LCBride2007

those are great! you two just look sooo happy - you're radiating! thanks for getting those posted (and thanks, Stephanie!)

welcome to the forum! just let us know if you need any help.

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Quote: Originally Posted by AnnR are you paying him for his services, or was he more invited as a guest? it sounds like he was invited to perform the services, so my initial response is that yes, you should pay for his lodging and flight - but not the flight of the wife. Quote: Originally Posted by Bavaro-Princess Yes - He was invited like a guest... and my fiance said well it would be nice if he can go and marry us also... he is not charging us for his service... is it ok if i pay for his stay andnot his wife? i feel like thats wrong for some reason but i dont know well it seems that he was invited as a guest, and was going to come anyway, and then since he's already there, he might as well marry you two. if that's the case then i think i want to ammend my answer! lol i guess i misunderstood and thought he was only asked to attend so that he could perform the services. i think that anything you can help with - maybe just lodging for the 2 of them (then you're not excluding the wife) or something would be very nice.

congratulations, and welcome to the forum! what's your name? there are so many RM brides on here - you came to the right place!

ok, mental note - if i have to poop but nothing comes out, and i feel like i have cramps ... call the doctor! lol i think my doc said that they don't let diabetics go over their due date (probably due to the baby size) so if i don't deliver by my due date - i just might too! i'm going to try all of those "old wives tales" if nugget doesnt' show up on "his" own.

my mom was in labor for 45 min with me, and 2 hours with my sister i think. i'm hoping for a fast labor!

oh lord - i'm going to be a mess! this can't be her first kid, is it? i joke (well, partially) with paul that i will be camped out on the hospital steps starting a week before the due date. i have this fear of not making it in time!! lol

Quote: Originally Posted by leigh miller oh yeah of course! the work never ends. lots of post processing. albums. marketing etc.... working on a new site, blah, blah, blah.... ryan and i are going to memphis to spend christmas with my grandparents. my uncle, their only son, died in january so its gonna be a hard one. plus they are just getting older and my grandpa has alzheimers. so i need to spend this christmas with them. then back here so ryan can do all the fun end of year accounting stuff at work - woohoo!!! and probably a few days of not working at all! what are you and paul doing? are you snowed in there? oh wow - poor grandparents. i'm sure they're so happy that you're coming up (over?) there. paul and i are heading to Chicago to spend christmas with his family and friends. then we'll come back here to MN for New Years. i think his brother and their family are spending new years with us - so i'll get lots of family time over the holidays. yippie.

woohoo! even though you're "done" with weddings, i am assuming that still means a bit of follow-up work, even if the shooting is done. so what are the holiday plans?

LEIGH! You're alive!!!!!!!!!!

My responses ... 1. How many people joined you for the wedding on LC? i had about 50 guests 2. How was your dinner seating arrangement? How many per table etc. we had a variety - we were at a table for 2, but then there were tables of 4 anywhere to 10 3. Did you use CD's for music or Ipod? How was that? Did it truly matter that you didn't hire a LIVE band? we had CDs and the DJ - it worked out fine. earlier (cocktail hour) we had the trio. 4. How long did it take you to walk down from the spa to the alter? How many people were in the wedding? And was the timeframe of music you used enough? we didn't have a wedding party - just 4 flower girls. i have no idea how long it took, or what music was played. we just had the trio playing and not sure i even heard them! 5. How much percentage did you tip Nicole who is completely AMAZING. Or did you? Of which we are but wondered the percentage to do. She is worth the whole bundle but of course can't do that i can't remember how much we tipped - but we definitely did. maybe it was $300 for her, brad, and kelley? i can't remember - Paul took care of it. 6. Did anyone stay at the Riu Jalisco Resort? not me - I was at Dreams 7. What is the BEST memory of marrying in Las Caletas for you and hubby? just the surroundings and having all of our close family and friends. it was just so beautiful and exactly what we had envisioned. 8. What would you have done different? if you could have changed anything? i would have felt better somehow! i definitley wouldn't have worried about the details - they're really unnecessary. i can't think of anything! 9. Is there something in the water because a lot of brides are going to have a baby after returning from their wedding hahahaha maybe! lol 10. For those of you who married in the winter as we are. I noticed the video's and pictures were dark. What suggestion do you have about that? We did not hire a videographer, our uncle will film but we decided this because of the lighting situation. We didnt feel it was worth the money to have it this way. As I mentioned we are filming but not with a professional. 11. I would love to see anyone's and everyone's pictures from their LC wedding. You have all helped us so much in envisioning the way LC looks, especially since Chris and I won't see it until the 1 Jan, 08. In some ways I don't want to see it until that day but then again I feel we might just fall in love and feel so blessed to have others come see it as well. i'm pretty sure you've already seen my pics! we chose not to see it beforehand - so our wedding day was the first for both of us. it was just more special that way for us. i mean, we didn't get the point in seeing it a couple days earlier anyway. but that was just us!

congrats, ladies!

are you paying him for his services, or was he more invited as a guest? it sounds like he was invited to perform the services, so my initial response is that yes, you should pay for his lodging and flight - but not the flight of the wife.

i agree - i wouldn't open them at teh reception. and ive been to CO weddings! lol have a gift opening brunch the next day if people really care to see that event, but it's usually quite boring! i mean, how much can you "ohh and ahhh" over the pots and pans you registered for?

Quote: Originally Posted by HolleyC Ann, Was the deluxe package the most expensive one? They offer the Premier Package for $5200 +$50/person....does that sound familiar? Do they have electricity and where do the guests get ready if they come for the day? I am sure that I will have more questions for you! I must say that your pictures are awesome and now I can't wait to go! Thanks! Yup - that package sounds close to what we had. There isn't "real" electricity - but they do have some generators. Like, we could use hair dryers and curling irons when getting ready. I went over early w/a few girls and they have this cute little "bridal casita" that has a shower, bathroom, couch area, little bed, jacuzzi, etc. It's where we all got ready. You also have access to the showers and bathrooms in the spa if you have a lot of people getting ready at once. Thanks - we love our pictures too! Have you seen a few of the Las Caletas threads? There are so many helpful brides on here that have been, and will be married there! Oh, and Nicole and Kelley, the wedding coordinators there, are AMAZING! They're also a part of this forum, but don't post too often - they're busy meeting the needs of us crazy brides! lol But seriously, they're great to work with - and make the whole process very relaxing really.

perfect! DO IT! i loved it - it was so much fun. and since we did this (the 3 of us in this slideshow) so many girls on here have done this - and everyone who did, agrees ... it was great!

my pleasure! are you thinking of getting these done? i HIGHLY reccomend it!

happy wedding day!

well, not all showers invite the moms ... since a lot of girls will have more than one, often the moms are only invited to some of them. but since they originally asked your mom for her opinion, it seems they're planning on inviting her. i honestly don't know what "ettiquette" says - but i don't think it's that huge of a deal. can your mom and FMIL make it on the day that they picked? if not - maybe you can mention to your BMs that you'd really like them both to be there, and could they work the date so that can happen? that may have been no help! lol

we didn't have any rehearsal. i guess i didn't think about it, but it wasnt' even an option if i had wanted to! i didn't even see my ceremony site until i was walking down the aisle - but it was actually kind of fun that way!

welcome!!! i was married at Las Caletas this past June - and it was FABULOUS! I can't even tell you how perfect it was. We had the deluxe package, but I think they've changed their packages since then - but it was the one where we had the beach to ourselves all evening. we had about 50 guests - and everyone was raving the whole time about how amazing it all was. like Jamy (starchild) we also stayed at Dreams - it was perfect for us. so i don't know too much about any other hotels in the area. but there are lots of PV brides on here that will surely be able to pipe up! i have my review and pictures in my siggy, so click away! let me know if you have any specific questions.

of course we're thinking of you senor jason! you and karen add a lot of light to this forum - no doubt! i hope the card could at least put a little smile on your face - you deserve at least that! enjoy the Starbucks - and the time with you nieces and itty-bitty nephew!

ok, i got it to work - the name of the slideshow was the last bit of text in the URL for me. so i just typed in "boudoir" for the name and it got to the slideshow.

well, it's from January/February - so not sure how long Leigh keeps her slideshows active. but try entering the name of the ss that shows in the URL - i did that with my wedding slideshow and it worked i think.