Welcome back, Denise!

I have been wondering where you were! I am so glad that our day was so amazing. I was in upstate NY that afternoon and it was bright and sunny, so I was hoping that is was that nice down state.

You must tell me more about Aruba. That is where Keith and I want to go Also, how soon did you book your florist?

John Anthony's is amazing. I was there last weekend becuase a DJ told me it was okay if I stopped by to see him during a wedding to see his stuff. I thought it seemed strange, and when we got there I realized there was more than one party (and I didn't know which one he was in) and the people who worked there wouldn't let me in anyway. A pretty awful experience, but the place was gorgeous!

Congrats!

Becky

Oh my God. I am sorry to hear that. What dj was that. I am surprised he would tell you that. You have to understand from the halls prespective. Wow. It is a gorgeous place though! We had the best time!

Aruba was very nice. Not much to do, but really clean and beautiful. Food was a little expensive. We had timeshare. Let me know what specific questions you have. I dont remember when we booked our florist but you have to call him~ I swear to you, he was amazing and the price CANNOT BE BEAT! You hear a lot about burtons, well his work was 3x as good and he was a lot less. Trust me, we looked at both.

well please keep in touch. I am at work and soo busy! Talk to you soon,

Denise

Please tell us all the detail (when you can) I am getting married at JA's this october and we were also thinking about Aruba. Did everything go well

Congratulatios Denise! And thanks for the reviews. I'm so happy you had a wonderful day!

We're getting married at JA's in September, and I've been looking forward to hearing how your day was. It's always great to hear good things about JA's. It puts the doubts that creep up now and again to rest!

Best wishes for your married life!

Jen

This is a copy of an earlier posting I did today.

I also got married on Saturday, May 25th. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you all. I am in the process now of changing my name and so far, so good. Well I will have to agree with Bride02 (who I thought about immensly that day), we did have a glorious day! We had an afternoon wedding at John Anthony's and everything could not have been more perfect. Do you girls remember all the emails I wrote worrying about the weather that day (they predicted T-storms) and about Steve at Patken. Well I worried for nothing! Steve was great and so was the weather! Ok, here is a run down of my day!

I woke at 4:30 and of course the first thing I did was run to the window. It was an amazing sunrise! I was thrilled.! I also hung the rosary beads at the window the night before. So I showered and we traveled from Selden (my parents house) to Amityville (my girlfriends house) where I was to get ready. It was easier on everyone to get ready in Amityville then in Selden. Ok so my hair was done by 7:00 and my makeup was done by 7:30-7:45. I got dressed and Steve was there this whole time just patiently waiting. Everyone looked absolutely breathtaking! I had two flowergirls. My theme was pink and ivory roses (on my dress and my flowergirl dresses). Then my florist arrived wtih the flowers! They were absolutely amazing. We used John from Flower Michele and I can't say enough about them. I wish I could get married all over again just to get flowers from him again. Through the whole process he was amazing. From the beginning as we haggled on a price (he totally worked with us and actually gave us more of a deal then we even asked for, far less then Burtons!), up until the day the flowers arrived, exactly what I wanted and far more beautiful then I ever could have imagined! I would highly recommend every bride (I love you all and I would never steer you wrong) to go see John at Flower Michele! People were raving and still are about how beautiful the flowers were. Ok, so we left for the church. Steve was amazing got the pics out of the way, was very caring and funny. We loved him and are now assured we will have awesome pictures. John Anthonys was amazing, as I knew it would be. The food was out of this world! We had the best time. Then we were off to Aruba! Steve our Dj from Then til Now was ok, I can't say too much positive about him becuase I don't remember too much. But all my guests said he was good and he had everyone up and dancing. The Limos we used were All Star in Farmingdale. They were clean, way on time, very friendly would highly recommend! Oh our Video, Candlelite Video. Never even know he was there. Another amazing company. We had the most magical, perfect day! Please ask me any questions you have. Sorry this is so long!
Love you girls.

P.S. I am a little sad that the wedding is over, I can't stress enough to take time out that day and look around, I did and I still remember practically nothing. Its like you are in a tunnel! I remember my first dance and the next thing I remember is the cake cutting! How sad, so I can't wait to see my video. I am happy its over in a way, because I can concentrate on my new marriage and husband instead of freaking out about wedding stuff, but you do get a few lows now and then, like what do I do with myself now?

Please write to me. I wish I could scan in pics but I don't have a scanner.