Laurie & Kyle 1/16/10 Wedding PJ **TR Started Beach Party & Bio Bay Up**

[Pirate's Princess]

Hello Fellow NJ buddy! My brother went to Rowan.

Secondly, that proposal story is awesome!!!

Sorry about the drama and the lack of Dis wedding, but I'm sure it will be lovely!

Can't wait for more.

- Sam

 

[LLLBelle]

Here are some photos of our ceremony/reception site.

It is actually a huge villa that Kyle and I and our bridal party are all staying in. These are not the best pictures, but you get the idea. Across the water you can see San Juan and the Puerto Rico mainland, I love it

The front of the house was the second thing that won me over, we will get some nice pictures.

This is of an actual wedding that my wedding planner sent us. The ceremony will be where the petals are on the right, overlooking the water.

Kyle's family are staying in the villa next door so the boys can get ready over there. I was not too thrilled, at first, about having them right next door, but it will be fine.

 

[LLLBelle]

First off, I'm sorry to hear about the drama with your MOH. I think the best way to handle your situation, would be to ask to talk with her and just be honest. Tell her your feelings and concerns. If she doesn't reassure you, then maybe suggest she politely declines taking on such an important role. Whatever you decide, I hope it all works out for the best!

Now then... I LOVE LOVE LOVE that flower girl dress! How adorable! And what a small world! I'm having two flower girls and they're my FSIL's daughters also! Lol. Very cute BM dress too! I love tea-length dresses! You continue to have awesome taste!

It's definitely coming to that with my MOH, although I did talk to her the other day and she asked when she should order her dress, I'm going to have a serious talk with her this week.

Thank you, thank you! I'm glad you like them and that I could help you find yours

Hello Fellow NJ buddy! My brother went to Rowan.

Secondly, that proposal story is awesome!!!

Sorry about the drama and the lack of Dis wedding, but I'm sure it will be lovely!

Can't wait for more.

- Sam

I never thought I would actually miss the east, being in az, but I am an east coast girl at heart. It's definitely a small world.

Thank you!

 

[LLLBelle]

We got our Disney Planning DVD yesterday YEA I was very excited. Plus I ordered the Passporter book. Although the DVD really does not tell you much, except it really made me miss WDW, in Jan it will be almost 10 years since I have been there DFi watched the DVD with me and was so cute and was saying "We're going to Disney World!!" in a little kid voice. "You just got married, what are you going to do next?? . . .We're going to Disney World!!"

Although the DVD did get my DFi into "planning" mode a little bit for the honeymoon and we made some more decisions. I think we have decided to stay at the Boardwalk Resort. I'm just not sure if it would be better to book DVC, or wait to see if we can get a better Disney package deal when the rates are released in August for January. Any thoughts?

 

[tiggersam00]

OMG it is GORGEOUS!!!! What a View huh! I am so loving your wedding locations!

Oh and I always do the happy dance when my planning DVD comes in the mail

 

[Bride-to-be]

Oh I love all of the pics!!!

As far as your MOH goes, is there someone you would rather have? I am sort of having the same problem with one of my bridesmaids - every time she has a new BF she just stops returning calls and is never on aim. My advice if there is someone you would rather have - then try to give her an easy out. If there is no one that you would rather have then maybe talk to her and ask if she can step it up a notch.

 

[LLLBelle]

OMG it is GORGEOUS!!!! What a View huh! I am so loving your wedding locations!

Oh and I always do the happy dance when my planning DVD comes in the mail

Thank you! I really love the location. I had wanted to get married on the beach, but we thought the view from the villa was better (plus it's easier for the grandparent's to walk).

The planning DVD deserves a dancing banana

Oh I love all of the pics!!!

As far as your MOH goes, is there someone you would rather have? I am sort of having the same problem with one of my bridesmaids - every time she has a new BF she just stops returning calls and is never on aim. My advice if there is someone you would rather have - then try to give her an easy out. If there is no one that you would rather have then maybe talk to her and ask if she can step it up a notch.

Not really, we have been best friends for almost 20 years, I really want her as my MOH and if I had to, I would use Kyle's sisters. And that would mean I would need to have all three of them and change the BM dress and it would be a mess. We only wanted one on each side since it is a small wedding. Some of it has to do with the distance, I think. Kind of an "out of sight, out of mind" kind of thing. I'm planning to get in touch with her tonight, just to ease my mind a little and make sure everything is good.

 

[LLLBelle]

Actually, after I made the last post, my mom called. She has been waiting for my MOH to call her back about the Bridal Shower and she called her last week. My mom came right out and asked her if she was still in with everything and if everything was good money wise for her. And she said that she would be there and she was definitely in. She offered to help my mom with the shower.

She said she felt bad that she could not make it out to AZ for the bachlorette party (or for my dress) , which, I have no issues with, I tried to tell her that I did not need that. So I think we are going to try to do something while I am home in Oct after the shower, who knows. I'm easy to please (most ot the time).

So over all, I suppose I feel a little bit better. Although, my spidey senses are still tingling a little bit.

 

[LLLBelle]

I'm very excited, the welcome totes arrived today!!!

The color is a bit darker than what was on the website and I thought they would have made the design larger, it's a tad tiny, smaller than the design I sent them. But the bags are awesome, very big, sturdy, even Kyle thought they were cool, maybe not as excited as me, but he thought they would be nice for the welcome bags.

One more thing done, yea We're still deciding whether or not to do the beach towels at the beach party. I really want them, but DFi wants to save money.

 

[alltvseries]

Hi....loving your PJ....actually is helping me decide my wedding location....I'm from Puerto Rico and am thinking of having the wedding in Vieques or Culebra (the other island).....

You're going to love Vieques!!!!! My mom was there this weekend and has been telling us that is more beautiful every time she goes....we are planning to go next month....if I get the time I'll get some pics and post them for you....

 

[LLLBelle]

Hi....loving your PJ....actually is helping me decide my wedding location....I'm from Puerto Rico and am thinking of having the wedding in Vieques or Culebra (the other island).....

You're going to love Vieques!!!!! My mom was there this weekend and has been telling us that is more beautiful every time she goes....we are planning to go next month....if I get the time I'll get some pics and post them for you....

That's awesome! I have never been there, but I have heard great things about the island. I'm glad I can help you with your wedding planning We choose Vieques because there was a bit more to do and it's a bit bigger than Culebra, although I think both islands are gorgeous.

My step father is Puerto Rican and actually gave me the idea of the island. I can't wait!! I miss good Puerto Rican food, I really can't get any in AZ, unless I make it myself.

I can give you the name of the wedding planner I am working with, if you want, if you are going to even worry about that. She's not bad and she does weddings in culebra as well. I just wish they had more photographer options on the island. I'm still a little leery about the one we hired, but I am sure she will be fine and maybe I am being too picky.

I'll post our reception menu when I get home

 

[Bride-to-be]

The totes are so cute! and I am glad everything is better with your MOH.

 

[alltvseries]

I was doing some reaserch today and found this website http://www.viequestravelguide.com/vieques-puerto-rico-weddings.html they have 2 photographers.....don´t know if you have seen them so.....thanks 4 the offer on the planner but I have one....she´s one of my mom´s bfs.....I´m going to a bridal expo on June if I get some info from Vieques I´ll let u know.....

 

[LLLBelle]

I was doing some reaserch today and found this website http://www.viequestravelguide.com/vieques-puerto-rico-weddings.html they have 2 photographers.....don´t know if you have seen them so.....thanks 4 the offer on the planner but I have one....she´s one of my mom´s bfs.....I´m going to a bridal expo on June if I get some info from Vieques I´ll let u know.....

I have researched ever photographer on the island, I loove Bob Gevinski, but figured he would be out of my price range, the other photographer is new on the site, but I like his pictures as well. The only option my planner really gave us for our budget was River Karmen I had second thoughts when we booked her, but we figured that our wedding planner would not steer us wrong and has used her many times before. I just don't see the "wow" from the pictures that I would love to see and that you expect from wedding photos. Maybe it's just me I mean the price is really good, but is the quality there?

Thank you for the info offer. Everything is pretty much planned, but I'd love to have any other info.

 

[ghoulish delight]

The totes look really nice! And I'm so pleased to hear your MOH may be improving! And yay for getting more accomplished!! It feels so good, doesn't it?

 

[LLLBelle]

The totes look really nice! And I'm so pleased to hear your MOH may be improving! And yay for getting more accomplished!! It feels so good, doesn't it?

Thank you! They weren't exactly what I wanted, but they were what I could afford, so that won, but they are really nice bags.

Slowly, but surely, I just feel I have more important things to worry about, it is what it is.

I love accomplishing things on my list, I try to get DFi to think this way, but he just does not get it and just says, but we have time, we'll do it later, arg.

 

[tiggersam00]

Love the bags! Very ucte, your guests will love them! I was just thinking, what if you got made an iron-on design and ironed it onto beach towels? I think that material will hold up well, and you can get some really cute colorful beach towels for a few bucks at marshalls, christmas tree shop (not sure if they have that in AZ) or TJ Maxx. I have been seeing them for around $3.99, not sure if budget allows but it will def be less $$ then ordering custom towels HTH!

 

[LLLBelle]

The bad

I went to order our invitation paper last night. Our wedding planner advised us to send out the invites in June, so I was trying to be proactive, plus I need time to brush up my calligraphy skills again. So anyway, I went to order one of the papers we need (I only need 15 sheets) and the full packs are on backorder with no ETA, you have got to be kidding me. So I e-mailed the company to see if we could still buy them individually and I'm hoping for good news in my inbox when I get home. I just don't want to have to rework them, I worked hard enough to get something we both liked.

The good

We are very very close to having our resort booked for our honeymoon I don't want to jinx it just yet, in case it does not go through, but I will post more details tonight if I hear anything. Yea for DVC!

 

[LLLBelle]

Love the bags! Very ucte, your guests will love them! I was just thinking, what if you got made an iron-on design and ironed it onto beach towels? I think that material will hold up well, and you can get some really cute colorful beach towels for a few bucks at marshalls, christmas tree shop (not sure if they have that in AZ) or TJ Maxx. I have been seeing them for around $3.99, not sure if budget allows but it will def be less $$ then ordering custom towels HTH!

Thank you!!! I love them.

That is a really good idea. I found towels at Target that weren't bad, about $5 a towel. I was going to wait until the end of the season to get them on clearance, but I was worried that I would not be able to get the amount I need. I'll have to check out TJ Maxx and Marshalls, I'm not sure if they have the christmas tree shop here either, I've never seen one. I'm not really too concerned about the customizing the towels, if I have to forego that to get the towels. I just wanted the towels for the beach party. But if I got iron-ons made, that might be a great idea, I'll have to check it out.

These are the towels from Target that I liked:

I may check out TJ Maxx and Marshalls just to see what they have.

 

[LLLBelle]

Today has been the best day I have had in a long time.

First off, I was able to order the invitation paper, per piece, so that's done and on it's way. This company http://paperandmore.com has some great prices and paper, not a huge color selection, but it is better quality than the Michael's cardstock. I love it! I'll post invitation pictures once I have them together.

Second, we are staying at Boardwalk Villas for our honeymoon We are renting DVC points and we do not have the confirmation in hand yet, but everything is rolling. We wanted a standard view, but they did not have any available. So instead of switch to AKL, just because we thought BWV location was a bit better, we decided to go for a preferred view. So I told the lady that we were renting from, to try for a Boardwalk view, since we were going to pay extra I at least wanted to try for it, but I figured it would never be available. What do you know, we got it!!! I was so excited, Kyle said, we're really going to Disney aren't we? It was so cute.

Oh I have to tell this story because I thought it was cute. I had Kyle read over the contract we got from the DVC woman and he said, You're going to be Mrs. A then, why isn't the contract in your married (to be) name? I just laughed, I told him, but we will only be married a day honey, we won't even get our marriage license from Puerto Rico until about 2-3 weeks after the wedding. I need that before I can legally use that name. I just thought it was adorable that he was already thinking about that

And Finally, this is more for my mom than me, but I checked prices for her for January and they dropped about 350 for the 4 seats she needed for her flight to PR. She was very happy with that and is all booked and done so she does not have to worry about it.

So it has been a pretty good day, now if it was only Friday and I wasn't at work