Wedding Theme Boards

My best friend Brandi owns Bell Creation (www.bellcreation.com and bellcreation.blogspot.com), and she took some pictures throughout the wedding. I love these two theme boards she put together. I hope you enjoy. I get my photographer's pictures back on Saturday, February 7th, so I will upload my favorites from those also! Enjoy, and Happy Friday!

We're Married!

Mark and I did it! We went and got hitched. The wedding went amazing, and I would go through it 100 more times if I could. I had a blast. I don't have any wedding pictures yet, but I do have all the honeymoon pictures, so this is a honeymoon post!

Day 1 - Sunday, January 11, 2009
We checked in at Sandals after we landed. It was a crazy day with traveling, and we were exhausted, but we were so happy to be there! We showered, changed, and had dinner at Mario's, the Italian restaurant on the resort. We looked around a little bit, and were then in bed by 7:30 p.m.

Day 2 - Monday, January 12, 2009

We definitely slept in until 10:30 a.m. We started our day at the Main Pool and were there for most of the day. We took our lunch to go from the Barefoot by the Sea restaurant. Here are some pics of us waiting around for our lunch:

We ate our lunch back at the main pool and laid out there for the rest of the day. We finally went back to the room to shower and change clothes for dinner. That night was the Caribbean Beach BBQ. Here's a picture of Mark the BBQ.

After dinner, we listened to a band outside of the Pub on the resort then went inside the Pub for a "Disco," which basically meant that we watched old people dance to old music. It was late by that time, so we headed to bed.

Day 3 - Tuesday, January 13, 2009
We ate breakfast at the Bayside International Restaurant, which is a completely open-air restaurant right on the beach near the front desk of the resort. The french toast was the best I have ever had in my life! After our great breakfast, we went to the Tours & Excursions office to book our Sandals Exclusive Circumnavigation Cruise around the island of Antigua. After that was booked, we spent the first half of the day at the pool outside our room. We laid around, watched water aerobics, then watched pool volleyball before we left for lunch. Here are some pics of that pool.

By far, our favorite lunch was at the pizzaria! I loved the Mexican style pizza (Beef, Cheese, and Jalapenos) and Mark loved the pepperoni. Oh gosh, I would love to have one of those right now. After lunch we went back to our pool and laid around, floated the lazy river, then enjoyed the drinks and the hot tub. Later that afternoon, we participated in the water balloon toss then showered and got ready for dinner. Dinner that night was my wedding gift to Mark - a candlelit dinner on the beach with a custom dinner menu I designed for us. It was an amazing dinner, even though it was a little windy and Mark spilled a glass on champagne. Here are a couple pictures:

After our amazing dinner, we went to watch the Newlywed game, and ended up volunteering to play. They asked questions like: What is her favorite restaurant? And some dirty ones I would rather not discuss in case my parents or in-laws read this. :) Anyway - We won!

We won a bottle of champagne and a $50 gift certificate to Diamonds International (the diamond store on the resort). We also met a couple (Andrew and Mary) and had a couple drinks with them at the piano bar. We didn't go to bed until almost 1:30 a.m. but it was a great day!

Day 4 - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tour Day! We took a circumnavigation cruise around the entire island of Antigua. It was amazing. It took all day (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), and we saw so much! We snorkled off a small island (Bird Island) and had a traditional Caribbean lunch on that island. It was so good! Here's some cruise pictues.

We were so wiped out by the end of the cruise, but we were also ready for dinner! We showered and got ready for our dinner at Kimonos, the hibachi restaurant at Sandals. It was good, but it didn't compare to our American hibachi. You don't order your actual entree, they give you portions of all the entrees (chicken, beef, fish, and shrimp), but our appetizers were amazing! We ate with couples from England (who asked us if we were Cowboys fans!), Canada (who we saw EVERYWHERE), Arizona, and Germany. It was fun -- and they were all much older than us. The Arizona couple was there on the 52 wedding anniversary! We went to watch a band and the talent show in the courtyard then headed to bed because we were so tired.

Day 5 - Thursday, January 15, 2009
We woke up and had breakfast at Mario's - great french toast again!! We spent the day at the main pool. We ate lunch at the lunch buffet at Mario's which I liked more than Mark. They are an Italian restaurant, but most of the pastas had seafood in them, which Mark doesn't like. He was satisfied by the end of the meal, but I don't think it was his favorite lunch of the trip. We went back to the room for a bit to get out of the sun and lay around, then went snorkeling at 2:00. It was later in the day so it was windy and the water was rough. We did see more than our first snorkeling trip, but the guide said it would have been better in the morning. We booked a morning snorkeling trip when we got back that afternoon. That night, we had dinner at the OK Corral which was the best dinner we had all week, in my opinion. It was so good. We each had a salad from the salad bar, shared nachos, and chicken fajitas. It was very very yummy! After dinner, we watched the Illusion Show which Mark and I were both involved in, then went to the Casino on the resort to watch the magician demonstrate some magic tricks. We were out pretty late that night, so I was very ready for bed. Mark could have stayed at the casino watching that guy all night, but I finally got my way.

Day 6 - Friday, January 16, 2009

We ate breakfast at the Bayside restaurant right on the beach. After breakfast, spent the day at the beach. It was really our first full beach day. We had visited the beach throughout the day and went kayaking, but never just stayed there all day. We had seen a ship in the distance the night before, so this day, all of the people from the Carnival Cruise were on the beach. Well, obviously, not ALL of the people, but there were several. Since all of the beaches in Antigua are public, vendors can sell things up and down the beach. The sellers were particularly bad this day because of the extra tourists. It rained for about 30 seconds to a minute everyday, but this day it rained off and on for most of the day. None of the rain was pouring like it does in Texas, but it mists for a while then stops. It actually felt good to be on the beach in the rain, but after a couple mists, I went and got towels for us to cover up with. We had lunch at Bayside right next to our lounge chairs, then went back to the beach. That afternoon, we took a sailing lesson which took a bit too long because the wind was terrible. We showered and got ready for dinner, which we wanted to have at OK Corral again, but they were closed, so we ate at the Pub. Later that night, we watched a dancing show and turned in early.

Day 7, Saturday, January 17, 2009.

We started our day with our snorkeling trip. It was freezing outside at 9 a.m. -- well probably in the 60's, so we kinda decided to have breakfast instead of getting in the water. We were up early enough to get GREAT chairs at the pool. I tried to finish my book, but Mark wanted to try sailing, so we spent most of the morning sailing around. It was such a blast! I can't wait to do it again. We had pizza for lunch which was amazing again! Then, the rest of the day we spent by the pool drinking, reading, and relaxing. It was a great final day, and I was so sad to see the vacation end. We had our final dinner at Mario's that night, and the pasta was amazing! We packed and checked out that night because we had to get up early on Sunday morning (5 a.m. Antigua time, 3 a.m. Texas time)!

We had a great honeymoon, and we can't wait to go to another Sandals!!