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Although I am no longer getting married in Mexico we had gotten the Apostille from our state. We had to send our birth certificates to our state capital and they basically attached a paper to them with a notary that confirms they are "real". You of course need your passport and the travelers ID that you get from the airport. Hope this helps.

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Our Mexico wedding was cancelled too! It was due to the swine flu in a round about way. My FMIL has a very weak immune system due to cancer and her doc would no longer release her to travel. We knew that there was no way that we could have the wedding without her, so we changed it. We are getting married in my hometown (the city we live in) and everything is falling into place. I believe that everything happens for a reason and things will work out the way that they are suppossed to. I am sorry that you had to cancel, but I know that where ever you decide to have your wedding it will be beautiful and at the end of the day you will be married to the man of your dreams! Good luck to you.

Oops! I meant graduation

Rachel, Yes, the hotel is here in my hometown. I am getting exciting about having it here at home. My friends and family are very excited about us having here. A lot of people are offering their time and help to assist us in our planning.We are going to have it July 25th. I am sorry to hear about your BM. Like you said, she should have just told you from the beginning that she was not going to be able to make it. Did she already get her dress? I also had concerns about my future nieces and nephew. They are 3, 7, and 10 and like many of you I read that the stupid SW affects them the most. Like you said everything happens for a reason. I know that we made the right decision to cancel and change it to a place her in Las Cruces. I hope that everything works out for you. I think that by June everything will have blown over and it will be just like any other day. Congratulations on your graduations! That is an awesome achievement.

We have offically cancelled our Mexico Wedding! My FMIL's Dr. told her that he would no longer sign off on her to travel to Mexico. As I had mentioned in a previous post she has cancer and a very weak immune system. We were already taking a risk taking her there, but with this stupid swine crap we really can not take that risk. Our plan B is in the works. Most of us are getting our money back with the exception of the insurance (can't stress enough how important that insurance is). The others are getting their money back from the hotel and will get a travel voucher from the airline. I am so bummed that we can't do the TTD! Good luck to the rest of you who are still going. I hope no one cancels on you all, and if they do oh well, it will still be awesome. For those of you who have cancelled, best of luck with Plan B. I am sure that our weddings will be beautiful no matter where we decide to have them.

It's offical....we cancelled our Mexico Wedding! There are eight of us that will get back all of our money, with the exception of the $80 for the insurance. My FI family (7) will only get their money back for the hotel and will get a travel voucher for their airfair. A few other guests will probably get the same. I guess that is better then nothing. We are now scrambling to plan the wedding here at home. We have found a hotel that has July 25th open. I am bummed that I have to push the date futher. I want to be married all ready!!!!!!! We are planning on getting pregnant right away, and now it just sucks that we have to wait another month. I know that it's only one more month...but still! Like everyone says...Everything happens for a reason. Rachel-how are your plans going? I know it's a few months away, but is everything ok?

The author is not listed. If you just type Starfish Poem into a search engine it will pop up. The Starfish Poem Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?" The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean." "I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" "The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die." "But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!" The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean, past the breaking waves and said - "It made a difference for that one."

Kara-Something can be done. There is no way that the would not refund your money or at least give you a travel voucher. Make some calls, talk to managers, like the other bride said call the media. I know that will work...they will eat it up! Good luck.

Yeah it is! We more then likely will cancel our wedding. My FMIL has cancer and a very weak immune system. Her doctor won't release her to travel now with all of this. We are going to call our TA tomorrow to find out what the process is to cancel. I had mentioned on the SWINE FLU Thread that I am ok with chaning our plans. I could not imagine getting married without my FMIL there. It broke my FI heart when she called today and I immediatly told me that we would change it. We had all ready talked about it earlier during the day, but it was just confirmed that we should change/cancel it when we got the call from his mom. I am stressing out over the refunding of the money and the changing of the plans. I will keep you girls posted.

Quote: Originally Posted by nickicolb123 thanks for the reassurance. I am getting my cert at cnm, so I should be done quickly. I hope to get a job on an intern lic. this fall. I thought i was the only new mexico bride on here! As for your friends, I assume you guys are going to el paso? Just tell them to screw off. If the can't make the time to come than you don't want them there anyway. I am so corny and always say every party loves a pooper and thats why we invited you! I thought I was the only NM bride too. Glad I found you! And it is EP. Those two don't dance...so they are happy with us hanging out at a laid back bar like Hurricane (don't know if you have heard about that place). It's cool and all, but not for my bachelorette party! I'm going all out. I plan on only doing this once. By any chance do you know of any boudoir photographers in NM? Lisa-I'll save you a seat!

Well, more then likely we will cancel our wedding. We just got a call from my FMIL and she is not going to be able to get clearance from her doctor to go. She has cancer and a very weak immune system. She called my FI earlier crying explaining that she can't go. There is no way that we would do this without her. They are a very close family, and I am very close to her...so we could not imagine going through with this without her. I know that many will say that it is about my FI and I, but she means to much to us to not have her there with us. It was really crazy when my FI was on the phone with her. She was telling him that maybe all of this was a sign, the drug-wars, flu, earthquake, that we shouldn't get married over there...and just then our fire alarm went off....and then stopped...mind you there was no smoke or anything of the sort to set it off. It was as if someone was sounding the alarm At the beginning I had initally wanted our wedding to be at home so I guess that is why I am not stressing that much over it. I am stressing over the refund of money. We all have travel insurance, but I called the insurance company and she said that the gov't had to Mandate that no one travel and then they will honor it. But there are a few different types of insurance that you can get. I am almost 100% positive that we have the one that states we can cancel for any reason, but we are going to call our TA tomorrow to get our policy number. This really does stink. I can't imagine trying to plan a wedding on such short notice. I called a few places...one even has our original wedding date avail. Worse case we are hoping that if we can't all get our money back that maybe we can change locations.

That is a very good idea.

Oopps... that should say "I'll have FUN without you"

Wait...I do have a confession. I am so annoyed at a couple of friends (who by the way are sisters) because they were giving me a hard time about going to another city (close by) for my bachelorette party. I chose to have it at a club that I absolutly love in a city only 30 min away. We are renting a mini party bus and the club is a thousand times better then anything that we have here in our city. What bugs me the most is that they aren't even going to the wedding...and I know that one of them can afford it! And they are still B&*ch*!^ about it. At one point I even told one of the girls..."Well I'll have without you". Her jaw dropped and she kept her mouth shut after that.