Mel

My guests stayed at the Melia and we got married at Las Caletas. We found deals for about $650/pp for 7 days including airfare and AI hotel. Catch is to look early. Our GM procrastinated to about 1 month before and he paid $800 at a different cheaper non-AI hotel for 3 days including airfare. It cost $15 to get from airport to hotel. $6 to downtown and $6 back. $5 to airport from hotel. We didn't ever look into having our wedding at any of the hotels, we knew we wanted LC. There were a few weddings at the Melia when we stayed there, looked nice but not on the beach.

I printed all of my paper stuff on a inkjet, except for my wedding update newsletter because it was a 8x14 size. The inkjet worked fine, but you go through ink very quickly if you want to have any kind of good quality. I don't know how cost effective it would be but for my newsletters I took my file to Kinkos printed it off on their computer then went to their copy machines and printed the rest on their color copier. It worked out really good. They have very good color copiers. The copiers will do cardstock as well. Just an option, like I said I did everything myself and I figured out that with as much money as I spent in ink I could have easily just ordered them from someone instead of doing them and been money ahead.

Quote: Originally Posted by amym567 Our problem with that would be, how do we use a debit card to pay for the deed?? We never have cash!!! Amy P.S. I remember reading something like this in Ann Landers YEARS ago, but I think they only put in a dollar each time! I was wondering about this too! We never have cash. Maybe a quarter or two, but I don't think I'll ever get a vacation that way.

We had the same problems. We had our Ceremony and AHR rsvp on one. It read: M______________ ______ We’d be delighted to attend the ceremony in Mexico. ______ Wish we could be there, but won’t be able to. ______ Will celebrate your return at the reception in Phoenix July 12 ______ Can’t attend, but send our best. I didn't think it would be that difficult to understand, but we had people marking yes to coming when they weren't really going to Mexico, but were going to the AHR. What did they not understand about "...in Mexico" or "...in Phoenix July 12" ?? One asked "If I'm not going to Mexico then how could I celebrate my return in July?" WTF!!!?? Was this wedding about you or me? We got one RSVP back with no name, no checks, no numbers?? What did they do just put it in the mail back to us expecting it to be telepathic notice? Maybe it was written in invisible ink? I should check! Honestly I don't think people read at all just check stuff or they read way too much into it. I feel for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by amyh Great review Mel! I would love to hear/see more about Melia as we are staying there with most of our guests in July. Congrats! I will download all of my pics I have of the Melia and post the link to the album. It was very nice. Lots of open spaces and a ton of vegetation. I've stayed at 3 different resorts in PV and none compare to this one. The rooms are really nothing to speak of out of the ordinary. Bed, couch, TV, safe, big sliding glass door. Standard room. We had an oceanview and it was truly an ocean view. Some hotels tell you oceanview but only if you stand on your balcony and cock your head way around you can see the ocean in the distance. We could hear the waves at night no problem! I saw a "club" room, basically the timeshare rooms. They are VERY nice complete with jacuzzi on the balcony. I have no idea how you would book one of those. I never saw an M-class room so can't tell you about that. The best advice I can give you is don't judge it by the pictures and description on the internet. The website makes it look like a cheesy flinestone, not very high class or pretty resort. It is just the opposite! Flinstones are strictly over by the kids area off away from everything else, you won't notice it unless you look for it. PM me if you have an specific questions! b101rat/melia - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

I have the "Monica Hair" when I get into humidity. I had a trial run with a professional hairdresser so that my MOH could learn how to do my hair since we couldn't hire anyone. We had originally done the trial to have my hair all up and I would decide if I wanted to leave it down or put it up once I got there and felt how hot and windy it would be. We decided to leave it down because of time and my MOH was having heck trying to get it to look right up. The hairdresser told me to use White Sands Medium Hold Liquid Texture. Its a heat activated hairspry. We had to buy it from her but it was amazing. It was fantastic and I didn't feel like my hair weighed a ton. It was not that windy on the beach but was VERY windy on the sailboat ride back. My hair didn't get frizzy or blow all over the place. It moved, it wasn't like my hair was stone. It was super humid too. Plan for both and see how everything goes the first couple of days you are there then decide. So to answer your question...YES I would wear my hair down again.

I wish you the best of luck. I know how hard it is to have to go through court proceedings and such. I was actually on the other end though. DH's ex wife is insane. We have documentation of abuse, neglect, and abandonment, but the courts always favor her because she is the mother. They don't care that she has already lost her oldest son, they just tell us that she has changed her ways and is a new person. HA my ass! Anyway my point is...document everything, stay calm, and tell the truth just like everyone else has said. The court systems no matter where you live all favor leaving the children with the mother unless there are extreme circumstances, such as drug abuse. That is what we have been told, unless Mike's ex is a drug addict or has beat them so severely they go to the hospital we won't ever get his son. Its sad how the system works, but that is a good thing for you because your sisters stupid accusations shouldn't go far. (I'm really sorry if that just came off completely wrong, please don't take it that way!) Keep your chin up. I'll be thinking about you.

Quote: Originally Posted by DougsGirl oh no erin! yikes! when i bought my dress i had not been working out and was 7 lbs heavier than now. i did not have any alterations done in the top of my dress, just length. over the next month i was working out 3 times a week, trying to tone my mid/upper back (the part that will show.) when i went back in for the fitting, my underskirt would barely zip and the dress corset had to be laced looser! i had gained thick muscle definition in my back, and it was thicker than the 7 lbs of fat had been! ahhhhh! so, i actually STOPPED working out, well, my back anyways. keep up the cardio! and water water water till thats all you can think and breathe! for a quick few lbs, (not totally healthy) try diurex, makes you pee green, but whateva I had the same thing happen to me. I do a lot of hiking and climbing for my job so I put on muscle mass prior to the wedding. When I went in to pick up the dress it was snug, perfect. I don't put on weight at all (I have a metabolism that is like a hummingbird), so I know it wasn't a weight gain. But I did notice that I was thicker in my back, unfortunately didn't notice it until I put on the dress an hour before the ceremony. It was TIGHT, I couldn't sneeze right and it hurt so bad, but I managed to get it on. I have no idea how but I did. My advice is careful that you are not trying to tone up or gain muscle. Careful not to do too much cardio that involves a lot of arm movement that works your back. You may replace the bad with another bad if you work it too much. If you aren't seeing results or are noticing that your dress still doesn't fit right and its only a little bit that won't zipp, consider changing your hairstyle, if your hair is long enough, so that it could cover the little bit of open zipper. Good luck, let us know how it goes. Keep working at it, everything will work out!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by hschoon Thanks for the great review and pictures! I'm the last wedding of the season at LC, and I'm starting to get nervous about the rain/weather/rocky boats/etc! If you come across a non-pro pic of the sand, shell, candle tabletops - I would love to see it! I'm not doing the rose petals thing either. Thanks again! I have these picture but I don't think they are that good. It will at least give you a little bit of an idea. ignore our picture that is really bad. The things I do for BDW, embarrass ourselves. J/K if it helps someone else out for ideas great!

Quote: Originally Posted by raisinblur One of DH's friends has a really nice camera and he kind of shadowed Beth the whole time she was taking pictures. I'm sure she was annoyed with him, because he would tell us to "Look over here" while Beth was taking pictures, and she rolled her eyes a bit was like, "uh, ok". We told him to cool it at the end, but we did get some awesome non-pro pics because of it. I'm still dying to see the pro ones though. My dad was the same way. He was running around taking pictures and then handed off the camera when he was busy. Drove me and DH nuts. We told everyone don't worry about taking pictures because that is why we hired photographers. Dad got really mad about this because he couldn't do what he wanted. My sis BF kept taking pics too and I know he is probably in a lot of the pro pics because he wouldn't go away. I'm going to be so mad because I don't even like him!

Quote: Originally Posted by SoontobeMrsE OMG Mel - you look amazing! What a goregous bride you were!! I love the turquoise dresses and the beautiful colorful flowers. Congratulations! The BM dresses cost me $20. I found them on campus. There is this guy that travels to a bunch of different universities and stops by periodically. Such a random place to find them, but I thought they were perfect and definitely in everyone's price range. And the girls can wear them again no problem.

I got my review done and there a few non-pro pics. The pro-pics won't be here for another 6 weeks. EEKS!!! I think I might go crazy between now and then!!! http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t22380

Us on the boat ride back to PV These are just some photos Dad took. The Pro pics won't be here for about 6 weeks

What a fantastic time!! We had many bumps in the road during the whole wedding process and many times I thought about cancelling the whole thing because it would save me the headache, but I am SOOOOOO glad that I didn’t because my wedding was perfect, well there were lots of things that happened but I didn’t let them bother me because who cares. We left for PV on Saturday, May 24 on US Airways. We were carrying my dress and everything went fine. We went through security with no problem and found a spot to hang it up in the terminal. I told the lady at the front desk that I had a wedding dress so that she could warn the flight attendants that there was one coming on. Her response was “so, what do you want me to do about it” I explained to her why I was telling her and she said “tell them not me” B***H. Whatever ok still in a good mood. We get on the plane and I tell the flight attendant asked her to put it in their closet. She rudely said “we don’t have one it goes in the overhead compartments” I had called US Airways ahead of time and they told me that the flight attendants had closets on board and could put it in there. We walked through first class and saw the jacket hangers and asked if we could hang it there and she said no because we were not in first class. Who cares it’s my wedding dress and the people in first class offered to put it there and say it was theirs for me. The same flight attendant jumped their asses and said that they couldn’t do that. Another flight attendant jumped in and said it wasn’t because we weren’t in first class it was because it was in a garment bag. Again, who cares? It’s obvious it’s a wedding dress and not something else. We got back to our seats and had to fold my dress in half and basically shove it into the overhead compartment because the flight was completely full. I was so upset at this point and in tears, I didn’t want anything to happen to it. I knew we could steam the dress but I was worried about it getting ripped or smashed and tearing the beads off. DH and dad both asked to get the one flight attendant’s name and employee number, but instead of giving it to us she offered for us to get off the plane and speak to the supervisor. Our first comment was well is the plane going to leave us then…she said she would bring the supervisor on board instead. Low and behold the supervisor was the same lady that I had told I had a wedding dress outside. She attempted to explain why we couldn’t put the wedding dress in first class and said they couldn’t make exceptions, said that whoever I talked to was wrong and none of their planes have closets, and that they had not had any wedding dress come on board in over 7 years (so why would exceptions not be ok if they never come on?). OK so got nowhere with her or with anyone else. Just had to hope and pray that the dress would ride ok. The really mean flight attendant ended up giving us free beer during the flight. We got to Mexico and the dress seemed to be ok. It took us about 2 hours to get through customs then we were off to the hotel. We stayed at the Melia Puerto Vallarta Resort. We were very pleased with the hotel and the service, the food was always good, and the pool was always warm. It rained every day we were there until Wednesday. This made me super nervous because I didn’t want it to rain on my wedding and thankfully it didn’t, although it rained some during the morning. The locals are saying that the rainy season has arrived early, so I wish all of the people having weddings from here on until October the best of luck. We went for our site visit on Monday and enjoyed our day at Caletas. We found out that the parrots that greet the boats are trained and that they have been trained to be a part of the wedding as well if we wanted it. We jumped at the opportunity and paid for it. They began training the parrots that day since they had not done a wedding in a couple of months. I was watching them train and got really nervous because they kept flying way out over the water instead of to the post like they were supposed to. I could just picture our rings being dropped into the water never to be found, but I kept an open mind and said that we could still do it. After lunch Kelley found us and said that the catamaran that was supposed to take us out the next day was on its way to Mazatlan for engine maintenance, so our option would be to take a catamaran out that was good for 200 people or a sailboat. We chose the sailboat since there was only 15 of us. Later we found out that the 200 person catamaran had already been reserved for something else so we really didn’t have a choice. Since we had the sail boat we would have to be at the marina where their office is at by 3:15 instead of 4:15. I was just glad that we didn’t have to take a panga out there and that I hadn’t already bought everyone’s port tax ticket that morning. That night we had a rehearsal dinner at the hotel and had to explain to everyone what was going on. Mom, my MOH, my sis, photographer, and I left for Caletas on the early morning boat. We were worried that we would have too much time, but in the end were really glad that we went early. We got front seats on the top deck right in front of the captain. Once we got off we found out that most people on the bottom deck and a few on the top got sick the whole way there. We didn’t even know it, but am sure glad or it would have made me sick too. The sea was very rough the entire time we were in PV so it made for some rocky boat rides. We got to Caletas and Kelley showed us to the Bridal Suite. We just relaxed, took naps, and used the hot tub outback. Don’t let Kelley lie to you when she says that the water out there or in the shower doesn’t get that warm. HA…we couldn’t use it for awhile cuz it was too hot. We had lunch and then got ready. My MOH did my hair, God Bless her. I have a lot of it and I know she was getting cramps in her arms from curling it all but she still trucked on. We thought we were doing great on time until the sailboat with the guests, other photographer, and DH showed up 45 mins early. They had really great wind on the way there so made awesome time. Kelley told them to do a few laps out in the bay so that she could finish getting everything set up and we could finish getting ready. They messed around out there for awhile and then went to “park” at the dock so that everyone could get off. This was from what I hear a not so pleasant experience. The dock, for one, is not made to accommodate sailboats so they couldn’t get the ramps down in a good position, then the seas were so rough that they couldn’t get close enough to tie the boat off. So they anchored out a little ways off the beach and used a panga to tender everyone to the dock. At the dock they had to climb up a ladder and pull themselves onto the dock. This made them about 20 mins late from when they were supposed to be there. Then everyone got soaked on the way over from the rough sea so they all had to use blow dryers and change before the ceremony started. Meanwhile I don’t know what is going on at all. All I know is that my MIL is in the bridal suite making herself beautiful and we are supposed to be ending the ceremony but yet we haven’t even started it. Later I also found out that FIL got lost because DH told him where they kept the parrots, but FIL thought he said that is where the parents go, so he went that way. Again whole time I know nothing and am getting really annoyed that they are not ready. We got the cue to start our trek down the millions of stairs, not really but sure felt like it since I kept worrying about falling. Of course my dress was hiked up to my waist so that I could walk ok. I sure hope that the photographer got pictures of that! We finally meet the guys at the platform and my sis and MOH head down. Music is what it is supposed to be and everything is going great. Now my turn. I hear the right song— I could not ask for more, by Sara Evans—and I seriously start to freak. Not because of what I am doing but because now I have to walk on my own with my dress down and not trip. I am so afraid of stairs and can’t do them without a handrail and now I had to. I saw my dad and he was standing on the wrong side so I somehow had to tell him to move over without making it obvious. He finally got the hint and moved. We walked down the stairs and there I saw him, DH standing there with the biggest smile on his face. I made it to him and had not tripped. YEAH! Challenge one down…now onto not saying something stupid. Brad opened up and began with the ceremony. Mike joked a couple of times to lighten the mood, at first I didn’t like it but now I thought it was great. Wouldn’t be him without it. After Brad asked if we were here of our own freewill we said yes then Mike answered “David has a shotgun” David being my dad. Everyone just laughed. Went through our vows and everything went great, although it was very hard to hear Brad over the waves when he is telling us what to say. Ring time….no one but my sis and dad knew what was about to happen. Brad asked for the rings and we turned toward the direction of the parrots. Brad asked the Best man to move over some and the best man looked dumbfounded like, what why? Down came the Military Macaw, click went the camera, and away went the parrot. AHHH…my rings….he has them!!!! All I could picture was that bird flying over the ocean and dropping our rings in the drink. :s They had a second bird on standby in case the first couldn’t do its duties. Down came the Scarlet Macaw, perfect landing and the pass off is a success. When the rings were handed to us I was very relieved. The best man had this look on his face like “woo can’t believe I was standing that close to that, glad I moved.” And my SMIL was freaking out and saying “Oh my god did you see that? Did you know that was going to happen? WOW that was awesome!” She was hilarious. Later Mike told me that Brad had them the whole time since the birds were being a bit stubborn earlier in the day during training. The parrot was supposed to fly right down the aisle and land on a post next to the Best Man and stick its leg out to Brad to get the rings in the little cloth in the parrot’s claws. We exchanged rings. Right after Mike said that he promised to keep me forever a pelican started to “laugh” out on their little wood dock. It was hilarious. Mike laughed and said “I know what you mean.” We did a hand ceremony and then concluded with a sand ceremony. We were finally husband and wife. We walked back to a song we had never heard of, I guess the DJ didn’t see that our recessional song was on the same CD and thought we didn’t have one. Oh well, Mike and I were the only ones that noticed, even though we didn’t really even hear it. Great! Ceremony over…now onto pictures. We took lots of pictures and had a great time. Our photographers were great Krista was the head photographer and Suzanne was the second photog. They work/own Impressions Photography out of Florida. Krista had scoped out the area before and found a lot of great spots. I thought she was going to die when she accidentally put my train right on top of a candle. I just laughed and said oh well, it doesn’t have to look beautiful now. Although I was a bit concerned about it really catching on fire, rather than just burning a tiny hole, with all of the candles around. I was a bit worried about being barefoot and walking all around to take pictures but I didn’t have any problems, except for when we were on the rocks on the beach. The dinner tables looked fantastic. I had asked Kelley to use sand, shells, and candles to decorate instead of rose petals. I had described it to her and I didn’t think she understood. I saw it and she asked me how I liked it and I told her it was even better than what I had pictured in my head. She is great! Dinner was great. The cake looked just like the picture I had sent her. We all ate a little piece of it. Kelley came up to me a little bit later and had told me she told the chef to make it a white cake a thousand times but he made it chocolate. HAHA I didn’t even remember, it was still good no matter what. Dancing went really good, we somehow ended up in the water instead of the dance floor so I had a mini unplanned TTD session. The bonfire was great to dry off, but too warm to stand next to at other times. The dance floor was a little bit small. It looked very small compared to pictures of other people’s weddings, but we made it work. Time to go. We all gathered everything up and headed to the boats. They convinced me to change before we headed back so I did. I am sooooooo very thankful that I did now because it was honestly one of the scariest things I have been through and I don’t think I could have ever done it in my dress. We had to go back down the ladder and get into a panga. I would say the panaga was at least 10 feet below the dock. The panga was all over the place because of the rough waters. They took the first group out and then came back for the rest. Getting onto the sail boat from the panga was aweful. You couldn’t hold onto the side because you would have smashed your fingers in between the sailboat and panaga. The sailboat was going up and the panga was usually on the down instead of in synchrony, which made it that much more difficult. They had to bring over another panga to help steady the panaga we were in and keep it close enough to the sail boat to jump across. Then once we were on the sailboat we had to scurry our way to a seat without falling. Whew everyone on and safe. I have no idea how no one got hurt. My SFIL was sooo drunk he could barely stand up and how he got down that ladder and into the sailboat I have no idea. We had a few others that were older and larger and I have no idea how they did it either. The ride back was fairly smooth compared to what they had on the ride to Caletas. We ended up getting back to PV around 1:30 and still had to walk back to the Melia. Taxis are rare at this time and our hotel wasn’t that far, about a 10 min walk. They all walked there and were all walking back without good buys. Everyone was drunk and tired. Mike and I got back to our room and he carried me through the door for the whole good luck thing and then nearly dropped me because our room was not decorated like he had asked them to do. I just laughed and said who cares especially if you didn’t pay for it. The next day we went to the pool about 11ish and came back to our room about 2ish. Our room was beautifully decorated with rose petals everywhere, towel swans, curtains tied in bows, and a bottle of champagne on ice. It was great. We got our room decorated after all even though it was a little late. We gave out OOT bags as people came in. Mike and my dad thought they were a waste of time, but everyone used them. Proved them wrong! Our OOT bags were cloth with a logo I created. They had some sunscreen different medicines, a picture frame, pen and paper, a disposable camera, beach coasters, info packets on PV and things to do, mini sewing kit, mini first aid kit, and a welcome letter with a schedule of events. We had fans put on each chair for the ceremony which were a big hit too. The sewing kit and first aid came in very handy for our Best Man because him and Mike got into a rough housing fight on Sunday night. Best Man split his toe open and fixed himself right up. Ohh, I was soo mad at them because they almost broke my toasting glasses I had worked so hard on. We had fans placed on each of the chairs and most people used them because it was warm from the humidity and none of us are used to that, we are all dry heat people. If I could change just one thing I would have found a way to hide from family after the wedding. I really wish that Mike and I could have had more alone time and my family wouldn’t have caused so much drama while we were there so that I could have enjoyed ourselves better. All in all we had a great time. Everyone that we dealt with was really good, I really didn’t have any complaints other than I wouldn’t recommend a sailboat to get to Caletas until they build a better dock for it. Mike saying thanks to Roberto that trainer.

Don't get down. Everything will work out. We had the same things happen to us while we were planning to get married. We originally had planned on about 50 people coming to our wedding, then as the weeks passed guests dropped like flies for all different kinds of reasons. Aunt and Uncle couldn't make it b/c all of a sudden their son wanted to go to college out of state (understandable to a point, need to save money), godparents said no because "they don't go to Mexico" when we found out it was actually b/c we weren't getting married in the Catholic church (honestly screw them, I don't need them there if they are going to be like that), cousin got pregnant and had baby about 2 weeks before we left, completely understandable, friends thought about it and decided they should save for retirement instead. Lots of things happened, I felt like changing my mind so many times and calling it all off, but in the end we had 15 people including us and it was perfect. You will truly know who cares about you because they are spending a lot of money to be there for you not the food or dancing, but for you! Don't give up it gets better I promise even if it isn't until the most magical day of your life, its worth it.

I'm Back and now MRS. FISHER. Had a great wedding. Lots of things to share and a few pictures that my dad took. I will write a review when I get a few minutes. Definately want to read it if anyone is considering a sail boat. As well, there are a few features that I don't think anyone has ever mentioned on here for things that you can do such as...having a parrot fly your rings in to Brad...I will tell more later!

Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel Oh and Mel- I just saw one of those trucks today! They are freaky looking things. You'll see the trucks everywhere once you know what they are, especially if you live somewhere where there is a lot of building going on.

I just graduated so I will be converted to a permanent position in the Forest Service within the next month. I have worked for them since 2005 under the SCEP position which was a student position where I could work as many hours as I wanted and they would pay me $5k a year to go to school. Catch is for every year I borrow I have to work that many years for them or I pay it back. I thought it was great, no worries about having to find a job once I graduate. I work as a an assistant biologist on the Coronado National Forest in Tucson. My main projects include writing assessments that comply with federal laws on threatened an endangered species, surveys of different species on the forest, habitat assessment, resource advising on fires, and fighting fires. I get to go out an hike a lot and see lots of cool stuff (of course if you like the outdoors), but then I pay for it when I have to do all of my reports. FI told me that he was marrying me for my $$$, I told him you picked the wrong girl. Most I will ever make is around $50k (max out a GS-11), right now I will be lucky to make $35k (GS-7). But I love my job and I get to see and do really cool stuff so its a tradeoff. And its not like I will ever be living in a large town where cost of living is outrageous because most FS districts are in tiny towns. And its the government so they compensate you some for living somewhere expensive.

FI is a concrete pump operator. Most people have never heard of this so I will post a picture. He is basically a crane operator that moves concrete to where ever they need it. The orange boomed truck looks just like his. The cement mixer dump the concrete into Mike's hopper on his truck and then a pump move the concrete through the pipes to where ever it needs to go. He loves his job because it is fun, always different, and he only has to see his boss maybe once a week in passing, but the hours sux, his boss suxs, and the pay suxs for him (most others make around $30 but he's only been doing it for little over 3 years so he can't make the big bucks and his boss is a cheapskate!) He calls into dispatch every night to find out what time he is supposed to be at work. Sometimes midnight, sometimes 9am, can be anytime and any day. Makes it difficult to plan for meals and time together. And the hours vary every week, sometimes 30 hours sometimes 90, mostly around 45/week. Last year he brought home somewhere around $40k

Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeLynne Hi everyone! Martin and I *just* got back from LC. We got to meet with Nicole and she was great. And we found the bed! tomorrow we are off to check out the Botanical Gardens. The weather is great here - mid 80s with a nice breeze Hope the weather stays good...its supposed to rain next week! Eikes! Don't use up all the good weather before I get there and get married next Tuesday!

I get there on the 24th at 2pm. Wouldn't be available that night until late if at all. My in-laws arrive later in the night and I have to meet with them. Sunday is pretty much free. Monday doing site visit to Las Caletas and rehearsal dinner. Tuesday, I don't think I will be available for drinks cuz I'M GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!! And then you all leave on Wednesday. Let me know I will pm you my e-mail.

AHHHHHHHHH....I just checked the weather forecast for PV and it is supposed to rain on the day I get married. I chose that time so that it wouldn't rain, but now it just might. I keep telling myself that weathermen are always wrong and it won't rain, but the last two days they have increased the chance to over 60%, when a couple of days ago it was only 10%. Its supposed to rain the entire time we are there. I know that Las Caletas has a backup plan if it rains, but I don't want that plan, I was to get married on the beach in the sun, not in the rain under a ramada. Sorry guys, just venting, can't do it to FI b/c he just keeps telling me to think positive. I know I'm supposed to do that, but grr.....not the way its supposed to go.

Just an FYI if they didn't already know...Most major cities have a Ronald McDonald House near the Children's Hospitals and other major hospitals. They can stay there for less than $20/day. It would probably be a better option than having to rent somewhere. FI stepmom and dad stayed at the one in Dallas while his little brother was in NICU with spinabifida and other complications. They said it was very nice and the people there were very helpful. I don't recall if they said that food was included or not, but I know they were able to get discounts to lots of places because they were staying at the house. My prayers are with the three of them. Everything will be fine. My best friend has twin sisters that were born at 6 months. Their waist was the size of her dad's wedding band. Today they are rambunctious eight year olds who you would have never guessed had anything wrong with them. The first couple of years were rough because they had to be on heart monitors but they are still here with us.

Quote: Originally Posted by K&Rwedding Mel- These look great. I was wondering where did you or how did you make the jackets for the boarding passes to go into? I am having the hardest time finding boarding pass jackets for tickets. Thanks Kathy We made them. We went to Kinkos (its a copy store) and they will fold paper into brochure tri-folds for about 2 cents a page. So we had them do a tri-fold. We cut in the opening that the boarding passes slips into on the right outer-most flap. Then we glued the edges of the cut flap so that it could act like a pocket for the passes. We printed the monogram on our printer and the palm trees we had to emboss into the paper with a brass embossing template. Hopefully this helps and I didn't confuse you. Let me know if you have more questions.

It has been mid to high 90s over the last couple of weeks with lows in the high 70s to low 80s. Yesterday, it dropped to a high of 60 with lots of wind and sprinkles and low of 30s in town and snowed on the mountain. Today, high 80s and clear as can be. I don't like this one bit. AZ ok so its hot I don't complain about heat at all, personally I love it, but when its hot one day and then freezing the next (and I know 60 is not freezing to most people, but it is to me!)