Meet the Howards: Jac’Eil & Natasha’s Wedding Story! | Basketball Wives

Packing your life? Yes, I am. No, you're not because I'm not in it. [laughs] This is Tasha last day in LA, and it's hard because I'm away from her, Prince. I'm just away from everything. Time to go. I know. It sucks. Being alone in LA planning our wedding is going to be very hard, but she take weight off of me that I didn't even know that I had because I was used to carrying it. [music playing] No, no, no. Come on. Let's go. I'm with it. Let's go. Motivate me. Motivate me. How long is the wedding-- when the wedding at? In three months. In three-- hurry up. Come on. Go. Go. So the last time you saw me, I went back to Mississippi. I got to spend time with my family and my son. He was playing basketball, which was amazing because I hate missing his basketball. But of course I'm back in LA, and I'm finally planning me and Natasha's wedding. Me and Tasha getting married when she come back, so I'm trying to get fine. I'm engaged to WNBA star Natasha Howard, three-time champ. Don't forget it. Natasha basketball schedule is nonstop. She's always traveling. I'm happy that I get to spend time with you before I'm leaving. I know. I'm sad. No, I'm about to put a heart on there and put my initials so they can know Ms. Howard is still with you. There you go. Can I have a kiss? [pop music] Because I've been thinking about your love It does not matter that your heart stays You're taking your life? Yes, I am. No, you're not because I'm not in it. [laughs] This is Tasha last day in LA, and it's hard because I'm away from her, Prince. I'm just away from everything. NATASHA: Time to go. I know. It sucks. Being alone in LA planning our wedding is going to be very hard, but she take weight off of me that I didn't even know that I had because I was used to carrying it. I'm kind of dependent on Tasha at this point, and I've never been dependent on anybody in my life, and I'm thankful. [pop music] I've been thinking about your love I have my girls that always look out for me. They always call me. But I just wish that she could stay forever. I don't want her to leave at all. [pop music] I've been thinking about you Don't play no defense on me. Whoever scores first, win. Handling this phase with motherhood with Prince, it's so fun. Nothing. Since I've been away, Prince has matured so much. Seeing him, like, develop into a young man, it just do something to my heart. I'm just so proud to be his mom. Hey, baby. I know you're tired, and I know it's like 2:00 in the morning over there, but Prince was training. I wanted you to see. OK, great. I'm ready for you to come home. We got so much to do. We got so much planned and so little time. It's so much going on from this wedding. I don't know how to feel. You can't even think right now. You're so sleepy. I have mixed emotions right now because I just feel like she should be here helping me. I want to be a good fiancée and give her the time she needs so she can perform, but I need time too. So it's just hard. Are you OK with finding that outdoor location and just me, you, Prince, and our goddaughter D'Asia? Yeah, but if we can get at least my Auntie Tina and Mika and my Uncle Terrell since, you know, my mama can't fly-- because your mama can't come right now either because she's sick. I want to have somebody from your family there too. Yeah, me too. Knowing that Tasha and I cannot have all our family at the wedding, it's difficult, but we don't have time. When Tasha comes back from Turkey, she has to go straight back to Dallas and start her season because that's just how the WNBA works. I'm going to let you go back to sleep. You sleep with your glasses on? That's why they crooked? All right, babe, I love you. All right. I love you more. All right. [pop music] Bouncing through the city with a brand new lick A brand new bag A brand new fit Bouncing through the city with a brand new lick A brand new bag - Hi, guys. How are you doing? Good. I'm Jac'Eil. I'm Danny. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. What was your name, young man? Prince. Prince? Nice to meet you, man. It's been so great having Prince here with me just to spend time with him and just have his energy here with me. Have a seat. But of course, my to do list is so long for this wedding. I have to get Prince a suit before he leave and go back to Mississippi. Everything we do here is fully made from scratch. Do you like the idea of a pattern, or you thinking maybe just a nice solid? Do you like the idea of a plaid or even something like what I'm wearing? Do you like the idea of more of a stripe? How many buttons that does the jacket have? One, two, three buttons. Black would make it a lot more formal. And you could even complement the earth tone if you go the inverse, against the grain of like a champagne tone that that pattern is made out of. Yeah. I never did this before, so I didn't think it was going to be this overwhelming. - Yeah. I thought it was easy. Like, you just do this and you pick out-- no. Right. [laughs] I just really want my fiancée to be here. Yeah. This is how I feel right now suit shopping with Prince. [chants] This is how I feel because Tasha's playing, I don't have any help. So yeah, it's kind of hard. Take a look at these. I'm going to step away for a moment, and I'll be right back, OK? JAC'EIL: OK. Thank you. - Thanks, guys. I'm overwhelmed. How do you really feel about me and Tasha getting married? I'm happy for y'all. It's like the exciting moment. Did you ever think I was going to get married? Me either. [laughs] I didn't want to be married. Why not? Because I just didn't. I just didn't feel like sharing nothing with nobody. I feel like everything I worked for was for me and you. Until I met Tasha, and then it's like she got her own everything. I got my own everything. So I feel like we can come together and have more together. For a very long time, it was just Prince and I, and I was very happy with that. Tasha really came in and just changed my perspective. Tasha treat Prince like he's her biological child. There's nothing that she won't do for him, and it makes me want to be a family with her. I can't wait till we are together as one and we're not apart anymore. Yeah. It gets lonely out here. [pop music] (SINGING) [spanish] Look at me Look at you We be stuntin' like it's nothing I'm so glad I came with you The wedding week is here. Prince and Tasha is coming into town, and I'm ecstatic that I'm about to be a wife. Being apart for so long makes seeing each other so much better, especially now that Tasha won MVP overseas. Oh my god, she won MVP. Oh my god! I am so proud of her. [knocks] Hey, son. Hey. What's up? What's up. Hey, baby. What's up, honey? You look good. NATASHA: This is nice, honey. I know, girl. How you feel being MVP? Amazing. You've been deserved it now, but you know. We've got a long week ahead of us with this wedding situation. I already know. Are you happy? Are you nervous? - I'm excited. Are you excited? All the above. I'm not nervous to marry you, but I'm just nervous. I don't know why. It can be a good nervous, though. Yeah. Are you going to write vows or no? I'm going to say what's on my heart. That's what I'm going to do too. I ain't about to write no vows. For what? Planning this wedding without Tasha's help was so stressful, but I'm so excited to marry my MVP. When I see her face, the stress goes completely away. She's just perfect. Want some wine? - Yes. Here you go. - And shake it up too? - No. Spray it everywhere. Don't point-- don't point it this way. Oh. I hate to break y'all up. Mama, can I steal her for a minute? Come on, baby. Come on. Look at your bottle over there. Is it gone? - It's gone. No. Are you enjoying yourself? I'm having a great time. Thank you so much. Now I wanted to come talk to you because I want you to officiate my wedding. Really? And the main reason I want you to do it is because my family can't be here, and I just feel like you're my family. - And I am. - You are. And you are so much a part of mine. You teach me how to be a better mom. Thank you. Like, honestly. Don't. Don't, don't. Brooke has been a part of my journey in so many ways. With me being a mother, she's there. With me being a fiancée and my woman is overseas, she loves us. So, I mean, who else would I choose besides her? I would be honored. I love you and Tasha so much. I love our friendship. Don't make me [muted] cry right now. That's not [muted]. I was in the whole pool, and then I mess up my makeup. I really can't believe that Jac'Eil is entrusting me to officiate her wedding. Oh my god. With all of the BS that goes on, Jac'Eil is a constant reminder to me of what sisterhood and friendship is really all about. [pop music] Don't you know you look good Look good, look good JAC'EIL: Oh, this is pretty. NATASHA: It is pretty. OK, so here is where we're walking down to. Let me see how I can feel this walking on heels. ["bridal chorus"] You're going to be crying? I don't know. My baby is finally back in town, and I'm excited to have her here for the final wedding touches. While she was overseas getting her MVP to go with her three championship rings, I was able to get the most important ring-- Natasha's wedding ring. I want to double her band. Here, let's take a look at a few options. OK. Oh, I like that. Yeah. OK, so then we're here. This is where the arch at. You're on this side, I'm on that side. And then Brooke is here because, you know, Brooke officiating our wedding. OK. As I look at the wedding venue with my future wife, it feels like a fairy tale at this point. I'm really happy that I get to share this moment with Tasha. So are you excited about our family coming? I am. Well, the family that can make it, you know. I'm so excited to be Ms. Howard. I'm excited to celebrate our love. I just really want to enjoy you and Prince. I haven't got the chance to really just wake up and cook for you and experience that life of us together. Yeah, I'm excited. I can't wait to come home to a cooked meal. Yeah, I'm going to be cooking for you and everything, girl. I'll be doing all that. I couldn't because we was away. I love you. I love you more. [pop music] I don't want no one else but you Because you're always on my mind And I know that we be ride and die Don't want anyone but you Got me feeling so brand new And you're the only one I choose I'm excited. Are you going to cry at the altar? Are you going-- I hope not because I really do not want to mess up my makeup. We're going to have to give you some waterproof mascara or something. It's wedding day. Here's to a lifetime of love and memories starting now. [phone ringing] Brooke. Hey, baby. Thank you so much. All right. I love you. Bye-bye. OK. To my sister Jac'Eil and her lovely wife-to-be Natasha Howard, congratulations to you both on your marriage. Y'all's love is truly inspiring. I pray that your love continues to grow stronger each day and that marriage brings you all the happiness that you both deserve. That's my best friend from school. I love you both, and congratulations again. May you have many years of happiness. Congratulations. Congratulations. I couldn't ask for a better daughter. I love you. Tasha, I welcome you to the family. I love you as if I gave birth to you also. To see my family on here expressing how they love me and Tasha and how they happy for us means a lot. To see my mom, it shows our progress, and it just shows that she's just putting everything behind her and just loving me as her daughter. This is a gift that money can't buy. Yeah, you're going to be crying later. Yeah. [music playing] They look so nice. - Hi, Brooke. - You look amazing. Thank you. BROOKE: Do you guys have your vows? We're going to say it from the heart. Oh, I love that. I'm so excited. I'm ready. I was nervous. I'm not nervous anymore. We got this. We're a team. Yes, we are. Take a little swig. Brooke, are saying a-- like, what are you going to say? Just be quiet, Brandi. Everyone, please stand. [music playing] In the peace of my silence I prayed for you More, more than you know Is it unusual I made a space for you The journey of my relationship with Natasha has been a gift from God because this has been the easiest, the happiest, the most calm relationship I've ever been in. Hey, baby. Well, this is where we're living at, LA. Can I have a kiss? Natasha loves me for me. We knew that we were going to be married. We knew that we was going to be each other's wife. Thank you, guys. [laughter] Beloved friends, as we gather in the presence of God today, we bear witness to the sacred union of Jac'Eil Ducksworth and Natasha Howard. First and foremost, I want to say thank you for your sacrifice, for everything that you've been doing for our family. I'm going to be the person that you want me to be as your wife, your provider, your lover, your protection, and also the greatest role model for Prince and D'Asia. I love you, and I can't wait to start this new chapter with you and with our family. I love you too. You're going to make me cry before my turn. [laughs] Natasha, I just want to let you know that I really love you. You've been here for me mentally, physically, and emotionally do so much for me. I never in my life seen myself getting married, but you changed that for me, and I love you. I love you more. BROOKE: Under the loving gaze of God, you may seal your vows with rings. I now pronounce you partners for life. You may kiss your bride. [cheering] Now introducing Mrs. and Mrs. Natasha Howard. [music playing] I never knew that love would look like you I am married. I am finally Mrs. Howard. I am happy. Now my heart is happy, but my soul is happy. [cheering]