "normal" or safe. We unfortunately plan to limit our guest list for everyone's safety and to execute proper social distancing at our ceremony and reception. To be transparent, this has not been easy for us, but we pray for everyone's safety, good health, patience, and understanding during this time. We'd like to thank everyone who continues to check in and support us with everything leading up to the new wedding date! We appreciate it all so much. We can't wait to celebrate with everyone SOON! Stay home, and wear a mask if you won't! ❤️, yelly and justin

Hi friends and family! We want to thank everyone for checking in on us, asking how we're doing, and keeping us in your prayers! Truthfully, these past few weeks haven't been easy, but we appreciate everyone hanging in there with us as we continue to make the adjustments we need to have the wedding we have long awaited for! On April 5, we made the official announcement to postpone our reception to a later date but keep our ceremony on May 4. However, due to recent news beyond our control, we were advised to look into a new ceremony date. It was hard to accept, but we quickly realized that a small ceremony was never what we prayed for. What we've really always wanted was a big celebration with ALL our loved ones, and that's what we're going to look forward to! Family has always been first in our lives. On May 4, 2019, Justin proposed in front of all our family. Justin's entire family lives out of state, so he did what he could to make sure everyone would be together on that day. With his dedication and prayers, we were all reunited for such a memorable occasion. Thinking back on this.. that's when we realized that on the day of our wedding, we would want nothing less. We are going to be sure all our friends and family will be together on our wedding day, too, even if that means we have to postpone. God’s plan is always better than our own, and we think God knows we’ve always wanted our families to be together! At the two week mark (on April 20), we went from "14 more days!" to "147 more days!" But, we know that no matter what day we have to move our wedding to, May 4 will ALWAYS be our date. (And YES, we are keeping the hashtag!) May the Fourth forever be with the Cabardos. ❤️ (You are free to RSVP for the reception as early as NOW! Please click 'RSVP' at the top right of our page!)