Liz,

Seems like everything worked out great. My wife loves the dress! Best wishes to them in their future together.

Saludos,
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Aruba's Novelist in Residence (sometimes)
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Beautiful,
Glad the weather held up for the wedding.
Best wishes to the newlyweds.

LOVELY

andrea

Lovely. Congratulations and thanks for sharing

Tina (our only child) FINALLY got married a week ago last Saturday - May 31st.
At 36 1/2 years old it was about time!! LOL. Her father (Charlie) was a very proud and honored Daddy to give Tina's hand in marriage to Brad.

The weather report in N.J. for their wedding day was thunderstorms and hail (what gives with that - hail on May 31). Even though rain on a wedding is suppose to be good luck (who made that up), I wished for beautiful weather for their special day. The weather turned out not too bad at all. It did pour 2 hours before the wedding. After the ceremony outside the church when we were taking pictures there was some sprinkles but no too bad.

The Mass was at 2:30 pm at Tina's church; 20 mins. from where Charlie & I live. I was worried what everyone was going to do between Church and the Reception since the Cocktail Hour was at 6:00 and dinner 7:00 pm. Between Tina being about 15 mins late going into the Church and the time to take pictures outside after the ceremony, time did fly.

Since my brother & his wife in Pennsylvania (near New Hope) were giving a wedding brunch the next day, Tina & Brad didn't leave for their honeymoon until Monday. They took Continental out of Newark at 8:30 am getting to Aruba around 1 pm. They had to wait all day for their Insel Air flight to Curacao. There flight was around 8 that evening. They had a loooong day.

They were staying at the Marriott in Curacao till last Saturday. On Saturday they were flying back to Aruba to stay at Casa del Mar for a week (they were using Brad's Aunt's timeshare). Sadly they received a call from Brad's mother on Wednesday morning saying that Brad's grandmother died.

The next morning at 7 am they flew out of Curacao to Aruba; getting the early morning AA flight to Miami, then changing to Newark. Charlie picked them up Thursday afternoon at 4 pm. They went to the wake Thursday nite and funeral on Friday.

Saturday morning at 5:30 am Charlie left to take them back to Newark for their 8:30 am flight back to Aruba. I checked their flight status and they got in 25 mins. late at 1:30 am. I felt so bad for them having to come home but Brad was very close to his grandmother. Beside having to come home, it cost them another $1300 for the flights and only spending a 1 1/2 in Curacao before hearing the bad news.

They are now finally in Aruba on their honeymoon at Casa del Mar. I know last night they went to Gianni's for dinner. Tina was presented with a dozen roses when she arrived at Gianni's. From the lady I know at Gianni's, I was told that Tina & Brad were going tonigh to Windows of Aruba at Divi. Wonder if they liked it there as I don't like their menu.

I made a website of pictures of Tina & Brad's wedding pictures

Tina & her Dad http://tinaandbradwedding.com/dad.aspx

Arriving at Church
http://tinaandbradwedding.com/tinachurch.aspx

More pictures
http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/view_shared?p=60fc1b5ca748dbd8495133

3 weeks in Aruba Dec. 16, '08 - Jan. 9, '09
Aruba since 1985

Liz, thanks for the update. Now, you can relax and think about the lovely day. Sorry to hear all the turm-oil that happened. Brad is a good person to turn around and come home. Tina got a good one ! the pictures are lovely.
To a happy future !!!! cindy

Cindyo

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Boat ride to Rennaissance Island
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Very very nice! Best wishes to the newlyweds!

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