DLyteful

Thanks so much ladies! I'm glad my review could help. Its wonderful there and you really cant go wrong!

Quote: Originally Posted by jmhein Yay, I was looking for your review and pics! Glad all went well, and your TTD pics are STUNNING! Thanks Jmheim! I've just been lazy.....you know how it is. Thats why I'm so late.

Thanks ladies! Quote: Originally Posted by quiche Great review! Beautiful pics....beautiful bride!! Glad to hear that everything went well. The small bugs in the rooms worries me though. I totally do not do bugs especially indoors where it's supposed to be comfortable. Did they bite? Were they in the beds? I totally freak out when it comes to bugs, but you never saw these untill u went into a pocket that was unzipped or I would see them coming out of a bag that I moved. But I had to be paying close attention. Now that I think of it it might have only been the bags in the closet. I didnt see any in the bed and the sheets and stuff were all white so I would have noticed. It's nothing to worry about and it wont make u uncomfortable. Just zip bags up so u dont bring anything home. Quote: Originally Posted by Chantal85 Thanks for the review! Your pictures are great. I absolutely love those shots. I'm assuming you did a trash-the-dress. How did you feel about it? I'm debating doing it myself. Yeah I did a TTD and I loved it. I was totally going to do it, but was a little nervous just because of how much the dress cost. But now I'm so glad I did. What r u going to do with the dress after the wedding? Watch it get old in your closet? U should get your moneys worth. Plus my dress is not trashed. All I need to do is get it cleaned (good as new). I would recomend to everyone who has the oportunity to do a TTD the pictures are totally worth it.

Quote: Originally Posted by ethrondson What did everyone think about this weeks dances? I love the hip hop that Twitch and Comfort did. I also loved that one where she did the spinning jump and landed in his arms doing russian splits. I think that was Katee and Will. If I am worng, let me know. I have decided that I really like Twitch and I think I am leaning towards Chelsea for the girls, but I am not totally sure. I felt bad that Kherington had to leave this week, especially since she was doing so well with Twitch, but this week wasn't her best! I am happy for Comfort to be back though since Jessica had to leave. That would be hard, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. Next week is a 2 hour episode!!! Yeah, that dance with the spinning jump/split routine was AMAZING. By far the best that we have seen on the show.

too cute!!!

Ok, so I’m bad and never did a review after or posted pictures when I got back home from my wedding on May 29th. (sorry girls) I’m still not going to really do a review there are TONS of ROR brides on here now and I think this site and its archives is just a blessing to any bride getting married there. So I’m sure the things that would be in my review has been said over and over. So I’ll just give a little general rating and a line or two. For those of you who want to skip straight to the pictures here is a link and I’ll put some into the page below. Shutterfly Riu Resort ~ A It’s picture perfect, from the beach to the rooms. U really cant go wrong if what really matters is pretty pictures. Rooms ~ B- I had a Junior Suit and upon arrival had to make 3 trips back down to the deck because of problems with the card key. And let me tell u after traveling for 12 hours u really don’t want to walk back and forth. My hubby was very agitated and so that means I had to take care of all of it or he would have not been nice to the staff. When we finally got into the room it had double beds……NO WAY (when I especially asked w/my travel agent for a king bed & it was on my paper work). I had to go back down to the deck and they said they didn’t have any rooms, try the next day. That totally sucked, but I reminded my self we are in Jamaica everything is no problem so I decided to relax and let it go (for the moment). Other than the double beds the room was nice. I didn’t get moved to a new room until 2 days later (the day before the wedding, probably because of Chandlyn). That room was much better. One huge bed and a nice big balcony. So I was happy (not happy that I had to move all my stuff & wait 2 days) but happy that I got what I paid & asked for. Now I’ll change the rating to a A- FYI ! I make sure you kip and close all your bags. The rooms had very little bugs that tended to get into all zipped places that were not closed. It’s no big deal b/c u never see them, but they are there. Food ~ A I liked the food, I’m not a very experimental eater. I loved breakfast ! Tons of good stuff and the omelets are wonderful. The coffee is delightful. Other than that I really stayed with your typical American food, lots of French fries and the like….hey I wasn’t really trying to eat something new and then have my stomach doing funny things the rest of my stay. My friends and family liked the food. And my cousin who is a vegetarian (who now eats seafood) said it there were some very good stuff. I really didn’t do any of the specialty restaurants. I liked the buffets. Oh and I had TONS of desert!!! The Cheesecake is great ! Chandlyn ~ A+ Very hard working lady. I say if your wedding is more or less pretty basic, don’t worry to much about sending her all the little details. Reserve your locations and then do the rest when u see her. Wedding A+ So, I have to give my wedding a A+ because its my wedding. It did rain on my wedding day. I was suppose to get married at 12, huge rain storm came thru and continued for about 45 mins. It stopped, all my guests went back out to wait for me and it started pouring again. My honey and everyone got soaked. He was not a happy camper. He said he was standing at the alter with the minister and it started sprinkling again. The minister looks up and start telling everyone to run. Jon said the minister booked, jumping and dodging chairs. LOL. However since I was in my room with my girls (not getting wet) the story that was told to me sound quite funny and I think later on my honey will think so too. Nikki then asked If I wanted to get married inside at the restaurant (the name is slipping my mind right now, but it’s the one where the simi private receptions are). I said NO WAY we came all the way to Jamaica to get married on the beach not inside, I’ll wait. We didn’t end up having the wedding till about 230. the ceremony was about 20 minutes long (which my hubby loved it being so short) and it started sprinkaling. There was another wedding right after mine who was also postponed so we had to move right away for the next girl. Hey no worries it was starting to rain anyway. Everyone kinda disbursed. I had planned a type of mixer for 1 hour before dinner at the dunns bar, but it started raining again, so I went ahead and cancelled that too. Simi private dinner was good, cake tasted great and was cute, our server was awesome! Oh, and the bestman missed his plane and didn’t make it to the ceremony, but he made if in time for dinner (no worries) That’s it. If I could do it over again I wouldn’t change a thing except the rain LOL and since I nor the RIU resort could no nothing about that I didn’t let it bother me. It was a very relaxed wedding and I would say 70 % less stressful than a traditional wedding. I just wish the say was longer and I had more energy (cause by 9 I was pooped). Oh and for all my fellow African American brides. Your hair is going to swell!!!! Truly you can see the progression of my hair swelling thru out my wedding day….Its quite funny and I’m glad I went into it with the mind set of knowing I wasn’t going to fuss over my hair since I didn’t want to where it up (totally not me) I knew it was going to get big (and it did!!!). If you want things perfect totally schedule an appointment with the salon and get an up do. Photographer AAAA++++++++ Ok, well my photog is my cousin, so I may be a little bias (LOL). But she did a wonderful job. Especially since she doesn’t do wedding and she’s more of a portrait photographer. By the way, she lives in California and is totally into doing Engagement, Boudoir, and TTD photos. Here is a link to her page. Renisa Anderson Photography Well, I didn’t think I was going to do a review, but I guess I had more to say than I thought. Here are some pictures:

Yeah I noticed the other day lizz! Congrats!!!!! And I see the ticker is 1 day BEFORE your wedding....naughty girl :-) I'm happy for you and your honey

Quote: Originally Posted by ButlerGirl08 Dlyteful..where are your pics? The one I have seen is fabulous... I havent put them up yet.... I've been kinda lazy plus my cousin who's my photog has been very slow in getting them to me (but you cant complaint when its family and free right...) I'm gonna try to put the ones I have up soon.

Quote: Originally Posted by Agape Gems So since we are talking about name changes I have a question.. I'm not officially changing my name until October b/c I'm in a DW in Belize at the end of October and I just figured it would be easier to change everything at once and not worry about my passport, ID, credit cards, plane ticket, etc not all matching up. So, do I go by maiden name until I change it?? Well, I think officially you should keep ur maiden name (on all accounts & work & stuff) untill you start your name change process. But I think unofficially you could start introducing yourself as Mrs..... I think it makes hubbies feel better IMO

Quote: Originally Posted by ButlerGirl08 Maureen I agree 100%. I can't change anything. I have heard the first thing is the SS and then the License and so on so forth. My work says I have 30 days to be able to add my husband, but I'm like...30 days from when? From when we got married or from when they issue the license? I asked if I could let them see the paper that we signed, but my HR lady is obviously confused and should be out of a job. I hope it come soon, but until then...I guess I am still a Bond and not a Butler. I still keep calling Mario my Fiance... DOOO (like Homer Simpson...) Marsha, the paper you guys signed at the ceremony, they should have gave you a copy immediately following the ceremony. Double check with your hubby. I added my hubby the week I got back to work. Its usually 30 days from the date of the marriage and my benifies (charges) all back dated to that day and my hubby received a type of credit.... U usually dont need the certificate to add the info right off, only if the insurance company does a type of audit. Then they request the certificate. If your going to add him I would suggest you do it ASAP or you are probably going to have to wait until your companies open enrollment date.

Quote: Originally Posted by PrecisePlans We didn't get ANYTHING yet! No temporary or nada!!! We got married on May 10, and it will be 2 months in 3 days! Where the heck is my certificate Bobbi, they gave u a temp before u left the island?? I got mine already,I received my marriage certificate last week and I got married at ROR on May 29th.... you may want to start looking into it....

Welcome to the forum!!!

This thread was sooo cute! I'm sorry I missed it. Cant wait to see who wins!

WOW! Go Jolie & Pitt. Ton's of money means tons of help with all the kids. I heard they were thinking of adopting another baby......I wonder just how many kids they want to have? Oh well, I guess if you have that kind of money you should adopt and provide the best life you can for them.

Welcome!!! Wow you are going to have a hard time picking....there are tons of exciting brides here. Good luck girls!

Wow what a title! Welcome to the forum, happy planning.

girl you look good. No need for new ones I think. These will mean more because they were taken the day after your wedding.

I cant see your pics....

Oh I totally love it. I dont have a fav person yet. But my fav couple is the guy who does hip hop and the girl who was picked last for the top 20 (do you know who I'm talking about?). I fell in love with the hip hop dance they did on the first night. Every move was together and their emotions during the dance was perfect. The next week they did broadway which was also GREAT. I think they might be the couple to beat.

Wow everything looks perfect!

Welcome welcome back LIZZ I just saw some of your pics! They look PERFECT! Are you going to tell us all about your stay?? cant wait to hear.

HEY LIZZ!!!!!! I was just thinking about you had thinking you should be back soon. Congrats!!!!! Your pics are sooooo cute. I'm glad eveything turned out great.

Wow girl! everything looks so good!!!!!!!! Your pics are amazing. Can wait to hear and see more.

Quote: Originally Posted by twelve_piece this may qualify as a dumb question, but do we have to "do something" to let the US gov't know that we are officially/legally married or does all that happen when we file for a name change? When my sis got married here a few years ago her pastor took the certificate they signed and filed it with the county. Guess I should have looked into all this before the wedding- lol- oops! I did read (I think on the US goverment travel website) that they recommend you take a copy of your wedding certificate to your local county. That way there is always a copy on file for you.

oh my goodness. I started laughing, but then I was like I hope her eye is OK. Its better that you didnt indicate it was a foward right away. It's just too funny.