JessicaM

Hope everyone is okay...we had one last night here too again. Seems to come in spurts.....I hate them!

Everything looks fantastic!! Your guests are going to love everything!!

Hope you have an amazing day!

Jenny those turned out SOO good...your guests are going to love them!!

AMy you are stunning....those pictures are absolutly gorgeous!! I would be so anxious to get the rest of them too!! I can't wait to see more!!

Amy your video is beauitful!!

Here is ours...

Your pictures are beauitful...there is a black and white one of the two of you with your eyes closed that is breathtaking!!

Happy Wedding Day!! Hope your day is perfect! Cant wait to see pictures!!

Everything looks FANTASTIC!! Your guests are going to love everything. I hope you are able to relax before you leave now that you have all your projects done!!

to the forum!!

It took me a lot less time than I thought!! I can't believe how many points I have either...although it is nothing compared to some ladies on here!!

Adam ended up buying a white shirt when he went shopping for his suit with his dad. My dress was ivory but you really couldn't tell since he had his suit jacket on for most of the pictures..plus I didnt want to give away my dress color so I just let it go.

ohh we got some more non-pro pictures back and thought I would post them....

Angela you looked beauitful. Adam and I were walking back to our room when you were walking down the hallways with Juan....you were stunning!! Congratulations!! I can't wait to see his pictures!!

Congratulations Amy!! Sounds like you had the wedding of your dreams...and you look amazing!! I can't wait to see more pictures of everything....glad to hear too that they had saved the lanterns for you (I reminded Yesica about it a couple of times!!)

Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel I'm late but it looked beautiful- especially you. I really liked the brown BM dresses. When does the pro pics come? Thanks...yes Juan said it would take 3 months..ahh. It will be worth the wait though!!

I ditched my shoes as I was walking down to the beach and frankly it was fine...it was too hard to walk in the sand with my shoes! I had them for the reception and that was perfect!!

Jen your pictures are stunning!! I love the ones of you in the bedroom!! juan as usual you did an excellent job!! Thanks for sharing them!!

Quote: Originally Posted by krazyk I am also interested in the pricing sheet and menus for Dreams. Can someone email it to me, I don't have enought points to open the attachment ([email protected]) Thank you!!! I just sent you the menu that I had.

Happy Wedding Day Amy & Andy!! I hope the day is everything you have ever imagined and more. I can't wait to see pictures!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Leia78 Thanks for posting another Awsome review of Dreams Jessica! I anxiously waiting for Oct. to roll around so it can be my turn!!!!! You looked beautiful...can't wait till you get Juan's pics! Leia I can't wait to see your wedding its going to be beauitful!! Its going to be so hard waiting for Juan's pictures but hopefully he will send me a few teasers to hold me over for 3 months!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Denise40 Here are a few ideas.. Individual Mini Cheesecake Cups Chocolate fountain with fruits/pound cake etc. Hope this helps. oooh...chocolate fountain!! I will have to run that one by adam and see what he says!! THanks!!

We also had an informal dinner at the patio one night...the waiters were awesome and put together 5 or 6 tables so we could all eat there....we didn't want this before because we though no one would want to do it but we ended up doing without having to pay the set up fee! Outside Activities: 1. Red Rum Fishing. Grade A. Six of our guests went fishing on Friday and caught two fish. Not great but they had a great time. Adam and I paid for our dad’s as part of their fathers day present and they said they had a great time. The company sent us pictures of the boat and everything seemed to be great for the guys. No one got sick either which was great. Dreams cooked the fish for them at the Italian restaurant a few days later too. 2. Cabo Rey Snorkeling: Grade A. We did this on Wednesday and it was so fun. It was very relaxing and a great way to see all the sights. The water was SO cold though that it was hard to enjoy the snorkeling though. They served chips and salsa on the boat and all the alcohol was included for $29 per person. 3. The Office. Grade A We desperately wanted some other food than what was at Dreams and we took a water taxi over to the office and had lunch there one day. The tables are on the beach, the food, the beer was all great. The vendors are all over the place but it was so much fun to see everyone and the downtown scene. I cannot say thank you enough to all of you ladies on here with all of your great ideas and support. I truly can say that if I had not found this website I never would have gone through with a DW because I would have chickened out. The entire day was so special and so memorable that I cannot believe it is already over. It all went by so fast but it was so special to have all of our family and friends down there with us. Surprisingly though our families all behaved themselves and with all of our divorced parents that is a miracle….adam and I mentioned that hell froze over somewhere during those three days everyone was together!! It made the whole weekend so special though. Here are a few pictures..I will be sure to share more if you want some….we have a TON!!!

Wedding Day: 1. Ceremony/Cocktail Hour. Grade A+ a.Setup: We had our ceremony on the beach in front of the gazebo on Saturday. We had a simple white huppa set up with white fabric and 35 chairs set up with just the white chair covers with our fans on the chairs. (Yesica charged me $200 for the arch) It was so simple but so beautiful against the ocean. The weather all week was so weird, even the local were saying how cold and windy it was, but Saturday could not have been more perfect. Walking down through the hotel was so funny with everyone wishing you good luck and watching, normally I hate people watching me do anything but you are so in the moment I didn’t even bother me it was almost surreal. My dad met me at the lobby and we walked down…I gave him the speech to walk slow because I was so afraid of falling on the wood path with my shoes!! My BM’s were planning on walking on the sand but as they started to Juan told them they needed to be on the wood part so we all threw our shoes off in order to do so because we all had heels on! It was hard because my dress was a little too long without my shoes but thankfully I never fell..not until a little later at least (see the photographer part). Pictures of the ceremony site: b. Food: Everyone enjoyed the cocktail hour…Adam and I were taking pictures so I have no idea how the food was but everyone said it was great. The waiters were great about passing out water to the guests before the ceremony and meeting everyone with champagne after the ceremony. (We paid $24/pp for those who were seated) c. Flowers: My bouquet was gorgeous (24 coral roses) and I added a shell coral to it that I made and also had a crystal starfish (which somehow disappeared). I did smuggle it home too with my dress which I was so excited about!! The BM’s had white lilies the coral roses which were the perfect size. (Yesica gave me their two bouquet instead of the one included in the package and then charged me $90 for mine) My Bouquet: Only picture I can find of the BM's Flowers: 2. Reception: Grade A+ We arrived late at the reception, Juan took so many pictures my parents actually came looking for us because they were worried. But everyone enjoyed themselves with the music and drinks so it was fine. We have 5 tables with 37 people (including Juan and his assistant). a. Tables: The table turned out just like the picture I provided to Yesica I loved them!! Hurricanes with candles, leaves, and seashells. (She charged us $20 for the hurricanes and $10 for the leaves) We also had brown chair ties. ($1 per chair) Tables: b. Lanterns: The lanterns were hung and made the area so special. (We brought the lanterns so they charged $60 to hang them…now that I think about it I don’t think they even charged me for them) c. Speakers: We rented speaker with a microphone for the speeches and used our i-pod for the music. It was perfect. We could play whatever we wanted and some of our friends brought their ipods down and played some of their music. ($150 for the speakers & the microphone) d. Food: The food was great…Adam and I didn’t really eat because we felt bad being late so we walked around a lot talking to everyone. The cake was fabulous and delicious…a lot of people ate it which is good because the cake was huge. We had people use the cake boxes too and take some back to their room too. They gave us the top too and we ate it the last night there!! e. Other: I surprised Adam with cigars and the matches I had ordered. The guy at the bar went around and passed them all out to the guys who wanted them and it was so fun to see them all enjoying them. I had gone into town on Wednesday and bought a box of them. Adam loved them and was so surprised. It went by so fast though, at 10:30 a security guy came down and took the music down. We didn’t want to bed so we went up and changed and went back down to the lobby bar and hung out with everyone. It was such a great night!! Wedding Vendors: 1. Photographer: Juan Carlos Tapia. Grade so far A+ When I first joined this forum I saw a few of the ladies photos from him and I was hooked. Adam and saved to hire him because we wanted amazing photos of our wedding, something that we could look back on forever, so were willing to pay. We paid for 5 hours for $3,000 and it was so much fun with him. We met with him on Friday to just go over some details (we have a very broken family and were concerned with getting the right people in pictures), he came to the hotel and he was great. So personable and nice and so energetic about the whole process. On Saturday he started with Adam and the guys and the came up to our room. You can see him walking through each photo in his head and was fun to watch. He took us all over the hotel and beach for our pictures. Here comes the falling part….Juan tried to surprise me with Adam running up behind me and picking me up on the beach right after the ceremony but adam’s shoes sunk in the sand and we went crashing down! It was so funny, everyone didn’t know whether to laugh or be worried. I cant wait to see that picture..I think I might use it as the thank you!! I saw a few on his camera and cannot wait to see the final pictures. He said I would not have them for about 3 months but hopefully he will send me a few for our AHR and I will be sure to share them!! 2. Suzanne Morel Hair/Make-up. Grade A++ I was a little worried about paying $400 for my hair/make-up and hair for my two BM’s but after seeing the final result I would do it in a heartbeat again. Paulina was so great from the first email up until the final phone confirmation on Friday afternoon. Two ladies came to our room at 11:30am and started with my BM’s first. They showed her one photo and she started working. It was absolutely amazing how she recreated the picture to them so perfectly. She had the two of them done in less than 90 minutes. I showed them two pictures of the hair I liked and the make-up and it took them about a hour and a half to do my hair but it was freaking amazing how it turned out. I have no idea how she did it but I almost started crying because it looked so good. My make up was so natural and lasted the whole day and night. I would recommend them to anyone, they were amazing and well worth the extra money!!! Juan commented several times about how great my make-up looked too so hopefully it came out great on the photos!! My hair: