YOUR WEDDING REHEARSAL

A wedding rehearsal is really not a rehearsal.........It is only a "walk-through" of what will happen during the ceremony.

It is not like a Broadway play or Hollywood movie, where everyone has to practice all their singing, dancing, acting, and stunt parts together.

If you have readers or musicians, they do not need to take up everyone's time by practicing at the rehearsal. If your readers feel they would like to practice, they should arrive a little early to practice their reading.

Most rehearsals take about 30 minutes or less. It should not take longer than the actual ceremony.
All your bridal party needs to know is when to walk in, where to stand (or sit), and when to walk out.

The purpose is to show people where they fit in so they will hopefully feel a little less stressed about their roles in the actual ceremony.

I really feel that a simple rehearsal or "Walk-Trough" is very important to put everyone's mind at ease and to make the parties involved feel a little more calm and confident.

ADD SOME SWEETS

Every wedding, I see so much cake wasted!! Some people just do not like cake! (Wish I was one of them...ha ha)!

I always suggest to my clients to order cake for less people (example: 200 guests, cake should serve 130 people) and then order pastries and/or cookies. Guests like to have the choice and it always looks great on the table along with an elaborate coffee/tea station...whipped cream, cinnamon sticks, chocolate shavings, etc.

Serving the cake as a dessert at each place setting just does not work! It takes 45 minutes to an hour for the cake to be cut, plated and served. By that time your guests are up dancing, visiting or getting a drink at the bar. Sometimes they never return to their table and never see the cake. It always works much better when the cake is displayed on a station.

I AM BAAAAAACK!

We had a Spectacular vacation!!!! 12 days of PARADISE!!!! We swam with Sea Lions in the Dominican Republic, snorkeled with big blue parrot fish in Aruba and saw giant star fish, sea turtles and Manatees in Curacao and had a GREAT time at Margahritaville in Cozumel!!! (We are both big PARROT-HEADS!!!! I have every Jimmy Buffet song on my I-pod)!

We saw unbelievable sunsets that actually gave you chills!!! It was one of the best vacations I can remember!! We also got a lot of rest and met some wonderful people! The weather was in the 90's most days...we did sail through a tropical depression and it rained 2 days, but it didn't matter because we were on a beautiful ship in the middle of the Caribbean Sea!

It is always nice to come home, but reality hit when we hit got off the plane Sunday night to 38 degree temperatures!! ha ha I was ready to turn around and go back!!!!

I hope you enjoy some of my favorite pictures!!!