The wedding took place at the Drummond family ranch on May 1, 2021.
Happy birthday, Alex!
We hope you got to go to Olive Garden.
Alex Drummond and her husband decided to marry AFTER they spent lockdown together!
I feel like everyone is still getting a little bit used to it.
I’m still getting used to entering my name as Alex Scott.
It still feels weird.
And I haven’t legally changed my name yet.
I’m still in the process, so I guess I’m still Alex Drummond, legally.
I understand you and Mauricio started dating while you were at Texas A&M.
When did you begin to suspect that he might be “the one”?
We started dating our sophomore year of college.
We were about 19 when we started dating.
We both moved to Dallas, and I feel like that was when we started doing real life together.
We weren’t just in this college bubble anymore.
We were going to work, and living more of a real adult life, I guess.
You graduated from college in 2019, right?
Yes, I graduated in 2019.
We both graduated from Texas A&M University.
So that means that you guys spent the lockdown together.
I was actually just talking about this with Mauricio and my family a couple days ago.
So that was a really fun, sweet time in our relationship.
And I feel like that solidified even more that we wanted to get married.
Mauricio just fit so well into my family, which was really sweet.
Because he was really into it.
He had a lot of gadgets that he wanted to register for.
He was more honed in on the gadgets and tool side of things.
He did a lot of research on those kind of things.
That was kind of my thing that I did.
But he was really involved in it.
He liked being involved.
So I was glad that he was on board to help out.
Yeah, I mean, there were definitely times that we were a little overwhelmed.
So, it sounds like you two work really well together like you’re totally in synch.
Well, I do like things with brighter colors, and I also like fun patterns.
I kind of take after my mom in that.
I like really colorful, girly, floral things.
That was his only request.
He didn’t really have a lot of strong opinions about that stuff.
I kind of got to run with it a little bit.
And my mom was also really involved in helping me pick patterns.
What’s it like planning a wedding when your mom is The Pioneer Woman?
Yeah, so she actually really helped, one, in the registry area.
So she really helped me with that.
Also with the wedding, she was so helpful.
She really has such good taste and style, and really knew what would go together well.
So Mauricio and I relied a lot on her opinions and insight into the wedding planning as well.
It was, honestly, very smooth sailing.
It was all just very positive and she really helped me out a lot.
It was really great.
[laughs] Yes.
She’s a big dinnerware snob.
She loves to have a lot of dinnerware options.
And also registering for the basic, good, durable dinnerware that we use everyday.
The Pioneer Woman’s daughter and new hubby love The Pioneer Woman slow cooker
How about cookware?
What cookware did you register for that you just wouldn’t want to live without?
We use The Pioneer Woman slow cooker all the time.
So we use that a lot, too.
Also good cookware that’s another one that’s important.
And having good non-stick cookware.
So, you’re a fan of non-stick cookware.
Does that mean you’re not part of “Team Cast-Iron Everything?”
But for almost everything else that we cook, we use our non-stick cookware.
And I feel like it is the best thing ever.
I feel like non-stick cookware is definitely worth it, and every person should have it on their registry.
We use it literally every day.
So that’s why we’ve been enjoying that a lot.
20, 30 years ago, I would say no, because china is such a traditional value item.
But I feel like nowadays, brides could totally get away with just registering for casual.
But I feel like you could definitely get away with just doing casual.
It’s just boxed up for now.
So we don’t have anywhere to really display it yet.
But nowadays, I’m seeing it become less and less common for brides to register for china.
A good portion of my friends didn’t.
Like, people can randomly gift you a really nice set of crystal wine glasses and things like that.
So I would say limiting registering for wine glasses.
And another thing is cheeseboards.
But we probably have eight cheeseboards now.
Was there a reason?
Do your friends and family think of you as a cheese lover?
I think people just likegifting I think wine and cheeseboards is such a trend these days.
And I think people love gifting that kind of thing, if that makes sense.
Oh yeah, that’s a great question.
We’re just best friends over anything, which makes it so fun.
I feel like I definitely learned that from my mom.
How about wedding advice?
Did she have any advice about how to keep it all in perspective?
Because it’s supposed to be the most fun and exciting time in your life.
Yeah, it can be stressful at moments, obviously.
So, she really kept me from getting stressed 90% of the time, which was great.
Yeah, the wedding special, I’m super excited for it.
We’re all super excited for it.
I’ve just seen rough cuts of things.
I haven’t seen it on camera I experienced it firsthand.
Also, the first look with my dad.
I’m so sorry about that.
Those are some of my favorite, most special moments.
Everyone was on the dance floor and acting crazy.
Also, my parents' speech that they gave at the reception was actually pretty funny.
So I’m excited for people to be able to see that.
They kind of made it really funny and fun.
Those are the moments I’m excited for people to see.
I was at the lodge getting ready with my bridesmaids and my sister and my mom.
But the cameras were everywhere.
And also see the set-up.
I look back, and there’s really not.
from there on out.
But other than that, everything really came together so smoothly.
It was a little windy, but that’s kind of inevitable with Oklahoma.
The winds are kind of crazy.
I think we must have covered that at some point or perhaps our sister site, Mashed did.
[laughs] Yeah, we were reallyworried about the weather.
There was a little wind, but hey, you’re able to’t really avoid that.
But something tells me that didn’t apply in your case.
We scarfed down a few appetizers.
I didn’t even eat the wedding cake.
[Well,] I had one bite of the wedding cake when we cut it.
So I guess he got to sneak away and have a few bites.
We thankfully didn’t have to order any up to the room.
[But,] yes, I am a huge Olive Garden fan.
I’m sure you’ve seen the Instagram stories.
I love Olive Garden.
I just loveItalian food.
It’s my favorite food.
Well, it’s your birthday, after all!
Someone should pass that along to him.
Yeah, put a bug in his ear.
[Note: We did just that – through our sister site,Mashed.
We hope Alex Drummond got to enjoy some of Olive Garden’s famous breadsticks on her birthday!
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