Saturday, September 22, 2012

Day 8: The Smiths

We had an absolutely AMAZING wedding day.  The weather was perfect and the staff were so gracious. We really couldn't have asked for a more relaxing, romantic, blessed day to share with each other.

Breakfast in Bed

We started out with an early wake up call and breakfast served to us in bed and we exchanged wedding gifts.
Great way to start our wedding day!

Cabana and poppin' bottles!

We relaxed in a cabana overlooking the beach all morning...drank way too many bottles of champagne...got a hand/arm massage...had a great lunch and talked about all the things we were looking forward to as a married couple...
Our Cabana

So relaxing

cheers!

Massage

Lovin' it

Our Butler Javan poppin another bottle.

Lunch :) 

Couples Massages...

We continued our day of relaxation at the Red Lane Spa for an hour long couples massage...it was wonderful and so relaxing!
Before


After

Hair and Makeup

My masseuse Valerie came over to keep me company and take pictures for me while Gilia did my hair and makeup.  Her shift was over but she stuck around to hang out :) So nice! and really helped calm my nerves!

Gilia working on my hair

Valerie - my masseuse 

All done..Gilia did a great job!

The Wedding

Ang got back to the room after getting her hair/makeup done and the buttler had decorated the bed. 

The wedding coordinator, photographer and videographer came up to the room to help Ang into her dress and to get a few shots before the wedding.  

Josh waited on the beach with the pastor and picked passages to be read at the wedding.

The ceremony was perfect...so intimate and romantic...feet in the sand right as the sun was setting.  Our pastor was wonderful.  Josh picked the perfect passages for him to read.  We did a sand ceremony, exchanged vows and rings and signed all the papers to make it official all with our feet in the sand listening to the waves crash in.  It was perfect.  We had our first dance in a gazebo that was all set up for our 'reception'...we cut the cake...toasted champagne and decided we wanted to get more pictures instead of dig into the hordourves 

Pictures of the wedding to come :)  But we will say that we 'trashed the dress'...we got a lot of pictures in the ocean and we jumped into the pool!!  We meet with the photographer today to see them all - we're so excited to see how they turned out!

When we returned to our room it was all decorated and of course we had more champagne!! Since we took most of time getting pictures the butlers brought our 'reception' hordourves up to our room for us to enjoy before dinner.  We got out of our wet clothes, relaxed in our robes and then freshened up for dinner.  We enjoyed a beautiful candlelit dinner on the beach and then threw a message in a bottle in the ocean.

Back in the room after the wedding celebrating with some champagne...as you can tell I'm soaked from getting in the ocean and jumping in the pool!!

Our room all decorated for when we got back after the wedding


Married!!  

Wedding dinner on the beach

Message in a bottle

throwing it in the ocean

My dad's wedding ring...pearls from my mom's wedding dress...and a pic of my dad and I that I pinned on my bouquet





Thursday, September 20, 2012

Day 7: Bridal Bliss...Last Night as an Engaged Couple

After a rough night last night partying at the Cricketer's Pub we enjoyed breakfast in bed and a relaxing lazy day by our private pool.

Bridal Bliss

Ang went to the spa for a few hours this afternoon to enjoy her Bridal Bliss package...manicure and pedicure and practice hair and make-up for the wedding tomorrow

Getting ready for a pedicure

Dinner and Entertainment

We had an amazing dinner outside at the Pitons Restaurant while listening to a steelpan player...Our last dinner as an engaged couple!  Then we relaxed by the firepit...lounged in chairs at the pool overlooking the ocean...enjoyed some drinks while listening to a live band...watched some other hotel guests play 'The Newlywed Game' - too funny! and then enjoyed a night cap at the piano bar.

Last dinner as an engaged couple <3

Enjoying the firepit

:)

loungin...listening to the ocean and watching the waves

great band!

The Newlywed Game - so funny!

Tomorrow is the BIG day!!  We changed the time of our wedding to the 'twilight wedding' so we're now getting married at 5:00 pm...right before sunset.  We're both so excited for tomorrow!


Day 6: Bob Marley...

Today was definitely a party day...

Sandals Grande

We went to Sandals Grande and spent most of the morning and afternoon loungin in the pool by the swim up bar with some Bob Marley's...the drink special of the day..We tried about every drink on the menu.  We slept off the Bob Marley's in lounge chairs on the beach. We had a nice lunch at a restaurant on the beach then we bought fresh coconuts from a local on a small boat out in the ocean...

Beach at Sandals Grande

Pool at Sandals Grande

Local selling all sorts of things out of this boat.

We bought a coconut...it was so gross...we took this picture then dumped it out!

Sandals Halycon

We stopped here after spending most of the morning and afternoon at Sandals Grande...we stayed here for about 20 minutes...the other 2 resorts are so much better...nicer beaches, bigger pools, more restaurants etc...so we headed back to our resort to spend the evening. 
Walking the beach at Sandals Halycon

Pool at Sandals Halycon

Partying at Cricketer's Pub

We went to have a few drinks at Cricketers Pub around 6:00 while we waited for our dinner reservation at one of the restaurants here at 8:30....but we ended up not leaving the pub until around 1:00 am...We had a blast with all of the waiters...they were hilarious...teaching us the local lingo, mixing us up crazy drinks and even yelling O H...I O!!!!

Taking shots with Lance...the best bartender!

Lance and Patrick getting in on some OH-IO action!  the girl in the front was from Penn State haha

Chervez was coming over to the Pub from the La Toc Restaurant just to mix us up our favorite drinks

Ian and Patrick

Chervez came to party with us after his shift was over

We're both hurting this morning...we're lounging by our private pool right now and probably not leaving for the rest of the day...




Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Day 5: Wedding Planning and Relaxing...

Morning on the Beach...

Woke up early this morning and took a nice long walk on the beach...relaxed in the hammock listening to the ocean and then enjoyed breakfast overlooking the pool and the ocean

Morning walk on the beach

Breakfast

Relaxing in the hammock

Wedding Planning!

We met with the wedding coordinator this morning...had a cake testing...walked the resort and picked out our location for the wedding and 'reception', scheduled our spa services and met with the lawyers to finalize our paperwork!

The wedding lounge!

Cake testing...decided on vanilla :) 

Najma our wedding coordinator

Pool hopping...

We spent the rest of the day relaxing by some of the different pools at the resort and trying out the drinks...

Pool #1...sipping on a Woo Woo

Loungin by pool #2

Closing down the swim up bar at pool #3 

Sunset

Enjoyed a nice sunset with a bottle of wine...
loungin

Another beautiful sunset

Dinner at La Toc

Enjoyed a fancy dinner at La Toc tonight - great food!  Then had an impromtu photo session with one of the on site photographers :) 

Dinner at La Toc

all dressed up

Doing the dip and kiss..the photographer was making us do all sorts of poses

Tomorrow we're going to spend the day at one of the other Sandals on the island.