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Here's a few: Him carrying me in the water: Something with a palm tree: Full length of both of us: I also had her take pics of each couple for my photo guestbook.

Quote: Originally Posted by ladygrey My mom was a devout catholic and RARELY discussed sex - I would venture to say I was a one hit wonder! LOL Clearly not so with mine!

Quote: Originally Posted by JHarwood2Be I'm a little nervous about dealing with Lomas for our wedding. I think the first thing is to be aware and unfortunately by your experiences I might know what kind of red flags to look for. It's unfortunate that we have to worry about this when planning our weddings. After they gave us some lip, we refused to board the van until we watched them load our luggage. And we refused to give up our luggage until they got their stories straight and got us all on the same van like the piece of paper in his hand said. Unfortunately they don't seem to be bright enough to read the highlighted lines on their papers.

If anyone had a bad experience with airport transfers or any other aspect of Lomas, please post here and send them an e-mail. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t24391

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan so i just googled lomas to try to understand what exactly they are. they are bigger than I thought & part owners of EDR. Is it starting to become clearer why we had to start a "Boycott EDR and Karisma" thread? Try planning your entire wedding through Lomas!

Quote: Originally Posted by Kat81 LMAO!! I always tell my mom she is a virgin and I was brought by Stork. It is a joke with my sister and I. Everytime Mom says anything even remotely pertaining to sex we just say "stork mom stork" LOL Quote: Originally Posted by Davematthews16 You and your daughter CRACK ME UP!! My parents have been married 29 years and they still have a wonderful relationship. LMAO "We only did it twice" my mom said the same thing to my sister and I swear hehe... Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan ha ha!! it was their anniversary & they were serenaded by a looney toon vest wearing sax player. honestly, can you really blame them? Quote: Originally Posted by nikkianddean This is gooooood stuff!!!! M&M - you are a riot!!! i am loving the mother/daughter combo on the forum!!! Quote: Originally Posted by ladygrey LOL - good one, mom! Ok, I'm going to need the e-mail addresses for your moms. Don't worry about why.

Quote: Originally Posted by Davematthews16 You and your daughter CRACK ME UP!! My parents have been married 29 years and they still have a wonderful relationship. LMAO "We only did it twice" my mom said the same thing to my sister and I swear hehe... Yeah, ask her about the beach beds at the resort! On second thought, don't!!

Quote: Originally Posted by MelanieS Andrea, let me tell you that you are one smart girl! My hubby and I have been married 31 years, and we try to always put each other first and give each other lots of surprises. Also, just so you girls will have something to look forward to.....sex is WAY better 31 years into it. No doubt about it. Aghhhh!! Don't be sharing that, Mom! Ewwww!!!

We had one guy accuse us of lying, as well as vehicles we booked that never showed up. Equally as bad was the fishing trip we booked for the guys through Lomas. They took the boat out even though seas were WAY too rough, everyone got sick, they came back early because it was too rough to fish, and still charged FULL price!

Oh wow, was I glad to have my AHR over. It was all going well and pretty much planning itself when AT THE WEDDING, my MIL decided that we just had to have a cake, don't worry about it, she would have her sister make it and she would pay for all the supplies. Big disaster, lots of fights, etc. Anyway, we had the world's ugliest cake, but it was tasty (no, I don't have pics - I couldn't bear to remember it!). I made the restaurant cut it up immediately. But yes, I'm glad it's over.

Quote: Originally Posted by kerryjbrown Funny, I think it looks better on as well as I have curves As soon as my girlfriend fixes the "dressing room" color hue to the pics I will post on the me vs the model thread. Then again....maybe I don't want to see them side by side Don't worry - the dress is beautiful, but the model could use an upgrade! You'll fit that beautifully! Hurry and post! And post it here too, in case some of us miss it on the vs. thread.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan I haven't called yet. I'll probably call while I walk to my car when i leave work. I might be working late tonight though. lumapix fotofusion. you can get a free download on their website to try it. it's $40 for the basic version. i use it to make photobooks & all sorts of projects. it's really nice software. sarah started a thread about how to use it. it's only for PCs though. Ok, I'm out then. I have a Mac. But let me know what you hear about Lomas.

Quote: Originally Posted by scrappinsensation Thank you ALL so much!!! You guys are great and have offered me some great tips! Part of my problem is that I am a perfectionist and want to pick the PERFECT hotel. I keep thinking that so-and-so would like to see the Ruins, so I want to pick something in the Riviera Maya, but then I see a hotel with a sports bar and pool tables and think - that is SO up my FI's family's alley! I get too wrapped up in satisfying everyone! I am going to follow the wonderful tips you guys have offerred so far... Thanks a MILLION!! I wanted to pick the perfect resort, too. I would have preferred to go to one of the islands, but I knew more people would come if I had my wedding in Mexico. So, no, I didn't pick the perfect resort. I don't think there is one. But I had a blast, spent a great week with my husband, family, and friends, and got married! That's really all that matters!

Yay Raychel! Everything looks great! I can't believe you leave so soon! Don't forget to bring pics back to post as soon as you get back!

I don't know if this will help or make things worse, but there are a ton of pics on here taken by some fabulous photographers: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t4276 This can give you an idea as to how good the resorts can look. Just remember that Matt and Sol are quite possibly the best photographers in the Riviera Maya and can make ANY resort look good. Make a list of resorts in that area. Start out easy: mark out the ones that don't allow children and don't include anything that's not AI. This map http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t2278 has a ton of the resorts listed (and is a great reference as to where they are in reference to each other). You also might contact a few of them to see if they even have your desired dates available. I had to cross several off my list because I was only a few months out and many of them had my date booked.

I can't tell you about a limo, but I can tell you NOT to use Lomas travel (also used by FunJet). Just one of the MANY issues (and probably the smallest issue) with Lomas: my MIL booked a private car (and paid extra). When she arrived, they didn't have it, so they tried to send her on the van with everyone. She refused, so they ended up sending her and my SIL on a van by themselves. They never did get the beverages they paid for, they got to the hotel later than the main van, and the wouldn't refund any of her money.

Quote: Originally Posted by lauren c. your dress is beautiful!!!! congrats on finding the perfect one! (but sheesh, has that model eaten in the last year?!) No kidding! I think it's another one for the "looks better on the bride than the model" column. How exciting! And your colors sound beautiful!

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege Every time I see your siggy Morgan I think about how beautiful it is... so I just wanted to tell you that. your siggy is beautiful. You look so happy to have married the man of your dreams. Morgan, what did you use to put your siggy together again?

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan I plan on starting up a lomas thread. I agree it's better to book your own stuff. it was a lot cheaper & we got great service. thanks! I am really happy I love being married. I leave him little "i love my husband" notes each day. wonder how long it will take until he gets tired of it? Post the link here if you start the thread please. I'll chime in too. And you are so stinkin' cute! Mike is so lucky!

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan OK you call 1-888-558-6654 and ask for "after travel." They are there 8-6 central. Did you get anywhere with them when you called?

Quote: Originally Posted by shannon Aww what a cute picture!!! Are you guys going to the wedding in Hawaii? I've been totally trying to get all of my single or dating gfriends sold on the destination wedding- the best excuse ever for a vacation in amazing places! Heck yes we are! And it was the only way my boss would let me off this soon after my wedding! Rachel and I work together, and her boss let her off, so he couldn't be left out as the bad guy!

It looks like you might need to edit/update your original post with your decision!

Ok, Drea, where did the "Head Elf" come from? I saw it and it didn't look weird to me, but I'm not sure why!

Quote: Originally Posted by Mel My stepson's name: Brent Kaimilanikaeoeokamaehu Petronave-Fisher. No joke. He has more letters in his middle name than the alphabet. His mother picked it out. Mike was overseas so he didn't know it until he got the naval hospital birth certificate charge for having to have a special one made because the name was too long. He thought they had decided on Honu (turtle in Hawaiian), but she went and changed it. She does not even call him Brent, which is a nice name, and instead calls him Kaimi, which sucks because we hate that name but he won't let us call him anything else. Oh my. Wow.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan I need to get around to filing a complaint. Where/how do you file? Maybe we should do the same.