Our Amazing 9/16/06 Brentwood Country Club Wedding + Vendor Reviews UPDATED w/HM Review and Link to some Proofs - Updated 12-6-06!!!!!!!

I never thought it would come to the time for me to write a wedding review, but DH and I got married and although not much has changed for us, we had the most magical day in our lives and we’re completely happy and even more in love with one another than we ever were before.

I couldn’t have gotten through my wedding planning without LIW and my ’06 girls! They were my true source of comfort and strength through all my vents, frustrations, sad news, and good times! I was truly honored that many of them could attend my wedding ceremony and reception!

So, now onto the review!

LIW A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ron and Liz – you two are life savers for me! I moved to LI about 6 months before I became engaged and had no friends in the area to spend time with or hang out with! This site gave me not only friends, but a family I could turn to in dark times and good ones! So, thank you, from the bottom of my heart!!!

Save the Date Cards
Made by DH and I! A+ for effort
I had lurked on the boards for some time without posting, and this was something DH and I didn’t want to spend a whole lot of time or money on, but we wanted to spread the word to our family and friends. We became engaged in December 2004 and we had all wedding plans mostly determined by the following holiday, so in our 2005 Holiday Cards, we used Microsoft Word and came up with the following:

DH and I decided against an engagement party for a number of reasons. The main two particulars were cost and the fact that 80% of the guests would have to come in from OOT from so many different states, so we decided to just celebrate with each family during the holidays since DH proposed 2 weeks before Christmas in 2004.

Some Background
I moved to LI about 6 months before the engagement from the Buffalo/Rochester area. Leading up to the wedding planning, DH and I knew we wanted to get married on LI. It would be easier for us with the vendors, and due to my new job, I really had no time available to take off and travel anywhere to plan a wedding. This didn’t really sit well with my parents who had dreamed of their only daughter getting married in her hometown in upstate New York. Then, my father ended up in the hospital and became very sick. This put things in perspective for everyone involved and my parents made a decision to help DH and I out as best as they could, but asked us not to be extravagant, and DH’s family also helped us financially, emotionally, supportively by going to the different expos with us and offering their guidance. We looked at 5 different halls and each had their own positives and negatives. We went to the Brentwood Country Club (BCC) after seeing their advertisement in a Sunday paper and I fell in love with their facility and the golf course grounds outside for wedding photos! The one very positive choice of choosing BCC is that I got all my wedding vendors in one swoop, with the exception of tuxedos.

Mother Nature – I can’t really rate the weather, but I’m going to! A+++++++++++
During our wedding rehearsal the day before, all it did was rain (I think it was the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto). It delayed the start of the church rehearsal, my OOT guests from arriving on time, and so many other delays. Somehow, miraculously, it stopped raining between 12:30am when I went to bed on Saturday and 4:30am when I woke up for the hair salon appointment. The sun was out and shining on us the ENTIRE day! We actually had to turn the A/C on in the house when we were all getting ready. DH’s grandmother’s had passed away right before the wedding, and so had mine, and we believe it was them looking down on us that weekend that made the sun shine so brightly. My grandmother was always one to place a rosary outside when it was raining and there was a picnic/wedding/outside activity being planned and it never rained on those days. My father and I cried that day knowing that she was right beside us. I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect wedding day!

St. Gerard Majella Roman Catholic Church A+++++++++++
300 Terryville Road
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776
I know you really can’t rate a Church, since it is a religious facility, but I was overly impressed with everything on my wedding day. Our Church is still trying to find the funds to build a cathedral style Church, so the current facility isn’t what most people expect, but it’s home. Father Bill made his sermon completely related to us on the personal level, made us laugh and smile through the entire ceremony, and during our first kiss, you can see this big grin across his face along with my MOH at how happy everyone was for us! The music made me cry so much. Our musical director and the singer were phenomenal, especially when they sang “The Prayer” during Communion. I had goose bumps at how beautiful the song sounded and it made me completely happy that everything ran so well and efficiently.


Brentwood Country Club A++
100 Pennsylvania Avenue
Brentwood, NY 11717
631-273-3800
Scavenger Hunt for Table Cameras
I can take no credit for these, except the purchase! We went to BJ’s Wholesale Club and purchased the Kodak single use cameras that came 3 to a package. Overall cost was around -30. I just came up with the scavenger list for each table and pasted it on, but I even used ideas from SweetCin704 (Cindy) who had posted hers from her wedding! CindyandKevin (Cindy) and her mother were eager to help me finish my wedding projects! They were the creators and I was the patient, eager bride.



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