Married or going to be married at Grand Palladium Punta Cana?

[caribbeanLover]

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Originally Posted by sheila2011 Hey All! Hope you guys are having better weather than we are here!! Where the heck is summer?? Anyways, I am excited because I have now ordered my Sand Ceremony stuff and my guestbook and have booked the date for my first fitting!! I guess now I have to figure out what to have someone say during the sand ceremony and I guess what to say during the actual renewal of vows ceremony! I am worried about having to write it myself. :S (And I still have to do a bunch of other things....for my sanity I am glad I am doing a DW!)

You should head down this way, we're having amazing hot weather!! A.C almost doesn't feel like enough some days!! But Edmonton is known for not having a summer, or having an amazing one right? I know you guys get crazy horrible winters.

Ahh, I was so excited to get my sand ceremony kit, but I had gotten it last min I was worried it wouldn't come in time before we left (but it did!!!)
I just found a saying on the internet, I googled it. I also found a lot of wording on here as well... I'll look to see if I still have my speech. I asked my SIL to do it (who has stage fright, she did freaking amazing!!!) it was nice to have someone up there that knows us.

(I pick a whole bunch that I like, and just put a few phrases that I liked)

As you stand beside the ocean, may your love always be as constant as the tide; waves flowing endlessly from the depths of the sea. Just as water is the eternal force of life, so is love. Love is the force that allows us to face fear and uncertainty with courage. Love is the force that completes us.

You have just sealed your marriage by the giving and receiving of rings. Although you will be sharing one life, never forget that you are two separate people. Cherish and affirm your differences. Love each other, with everything you can imagine. Keep your commitment primary, and nourish it, above all else.

Together you will laugh and cry, be sick and well, be happy and angry, share and grow. In your lives together, you will no doubt be faced with many challenges, but also many joys. Embrace all of these together, as partners, as one.

To symbolize this union, two separate colors of sand will be combined. Each one holds its own unique beauty, strength, and character. They can stand on their own and be whole, without the need of anything else. However, when these two are blended together, they create an entirely new, and extraordinarily more intricate entity.

Each grain of sand brings to the mixture a lasting beauty that forever enriches the combination.

Please pour the sand into this common container to symbolize the union of your two lives.

[XX and XX pour the sand into the centre vase]

XX and XX, just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be a molding of two individual personalities, bonded together forming one heart, one life, and one family.

Congratulation!!!!

[sheila2011]

Thanks Tracy for the Sand Ceremony script! I will have to show it to my Mike later! Did you write your ceremony one too?

 

We actually do get warm weather here sometimes! (30 degrees sometimes!) But it also changes SO quickly....the line is you blink and the weather changes! We definitely don't have the same humidity that you guys do out east!

[jerzshortstuff]

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Originally Posted by caribbeanLover You should head down this way, we're having amazing hot weather!! A.C almost doesn't feel like enough some days!! But Edmonton is known for not having a summer, or having an amazing one right? I know you guys get crazy horrible winters. Ahh, I was so excited to get my sand ceremony kit, but I had gotten it last min I was worried it wouldn't come in time before we left (but it did!!!) I just found a saying on the internet, I googled it. I also found a lot of wording on here as well... I'll look to see if I still have my speech. I asked my SIL to do it (who has stage fright, she did freaking amazing!!!) it was nice to have someone up there that knows us. (I pick a whole bunch that I like, and just put a few phrases that I liked) As you stand beside the ocean, may your love always be as constant as the tide; waves flowing endlessly from the depths of the sea. Just as water is the eternal force of life, so is love. Love is the force that allows us to face fear and uncertainty with courage. Love is the force that completes us. You have just sealed your marriage by the giving and receiving of rings. Although you will be sharing one life, never forget that you are two separate people. Cherish and affirm your differences. Love each other, with everything you can imagine. Keep your commitment primary, and nourish it, above all else. Together you will laugh and cry, be sick and well, be happy and angry, share and grow. In your lives together, you will no doubt be faced with many challenges, but also many joys. Embrace all of these together, as partners, as one. To symbolize this union, two separate colors of sand will be combined. Each one holds its own unique beauty, strength, and character. They can stand on their own and be whole, without the need of anything else. However, when these two are blended together, they create an entirely new, and extraordinarily more intricate entity. Each grain of sand brings to the mixture a lasting beauty that forever enriches the combination. Please pour the sand into this common container to symbolize the union of your two lives. [XX and XX pour the sand into the centre vase] XX and XX, just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be a molding of two individual personalities, bonded together forming one heart, one life, and one family. Congratulation!!!!

I love your sand ceremony script! I was debating on whether to have it or not since were traveling there. Did you encounter any problems bringing the stuff there or home? I am nervous it will break or something. Did you use a glass container?

[caribbeanLover]

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Originally Posted by jerzshortstuff I love your sand ceremony script! I was debating on whether to have it or not since were traveling there. Did you encounter any problems bringing the stuff there or home? I am nervous it will break or something. Did you use a glass container?

I didn't chose the green, hubby did!! I wasn't pleased, but he was so determined to have green I had to have him have it lol. It really didn't turn out half as bad as I would have thought

I had no problems leaving Punta Cana with the sand in the vase. However, there is a spong thingy that goes in the vase after you pour the sand for the top to stay on. Someone on the staff lost it, so I had no spong. I decided to put the vase in a bag, and put it in my carry on (where a lot of girls carried it back on, but I had my dress in my hands) once I crossed over, the lady who checks the bags just pulled it out of the carry on, so i just 'freaked telling her to careful and I slowly took it out for her to show her, everything was fine she let me go through. I've never heard anyone have problems. So you should be ok.

[sheila2011]

Tracy that's the exact same Sand Ceremony kit I bought!!! Glad to see it in action and looking good!!

[caribbeanLover]

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Originally Posted by sheila2011 Tracy that's the exact same Sand Ceremony kit I bought!!! Glad to see it in action and looking good!!

amazing, keep the spong that comes with it, it's def useful!!!
what colours did you pick for the sand? For the bottom part (the part that the person doing the reading is suppose to pour, I used Punta Cana sand to always remember, you can do the same!!)

[jerzshortstuff]

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Originally Posted by caribbeanLover amazing, keep the spong that comes with it, it's def useful!!! what colours did you pick for the sand? For the bottom part (the part that the person doing the reading is suppose to pour, I used Punta Cana sand to always remember, you can do the same!!)

Sounds like a great idea! Did you have any problems coming through customs with it?

[caribbeanLover]

Like I was saying in my past post just above, I had no problems, they just want to see it, so if you can...carry it as suppose to putting it in your carry-on and I can assure there will be no issues!!

[richarsd]

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Originally Posted by caribbeanLover If you click on sungoddes name, a little window will pop up and it'll say to send her a private msg, click on it and you'll be able to do a private msg! good luck!

Yeah, I don't have the permissions yet to private msg someone...I think you need to be a full member first and not a "noob", lol. So that's why I wondered if there wasd another way to get around it.

[MilitaryMrs.s-to be]

I just used a glass water bottle for my sand ceremony, and had no problem getting it home, it has a stopper in the top and I just filled it with beach sand before we left put the stopper in and then put band aids around the top to keep it on there (which I haven't taken off cause I think it will take from the moment..hahha...I'm so gay) I wrapped it in one of my dresses and put it in my carry one, which was just my beach bag so they considered it a purse and it went through the screening thing, they never opened it all. I had no problems getting it home.