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I am in love with those photos!!! You are so skinny!!!!! Let's see how many exclamation points I can use!!!!!! LOL. Off to facebook for more. . . . . . .
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A Beautiful Day for a Beautiful Bride!
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Beautiful just beautiful Congratulations again
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BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. Looking forward to your report.
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yeah you are home
hope married life is treating you well so far
can't wait to hear all about it
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Oh my goodness - what absolutely beautiful photos. You look perfect. It looks like the weather held for you.
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Beautiful pictures! Looks like your weather was just perfect.
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AWWWWWWWWW!!!! Those are amazing Mel!!! Glad to see your day was so wonderful.
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Stunning Pics!!!! them!
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Beautiful pictures, I can't wait to see more.
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Wonderful, beautiful!!!
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Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! Congratulations So glad you two had a wonderful day!
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I am so glad you two had a wonderful wedding and a wonderful honeymoon! Those pics are gorgeous and turned out so well. You look AMAZING and your hair and dress are gorgeous!!
yay!!!! cant wait to read all about it for sure!
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Beautiful pictures!!
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Awesome pictures Melissa! Congratulations!
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Beautiful pictures.
Liz
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Woooohooooo!! I am so happy for you both!! I've got tears!!! weddings!
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Gorgeous pictures!!
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Beautiful pics! You look amazing!!!!
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The pictures are amazing Mel - and the weather looks like it was perfect for you. Can't wait to hear all about your day!!!
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What beautiful pictures, Mel! And everyone looked really pretty (or handsome ). Congratulations again! Can't wait to see more and hear all about it!
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WOW! Great photos! I can't wait to see more. I love how happy you both look!
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The pictures are gorgeous! What a beautiful bride you made! Can't wait to hear about all the fun.
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I forgot to tell you great pics
everbody looked awsome
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Congrats Mel! You look absolutely beautiful!!!
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You look so beautiful! Congratulations!
My cup runneth over!!! Thank you so much!!!!
As far as the pics go, I know a lot of you have seen a bunch of them on facebook but I will upload some more, or post them from facebook and post them soon!
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Weather: High was 77, Low 62 Humidity got high around 6 and stayed high through the evening until it rained. No rain on our festivities though! The rain actually came minutes after we came back inside with our photographer for some evening shots!
Music: Grand Entrance- "Golden Years" by David Bowie (Parents & Grandparents), "Touch Me" by the Doors (Bridal Party), "All You Need is Love" by the Beatles (Me & Rob) First Dance- "Your Song" by Elton John Garter- "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood Bouquet Toss- "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benetar Cake Cutting- "Im Yours" by Jason Mraz Let me just make a note that our DJ was AWESOME! Loved him! Danced the night away!!!
The Party People: Matron of Honor- Lenore, my sister Best Man- Steve, Robs BFF Groomsmen- Walter & Tim, my brother and brother in law Bridesmaids- Jamie & Sam, Robs sister and my cousin Flower Girl- Isabelle, niece Ring Bearers- Brandon & Gavin, nephews
The Day:
I slept at my moms house the night before, we had the rest of the bridal party meet us at her house and we got dropped off at the salon together around 10:30. The limo picked us up after we got our hair, nails, and makeup done at around 2pm and brought us back to my parents house. Then we got dressed and the photographer showed up around 3 to get the pre-wedding shots. He headed over to the church around 3:30, since that was when the guys were heading over (they met the limo at the reception site so they could drop off their cars after getting dressed at the hotel).
The limo made its way to pick us up around 4 for the 4:30 ceremony. We started about 10 minutes late. I get chills thinking about the ceremony now! It was so surreall- like a dream! It all went off without a hitch (except for the flower girl crying and whining through the whole thing this would have annoyed me if I was not getting married! someone should have taken her out of the church but thats another story)!
After the ceremony, we took pics, headed to the reception hall, took more pics, and got to the cocktail hour for the last half hour, around 6:30. Reception began at 7, and we had the time of our lives from then until the end! Best day of my life! Went waaay too quick tho!
I dont know how to describe it any more than that. Since you dont know my friends and family a lot of stories wont be as funny! lol! Lets just say everyone has a blast, the vendors were amazing, and I wouldnt change any bit of it if I could! Except maybe the humidity during our last little photo sessionit really frizzed my hair! lol!
We ate, drank, dance, and were merryall the makings of a perfect night!
. all you need is love, love, love is all you need .
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What more could a girl want? I'm glad the day lived up to your dreams. Lots and lots of best wishes and for health and happiness.
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How wonderful, Melissa! Sounds like it was perfect! I was thinking about you that whole day (Melissa's probably getting dressed right now, Melissa's probably on her way to the church right now, etc.) So glad everything went well!
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