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Ohhh I would love to see a wedding here. I've been trying to imagine what the Dolphin Center would look like. How exciting. I hope some of our future brides choose this.

And to add, that is the first time I saw your slideshow. The little kid pics are priceless. I just love the one where you are sitting with your girls and your youngest is smiling with her tongue out. So adorable. Such beautiful pictures. I nearly cried when you were crying!!

I can only imagine what all the people where thinking watching you. How funny. Your husband did a great job. The pictures are so vibrant!

You should be able to find a reasonable photog on here as well. There has been many discussions about photogs. Look under the PV Vendors. Instead of having music for dancing, why not ask your wedding coordinator if they have a sound system and just play Ipod music for ambiance? Or do they already provide some type of music? I haven't seen a wedding at Buenaventura on here yet, but maybe someone else can point you to a thread. There are so many it's hard to keep track.

Quote: Originally Posted by IrieBride08 But, I have to say that for now, I am SOOOOO spoiled! If we're both all curled up and comfortable on the couch and I ask him to bring me a cup of water, he will get up and bring it to me. My FI does stuff like this for me all the time too. He so thoughtful and it makes me feel like a brat. I make up for it though.

No Jamy I didn't mean to make it sound like YOU made it sound easy. The article did but since Morgan proved it was a spoof then I guess there is not need to argue with a silly article. haha. But even though it's not a REAL article, that thought process did exist in the '50s. That's just more of an exaggerated version.

Welcome. I wouldn't freak out over the budget thread. Weddings are pretty affordable, especially if you utilize your resorts wedding packages. A lot of the girls here do nice extras for the guests such as excursions, welcome dinners, Out of Town (OOT) bags. None of these things would be expected from your guests because I'm sure half of them probably have never been to a destination wedding so they wouldn't know about the little extras some of our DW brides do. I'm a March bride too. So much to do! Happy planning.

My grandma once told me that she is envious of the lives of her granddaughters. She said that she wished it would have been customary for the men to help with household duties like today. She still cooks every meal for my grandfather (although he's retired and she still "technically" works) because he doesn't know how to cook. Or do laundry or clean anything. When they were younger, she took care of their 6 children and did all the household work. She also raised 150 sheep and took care of the 25 cows. Sure my grandpa had a full time job outside of the home, but my grandmother did it all (and still does!) He should have came home and rubbed her feet. While I see Jamy's point that we should take care of EACH OTHER because you can't expect your man to treat you like a princess if you do nothing for him in return. But I think this article seriously missed one valid point. Housewives didn't just sit around all day....or at least the housewives that this article is writing about. They took care of the kids, cleaned, and cooked. I'm sorry but that's a full time job. I barely have time to do any cooking or cleaning after I return home. I think it's complete crap to expect a wife to take care of all the housely duties and THEN dote on the man after he returns home. When can she rest? I'm so thankful my FI views things as 50/50. We take turns cleaning the bathroom and cooking. It's a wonderful balance considering we both have full time jobs. I'm glad I didn't live back in those days.

Great job. I like WW too. It's easy to keep track of what you eat...especially when dining out with their books. We eat out a lot so it's so much easier with their dining out companion.

How exciting Jamie! Congrats. My wedding is coming up shortly so I hope to be able to provide some more insight. But all the other girls have done such a good job, I'm not sure there's more info to give.

I'm a little late, but they look great! I love the adjustments you made. Definitely look professionally done. Great job.

They are adorable. Just so you know, neither MY mom or my FMIL saw my STD or invites before I sent them out. As far as I'm concerned, it's my wedding and if I want advice I'll ask for it. I think you should do the same. Do what makes YOU happy. I don't understand what would be more appropriate. DW aren't exactly "appropriate" by stuffy standards either.

I'm glad I read this too. We are all staying at an AI and for the WD, I was getting $25-35 per person for quotes. I'm going to ask if there is an "included" menu because I couldn't bring myself to pay that money when everyone has already paid the resort for the meals. Great tip!

Light was a concern for me too. But we decided that the location was far more important. It's too gorgeous and exotic to pass up. Have you looked at others photos? There's tons of Las Caletas wedding photos. Is their lighting a huge problem for you? For me, I thought they were still gorgeous. I did hear that they have Sunday weddings now the same cost as other days. Before it was twice as much. Apparently you have more control over the time of the wedding since there isn't any day tours. You may want to check into that.

Oh you will have so much LC advice and info by the time you are through your head will spin. Trust me- I'm still trying to take it all in. Check out the Las Caletas thread. I'll try to find it so you can easily access it. Welcome and happy planning. This forum is wonderful!

Looks like you guys had a blast. I was watching the slideshow when a coworker came up and saw the one on the boat with the girl strandling the guy. She was like "what is that?" Oh oops....haha. I was like "that's going to be me in less than 3 months, baby!"

Your dress is gorgeous! I love it! I also love the vivid blue dresses on your bridesmaids. The colors look so dramatic. Nice choices.

I bought a dress that I never tried on. It worked out great for me. However, I did try on dresses very similar in style. This way I knew whether the style worked for me. I'm very short so I couldn't do every dress style. Try on a dress with a similar style and see what you think. If you still love it, get it.

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Great choice. It will be so beautiful in the colors you choose.

They look beautiful. They compliment your dress well. I love how the only difference for the MOH was a simple brooch. Very pretty.

Oh no! One more thing to worry about! We all nearly booked through Alaska too. I hope this doesn't happen to us. What really sucks is that I bet you paid more for that flight too than getting there at 6pm. Let us know what comes out of this.

It sounds like a bunch of miscommunication. I'm glad you all were able to work it out. I know how it feels to have a good friend not talk to you about something important. My best friend suffered from bulimia. Through the grapevine I found out about it and that she had to do a short stint in the hospital for it. I waited for her to tell me because I didn't want her to feel like I was attacking/judging her. She never told me. Long story, our friendship ended up suffering because she ended up avoiding me because I think she was embarrassed. We aren't close anymore and she moved 8 hours away. It's very sad. I'm happy for you that you have such a close knit group of friends. Try not to let the little things affect you and make you feel unimportant. They all love you. Don't let misunderstandings hurt your feelings.

Both are gorgeous. I can't wait to see the one you chose when it's altered. The beading is beautiful.

Thanks again girls. I hope you received my payment Carly. I'm so not a paypal/ebay user so I'm not as familiar with it.

I'd skip it if I were you. It's such short notice so you have a perfect excuse. I'm like Carly though. I don't like going anywhere where I don't know people. I get super uncomfortable. I think showers are uncomfortable anyways- even when they are my good friends. I definitely agree the trend needs to change with them. They should be more festive and less gift giving.