Andrea & Kory's 6/11/11 Wishes Wedding--WP&GF Ballroom**Updated 8/15 Ann. Pics Last!

WOW, everything looked stunning!! I love your colors and the reception room is amazing!!

I love the photobooth pictures, so much fun!!

Have a good honeymoon!! Enjoy it while it lasts cruises go way to fast, that's why we booked ours for 2 weeks :rotfl2:

Can't wait to read more!
 
Andrea....AMAZING!! I hope my reception looks half as great as yours did!! Quick question: Did you have your columns moved to each side of the riser/sweetheart? Were renting columns w/chiffon draping from DFTW but were putting our own decor on top...I wonder if they'd let us use it for the reception and put them in the same place. I think it kind of "finishes" the sweetheart table..it looks great!

Hope you have a KILLER honeymoon and enjoy it to the fullest!
 
Andrea....AMAZING!! I hope my reception looks half as great as yours did!! Quick question: Did you have your columns moved to each side of the riser/sweetheart? Were renting columns w/chiffon draping from DFTW but were putting our own decor on top...I wonder if they'd let us use it for the reception and put them in the same place. I think it kind of "finishes" the sweetheart table..it looks great!

Hope you have a KILLER honeymoon and enjoy it to the fullest!

Hey! I'm not really sure about the columns...my mom wanted something more with the sweetheart table but it was the week before and I was tired of switching things so I had her email Meri abou it :)
 
So for the toast, we had my maid of honor and best man (DH's twin) do it. Now maid of honor dated DH just for a little while but DH hates to be reminded of it. And so I strictly told her not to put anything about that in the speech. I think she was so worried about embarassing me or upsetting me, that her speech was really short and not at all like her. Now the best man's speech! He started off by saying he had some notes "pulled out a roll of toilet paper" and then said oops, that was his grocery list. He talked about how he was so glad to get a new sister yada yada. And how growing up everyone would ask him and DH if they could feel what the other is feeling but they never did. Until now. He said he felt something weird on his leg. Then he looked down and pulled up a plastic ball and chain. It was so funny!
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Then it was time for the cake cutting. DH was very good about not smearing on my face...and I only put a dot of frosting on his nose :rolleyes1 My dad is a smoker. Boo! And he missed our cake cutting! We had just made the first cut when my mom yelled out "Wait! Your dad is missing!" Well, we couldn't just stop. I felt so bad that he had missed it.
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DH is a big Journey fan so they played lots of their songs. Here's us dancing to "Don't Step Believin"
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After this, my matron of honor and I went back into my dressing room because my underskirts were killing me. We had tied them really tight because they wouldn't stay off. Well, we couldn't get the double knot out so my matron of honor was using her teeth to get the knot out, which was by my hip, and my skirt was pretty much over my head. And DH's mom walked in. Oops! She ended up having to help us!

After this, we did the anniversary dance where the DJ calls out for all married couples to come to the dance floor, then couples married a day step out, then a month, then a year, then so on. My grandparents SHOULD have won, but apparently they left. They didn't even say goodbye! We used Faithfully by Journey because that is "our song". It didn't really work as a first dance so that's why we didn't use it.
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Then we had the garter toss. DH used "Lovin Touchin Squeezin" by Journey. I had to remind him that I took my underskirts off, so he had to be cafeful because I only had a couple of layers left and didn't want to show everybody everything :) I also had a surprise garter. He knew I had two Gator garters..one to toss and one to keep. But as a surprise, I had a Denver Bronco one that he took off to throw. He had a joke where had all these large Gator granny panties up his sleeve and when he went under my skirt, he threw these out.
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Two of my cousins (they're brothers) elbowed each other to get to the garter.


I did my bouquet toss to "All the Single Ladies" by Beyonce. I always told DH that was my song because he wouldn't propose. So after we got engaged, I told him it wasn't my theme song anymore. I had to yell at two of my bridesmaids to come catch the bouquet..they wouldn't get up!
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My brother's girlfriend caught the bouquet and then my cousin had to put it on her leg :)

Then there was just more dancing til the end of the night. The last song was "Today was a Fairytale" by Taylor Swift. The DJ had everyone gather around us. At 1:30 am, there were still tons of people left. I could totally see why some people extend their reception. The cast members were actually tearing the dance floor down and we were still standing there talking. We finally gathered everyone to leave. DH and I gathered a bunch of our stuff, including the top layer of cake to eat the next morning and headed up to our room. When we got there, this was waiting for us from Elizabeth, our floral planner...LOVE HER!
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Oh, and one of my bridesmaids decided to jump in the GF pool at 1:30 am in her dress. I wasn't there, but another bridesmaid took this picture
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It was absolutely a fairy tale and I loved every single minute of it!
 
So that's it. It was amazing! And I'm having post wedding blues. I told DH that I've cried more since the wedding than I did before! I just can't believe it's over. DH already said we could do a 10 year vow renewal, so I can look forward to that (is a 10 year PJ too much? jk).

Tomorrow (well, really today since its past midnight) we go on our honeymoon. We are going on a 7 day Carnival cruise to Cozumel, Costa Maya, Isla Roatan, and Belize. We did a honeymoon registry and got almost everything on it, including excursions at every port. I'm not too good at taking pictures myself, but if I remember, I'll post when I get back.

It makes me sad that this PJ is almost done. I still have to post my professional pictures and then my MK Bridal Shoot is at the end of August, so I'll post those when I get them too. And I'll still comment on other people's PJs but I guess this one is almost over :sad2:

Oh well, off to go finish packing for the honeymoon!
 
Your wedding was absolutely beautiful, Andrea. I can see why you would be getting those PWBs after having such a great day. I love the photo-booth. Did Disney provide it or did you have to use an outside vendor? Are you going to or have you posted your BEO?

Sorry, I've been a bad subscriber lately and wasn't sure if you have.

Hope you have a fantastic honeymoon! How great is it that most of what you registered for you got?!:thumbsup2
 
have so much fun on your honeymoon!!!

you really did have a fairytale wedding. everything was just beautiful and perfect! just wait till you get all the pictures back, you'll be so busy messing with them and it'll be so much fun!!! thanks for sharing your amazing day with us!!
 
Congratulations!!! I've loved reading about all your plans and seeing the pictures.

It's a total let down when it's over - but you still have the professional shots to see plus the honeymoon TR and and MK shoot! Plenty of things. Then you can read other bride's reports, like I do...nearly 12 years later! :lmao:
 
Your wedding was absolutely beautiful, Andrea. I can see why you would be getting those PWBs after having such a great day. I love the photo-booth. Did Disney provide it or did you have to use an outside vendor? Are you going to or have you posted your BEO?

Sorry, I've been a bad subscriber lately and wasn't sure if you have.

Hope you have a fantastic honeymoon! How great is it that most of what you registered for you got?!:thumbsup2

Disney can provide one, but it was a lot more expensive...the photobooth was the actual only outside vendor I used, Accent Entertainment. I haven't posted my BEO because I don't know how to copy and paste from the PDF. Do you know how by chance?

have so much fun on your honeymoon!!!

you really did have a fairytale wedding. everything was just beautiful and perfect! just wait till you get all the pictures back, you'll be so busy messing with them and it'll be so much fun!!! thanks for sharing your amazing day with us!!

Thank you! I can't wait to see the pictures!

Gorgeous beautiful and stunning! So happy for you and DH!! <3

Thanks!

Congratulations!!! I've loved reading about all your plans and seeing the pictures.

It's a total let down when it's over - but you still have the professional shots to see plus the honeymoon TR and and MK shoot! Plenty of things. Then you can read other bride's reports, like I do...nearly 12 years later! :lmao:

So true! I wasn't sure if I was going to do a honeymoon TR since it's not disney (we did a Carnival cruise) but I think I might do one anyways! And tonight at dinner I told DH that I had a week worths of disboards to catch up on and he asked why since I finished my posts before the honeymoon. I just looked at him and said "I have to read everyone elses of course!" ;)
 
So true! I wasn't sure if I was going to do a honeymoon TR since it's not disney (we did a Carnival cruise) but I think I might do one anyways! And tonight at dinner I told DH that I had a week worths of disboards to catch up on and he asked why since I finished my posts before the honeymoon. I just looked at him and said "I have to read everyone elses of course!" ;)

A trip is a trip! Write it and we will read it! popcorn::
 
Everything was so lovely, I hope you will post your professional photos when you get them back. After seeing your sneak peeks, we changed our photographer preference to Regina! They look fantastic.
 
Everything was lovely! Hope you had a fabulous honeymoon. Can't wait to see your photos and hear about the cruise.
 
Okay, so my mom just told me that she had a bunch more pictures to show send me...I thought she had sent them all to me! I'm too lazy to organize them so for now, they're just going to be completely random shots

The carriage at night
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Dancing with my daddy
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One of my bridesmaids and I have "our song" from when we were in college..."Raise Up" by Petey Pablo. I put it on the play list in case the DJ had it, and he did!
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Right when we got in the convention space, Meri had drinks waiting for us
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Another shot of the cake (although the fondant looks blue in this shot instead of lilac)
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Our first dance
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We had a father's day breakfast the next morning. After not leaving the reception until 2, carrying everything upstairs, trying to take out my billion bobby pins, we only got like 5 hours of sleep. My hair and makeup still looked good from the night before, so I left them alone. Since we were celebrating our wedding, they gave us this HUGE ice cream sundae in a martini glass...super cute except this place was a buffet and we were already done eating and stuffed! Sadly we could only eat a bite or two each
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My card holder
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My mom's corsage and dad's boutenaire (I dunno how to spell it)
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I will post more later...hopefully they'll be a little more sorted out next time.
 
Hi! Busy catching up on all the threads I've missed while being away.. everything looked lovely at your wedding, lots of little Disney touches! :lovestruc


Emma princess: x
 
On Thursday night, we had our Welcome Dinner at Houlihans. It was a pay-your-own-way but it was a chance for people to meet before the wedding. Out of 92 guests, almost 50 people showed up so it was a pretty good sized party. They have a large bar area and we pretty much just took it over.

Me and DH
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DH being silly
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Me and my maid of honor
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My brother and I with my 90-something grandma. She hadn't traveled in over 12 years so we all thought she would back out of coming. I was so excited when she made it!
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My grandfather with DH and his twin
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My two grandmothers
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DH's "stunt double"
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Me and my ring bearer
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My disney bride shirt
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Me with my matron of honor and one of my bridesmaids
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On Friday afternoon, we had a nail party at You Salon. If we had 5 girls getting their nails done, the salon would provide wine and snacks. We had 11 girls/moms/grandmas. They provided several bottles of wine and cheese and fruit. It was a lot of fun and so relaxing!

Most of the group
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My first (and probably last) time getting fake nails. I hated them!
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My mom
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DH's mom
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On Saturday morning, while I was having my bridesmaids breakfast, my mom had a brunch at the GF cafe for her mom and sisters. I asked if she wanted to come to my breakfast but she said that it should just be for my girls. Secretly, I think she wanted to be with her sisters since she doesn't get to see them that often, which is fine.

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your reception looked amazing... all the details were fabulous :) hmmm you made me hungry for houlihan's too! we don't have one around here :(
 
Your wedding was so beautiful, love the color scheme! Congratulations!!!

Thanks!

Andrea sweetie - more lovely photos!!! Keep 'em coming!!!

Will do!

your reception looked amazing... all the details were fabulous :) hmmm you made me hungry for houlihan's too! we don't have one around here :(

Thank you! And there's a couple close to Disney so when you come down if you get tired of disney food (:eek:) maybe you can eat at one
 








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