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Quote: Originally Posted by mlb36 Great pictures! I love the ones of you walking away on the beach with the mountains in the background. The one at the end? That's one of my favorites - until the other 900 arrive anyway. :-) Quote: Originally Posted by akh love these! my favorites ... your sassy leg shot, sitting on the sand w/the wedding party, and the ass grab! they all look like you're so happy, and having so much fun. even the "posed" ones look natural. I didn't even realize the ass grab at that point in time. And I also don't remember showing some leg on the steps - thank goodness for pictures, or I would forget everything. Quote: Originally Posted by CABOBRIDE200 Wow! you've been together 15 years. Your wedding was truly beautiful and you two just look so happy. Anniversary trip....hmmm...that sounds sooooo tempting!! Well, you've got an open invitiation anytime. :-) Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB Sure you get married on the 23rd and already have your pics and slideshow, I get married on the FIFTH and still nothing.. But hey your keeping me entertained so that's good.. lol.. Those are great and you two look really happy. Hang in there, you'll get yours soon. The actual picture-pictures will be here in 4 days, I can't wait.

Welcome & I'm sure that the DR will love any insight you can give them.

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Quote: Originally Posted by CABOBRIDE200 Beautiful Stephanie! You two are so obviously in love!! Oh, and I adore your centerpieces. It was neat to see our shared wedding date on your slideshow....brought back memories of the day for me too. It is amazing that our first date was in 1992 ~ it's almost like the wedding rekindled this hidden spark. The flowers on the table were the ones on the arch at the beach, all the shells my MOH brought with her, we used them at my shower in PA. We're all planning an "anniversary" trip to either Punta Cana or Rivieria Maya for June '08- wanna come Then we can celebrate together. Quote: Originally Posted by A10CALGAL OK, I'm super busy so I only watched the first half (I think) - but YAY!! You look awesome & great pics...I love your expressions I'll have to watch the rest later. Poor Tammy - you are torturing her! I think he said that there were like 94 photos on the site - I know that it's 4 pages if you turn off the slide show itself. And yea, I noticed Tammy logged off right after I said I would have it today. Poor girl.

Have a great time - travel safe, and yes, we want to see some of those b-pics.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryjaxs19 Stephanie you must be so excited what a great slideshow and you guys looked so happy and buetifull So very excited. In another 4 days I'll have our pictures and the dvd from Pepe, and then I'll be REALLY excited... Quote: Originally Posted by Trista Wow beautiful, love everything...u looked incredible and lots of great memories, Congrats~ Thank you - the memories, although still fresh in my mind were starting to fade a little - it all happens so quickly. Now I remember every minute again.

Quote: Originally Posted by riubride You look stunning Stephanie! I love the colour of your flowers. Where did you have your reception? We had our reception on the terrace at the Mexican Restaurant. At first I thought I wanted the beach, but the terrace was PERFECT~!

Thanks Tami, I can't stop watching it. Jason is in Savannah, and I just called him crying. I really wanted to watch it together for the first time, but I couldn't wait another 1.5 days.

Ok, I had to come upstairs and switch computers, and now I'm sitting in a puddle of tears... Jose "Pepe" Lima was our photographer, and I'm so glad we had him. He was absolutely wonderful to work with, and I am LOVING how my pictures came out. Here's the link to our slideshow for your viewing pleasure: Stephanie and Jason YEA!!! (and sorry Tammy)

Awesome review Natalie! Sounds like everybody had a wonderful time, and your pictures are wonderful.

You should be fine with it - we took along our little speakers to use in the room, plus that helped to keep it charged.

You all look great - your dress was beautiful. I really like the photo of you and the "girls" with all the parasols. Very nice.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lindseychristine Hurray .....i am so happy and you look amazing!!!! just seeing those few pictures make me feel so much better becuase i am getting married there in 3 weeks...how was adriana?? Were you happy with everything.? thanks Adriana Rocks! You don't have anything to worry about. She does a stellar job. You can read my full review here: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...23-2007-a.html Congrats & Good Luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by tob1kanobe Everything sounds so amazing and makes me sooo excited to be getting married at Riu - questions ---- what package did you purchase? Did you get liquor drinks with dinner besides the bottles that you specifically requested and did you have to pay per person per hour for the liquor? How was your cake? Did you have to pay extra for the flowers on it? Ummm I think that is all for now...lol.. oooh - if you have any extra pictures of the mexican terrace I wouldn't be terribly sad if you posted them...lol... We went with the Royal Package (the middle one) - for what you get for the "big" package, we just did'nt think it was worth it. We did not have other liquor drinks, just the 2 bottles we wanted, beer and champagne. Honestly, we didn't eat the cake - we cut that one piece, and that was it. The cake as I had it is included in your package price. I'm sure I have more pictures of the terrace. Also, if you go to our wedding website, there are about 600 photos on there from my camera. Feel free to check them out.

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride I love your flowers, they are beautiful! and the starfish pic! Thank you ~ I was so very sad to leave the flowers behind. Now I keep hinting that orange roses have become my favorite, we'll see how long it takes to get some. :-) Quote: Originally Posted by Susan101207 You have so many great pictures already... you look stunning...and most importantly, VERY happy! I love your face after the tequila shot. Now I'm going to read your review.... CONGRATS!!!!! We were both so very happy - as we looked at the pictures, Jason kept saying, "I love that laughing smile, it's great". He just really wanted/wants me to be happpy. Quote: Originally Posted by tvt I LOVE your dress!!! It's so perfect on you and for a beach wedding. Thank you, I was so afraid he was going to HATE my dress, but he loved it. I still love it - dirt and all. And I lost my bustle, so I carried it around all night. Quote: Originally Posted by Natalie M Congrats Stephanie!! I'm soo happy for you, it looked like everything came out perfectly! You looked beautiful and I loved your flowers!! Congrats again and I can't wait to see more pictures!! Hi Natalie! Welcome back! I can't wait to see your pictures, I know that you wedding had to be spectacular.

Congrats! Welcome to the married world.

Beautiful! You look amazing, everything looks like it was wonderful.

Congrats! Take pictures for sure, and remember a kleenex. I cried at my legal cermony more than I did at the one in Mexico.

Absolutely Stunning! I'm sure you've got so many great choices, what a hard decision. I think my favorite is the B/W with you two sitting in the grass and Jeff is kissing your cheek.

Congrats! Have a great time, and take some time to relax and enjoy yourself.

Yea Sarah! Congrats! I know your wedding will be beautiful. Have a great time.

Congrats! I hope that you have a wonderful day.

Congrats! Have a wonderful time.

Beautiful gown. That's one big checkmark on the list.

Welcome! Sorry I can't help you any with St. Thomas, but I'm sure that somebody here has some great information for you. Happy Planning!