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Happy birthday dear Natalie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great review Kate! Congratulations! More pics please!

Congratulations Heidi! It will be a good change for you! (I knew they would offer you the job...) You rock!

Thank you all! I have been so busy these last couple of weeks! I do have pictures I will try and post tonight. It was nice.

Hope your day is wonderful!

(Note to above pic - that mess rules Galit!) Sharon, I understand the cultural issue. In Mexico the woman adds the last name to hers, the children take the father's last name and also use the mother's. I had never really thought about giving up my last name, until we got engaged. We are three girls in the family and my dad's last name will not carry on... He was upset that my sister was not going to keep hers when she married - and I still don't know how I am going to do it... may just move to my middle name, but he will get over it. I do think your dad should see that this is such an important day in your life and you want him there to witness it and share your joy. Good luck!

Ryan is so teenie! Ally is adorable! Thanks for sharing these pictures...

Wow! Excellent review! I love it all!

Gorgeous! I love your colour choices!

How fun! Nice pictures Mo!

They are so pretty Erica!

Congratulations Kristen!

They are very nice Lizz!

Congratulations to Kate & Brett! I hope your wedding day was just perfect!

Felicidades Maura!!! Have an excellent day! I hope Jose has something special planned for you

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Congratulations Matt and Sol! I know we will have a wonderful pictoral play by play when you return! Felicidades!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak I agree with Carrie---- it depends on how significant you view the courthouse ceremony. I'm one of the opposite views on this tho---- most of the brides on here don't view the legal ceremony as their "real" wedding. I'm the opposite---- I look at the legal ceremony as the real wedding because to me, it's the epitome of what our wedding is supposed to be----- it's about us, and our commitment to each other; to me, our MX will be the celebration of our marriage for our family/friends, but the legal is about us and our marriage. When we do our legal ceremony, we're planning on exchanging the rings and will continue wearing them. I think it's also something to ask Jeremy about tho too. I had never thought much about it, but Frank told me awhile back that he really wants to do the legal ceremony soon regardless of when the MX happens because he's anxious to wear his ring and be married. Girls get the engagement ring so everyone can visibly see they are getting ready to be married. But guys don't get that visible "status" until they get the ring on their finger at the wedding. I think we share a very similar view. That is the day I will legally be his wife and I will be checking the little married box going forward. Vows? Ack! Did not think about that. Don't think we will do that at the legal ceremony other than what the judge has us say. I kind teared up during the 'I swear' speech just to get the license! However, I think our anniversary will be the date in Mexico when we give our vows infront of family and friends on 2.2.2008 which will be the big celebration. We really did want to have the entire process in Mexico, but then decided to do them here after looking into everything we had to go through. Actually Jeremy is the one that asked about the rings and wearing them from then on! Hey he gave me my engagement rigns and I couldn't wear it for two days so he could make the announcement in front of our families on Christmas Eve. So maybe we will exchange rings, but not wear them until Mexico... well... I don't know! Ack!

Congrats ladies!!! (Hey Twink... It's about time )

Love them! You look beautiful! I did not notice the girl behind you until I saw Tammy's post!

Have a wonderful birthday dear Carly!!!

We are having our legal ceremony next week here in the US at the courthouse. It was just going to be FI and me, but we have invited his mom and my MOH as well. We have our license, we know what we will wear, but do we exchange rings? I don't know what to expect from a judge performing a ceremony at the courthouse. I know we are the only ones scheduled that day for a legal ceremony there.

The pictures are fantastic! I am so impressed!

Quote: Originally Posted by starchild Paula you are so funny....I'm glad I'm not alone in my cassette tape collecting. And Carrie keep at it, get those last two rooms done! The donations were picked up yesterday so that stuff is gone. I managed to get rid of two boxes worth of things I really don't need.....I am progressing! Yay! Great job! Someone will get some use from those items. Off topic... there is a cassette to mp3 player at Sharper Image I may invest in some day. Wait, then I would actually have to throw the tapes away...

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