Wedding Day:
Tentaciones Hotel was once a private home, and has since been converted into a 4 bedroom boutique hotel with a restaurant. The restaurant is consistently ranked in the top 3 (if not top) Zihua restaurants. And the view is undoubtedly the best. Salvador helped plan everything and was our liaison between us and the florist and bakers for the cake.
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| The view from the restaurant/pool area |
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| Infinity pool |
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| Zihua during the day |
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| Zihua at night |
I didn't want Mike to see my dress before the ceremony. We needed to have the ceremony well enough before sunset to allow us picture time. The ceremony started at 7pm. It was super hot, so we made sure the ceremony wasn't too long. Long enough to remember but quicker enough so I didn't sweat off all my makeup.
Getting ready:
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| Getting my hair done by Andrew |
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| Andrew did Amber's (my MOH) hair too |
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| In curlers while I put together the sand ceremony picture frame...while wearing my shoes |
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| Mike's stepmom and mom |
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| My mom |
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| Finished hair |
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| Mike and his dad |
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| Mike and his mom |
Before the ceremony:
Photos of me before the ceremony:
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| My dress |
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| Artistic photo of me gazing at my dress |
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| My shoes and my "something blue" |
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| There's lace around my bouquet that is both blue and my "something old" |
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| This handkerchief was made by my grandmother and is also one of my "something old" |
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| Me and my mother |
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| champagne toast |
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| Father of the Bride, Mother of the Bride, Bride and Maid of Honor |
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| Me and the Mother of the Groom |
Show time:
Mike's dad and stepmom had a room that opened up to the pool area, from there was a wooden walkway leading to the deck. This made a perfect wedding aisle.
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| Master of Ceremonies and Mike's Dad |
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| Best Man |
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| Groom |
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| Maid of Honor |
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| Here you can see my dress almost went into the water |
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| The Bride and Father of the Bride |
Since we were already legally married, this ceremony was more of a symbolic ceremony. We asked Mike's Dad to conduct the ceremony. He made the ceremony very personable and did a great job.
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| Give me my ring, Sir |
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| Mike gets jewelry too |
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| Sand Ceremony |
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| Kiss |
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| And we are married |
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Off to take photos!
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After wedding formal photos:
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| My favorite! |
And finally the dinner and reception:
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| Done with pictures, back to the party |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Twilleager |
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| Josh and Sean |
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| Mark and Sheryl |
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| Bob and Margaret |
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| Jimmy and Amber |
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Brandon, Brittni and Sarah
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| Chris and Sarah |
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| Mark, Jenni and Mike |
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| Blake, Cindy and Sheryl |
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| So sweet |
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| The movie may have come out 17 years ago, but this pose is still a must |
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| Mike took a big gulp of wine thinking it was water |
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| Best Man toast |
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| Mike thinks Josh is hilarious |
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| Maid of Honor toast |
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| My dress did not allow for quick standing, so I had to give a seated hug |
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| My mom embroidered a "T" on all the napkins for us. Thanks mom! |
The dinner was 5 courses and was wonderful. We sent the photographers home in the middle of dinner because they were there way past our allotted time, so we only got photos of the first two courses. It didn't occur to us to take photos of the food, fail on our part.
The cake:
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| Salvador cutting our cake |
We served the cake right after dinner, and I was so full I only had two small bites. I think must people were too full. Oops. I wish we could have kept our top tier.
And finally Jenni made a short video with our wedding song for us. We love it! Thanks Jenni.
Wedding Video
And that's our wedding in a 3 post nutshell. We had a great time and are so thankful for everyone that came out to celebrate with us! We love you all.
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