•  This is the final wedding of 2010 and what a way to end the year!  I cannot imagine a better place to be the week before Christmas than on the oceanfront in Cozumel, Mexico.

•  The week before the wedding Cozumel experienced record setting low temperatures and lots of rain.  Luckily for us by the day of the wedding the weather had cleared up and it was absolutely perfect weather!

•  I cannot express just how fantastic this group of people was.  Everyone was SO friendly and warm and crazy awesome.  Every time we saw anyone from the wedding group (around 50 people came from all over the country!) they were super sweet to us.

•  Van and Jonathon have been dating since MIDDLE SCHOOL!  I LOVE that!!!  It’s so fun when couples have been together that long because the families are already blended in a way and there’s none of that odd “we don’t know these people” feelings going around.  All of their friends are mutual friends – very few are HIS or HERS which was also great!

•  Van was seriously a cool cat.  Despite some drama the day of the wedding, she kept her cool and let EVERYTHING roll off her back.  She let other people handle anything that went amuck and just enjoyed the day.

•  Jonathon was also a great guy.  He was able to handle everything with ease and kept his smiles the entire day.  I cannot rave enough about how lovely this couple was.

Vendors

Ceremony, Reception, Cake & Catering: Park Royal Cozumel Mexico
Wedding Coordinator: Excursions Events Etc.

I got to start the day off with the rings, not a bad way to start!

 

Her shoes were pretty fun and also neat to play with!

 

I loved the bridesmaid dresses!

 

Van getting her makeup done.

 

I love this getting ready image SO much.  It kind of encapsulates how crazy this part of the day can be for brides.

 

The guys all had a toast before the ceremony started.

 

Jonathon making his walk to the altar.

 

Van’s father died a while ago so her older brother took over his role and it was only appropriate that he walk her down the aisle.  It was quite an emotional moment and everyone was in tears.

 

Such a beautiful moment 🙂

 

Hubs was able to get this great scene setting shot.  I’m in it but I’m not too upset about it since it’s such a neat shot.

 

They wrote their own vows and I LOVED it!!

 

I love this!  Van had on dark lipstick and after the kiss it “stuck” so she wiped it off, so darn cute.

 

Group hug!

 

Yay couple picture times!!!

 

They were not used to having the attention on them but they still did great!

 

We didn’t have much time before the sun completely set so we did a quick shot on the beach before making our way back toward the main part of the resort where their dinner was held.

 

The girls looked so pretty and I loved how the colors of the flowers popped off the blue dresses.

 

The guys looked pretty great as well and I loved the sweater vests.

 

They are just so cute and fun!

 

The view from the 9th floor balcony… not bad!

 

Instead of hitting silverware against the glasses for the bride and groom to kiss they had maracas for the guests to shake, very festive and fun!

 

After dinner everyone went to the reception area near the infinity pool by the ocean and Van and Jonathon cut the cake… and made a smidge of a mess!  Yay!

 

I loved that almost all of the toasts were read off of an ipod/iphone.

 

They had a choreographed first dance to Lucky by Jason Mraz, it was quite lovely!

 

 

A lot of Van’s relatives made it down and she made sure to share a special moment with all of them at the reception.

 

There were LOTS of laughs!

 

A wide view of what the reception area looked like.  I loved the zero entry pool… I dunked my feet in a couple times to cool off!

 

I think everyone had a great time!!!

 

Van’s brother gives Jonathon a huge hug at the end of the night.

 

I can’t thank you both enough for having me come to your wedding.  I had a wonderful time and enjoyed  being able to get to know you both during our stay!

 

Stay tuned for pictures from the resort and some from the rehearsal (yeah yeah, I’m going backwards a bit!).