My Reception, MY RECEPTION!! (movie anyone?)
As we headed to Palo, our friends gathered in the front area to be seated.
I had secured the Palo Room months before so I could have a reception. As reported earlier, the negations over the cake being set up in the room. I finally got my wish.
The room turned out amazing..the Palo team had placed our programs on the glasses rather than the plates, but it was fine..Our friend Linda and SueEllen took shots of the room!
We brought a battery powered ipod player and THANKFULLY, before our Mac died in July, I had put together a playlist of our favorite songs to play in the background of Palo
When we got to Palo, I HAD to visit the ladies room..My very good bridesmaid RonnieJo went to help me. You can't really appreciate a good friend until she holds your wedding dress up over you so you can visit the ladies room!
While we were in there, the photographer took a great picture of Rick holding my bouquet with his poochy lip sticking out...he hated the picture so we didn't get it, but it was priceless..I wish I had thought of taking pictures of the pictures we didn't choose. They handed us a stack of 200 to take to our cabin..but, I digress
So, we were ready to make our Palo entry..Marco (the manager and our former waiter when we cruised on the Magic in 2005) led us in to Palo..again, very exciting to hear the gasps and ohh and awws when you walk around in a wedding dress..I felt like a princess!!
We get to the back of the restaurant and Marco led us into the room where everyone was waiting!
(two nice pictures of me licking my dry lips..nice!!
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First order of business was getting the music started..Rick didn't know how to get it started, so I had to fix it..Haa..my tech challenged husband!
Once that was settled, the photographer asked us for our rings, I wanted a picture of our hands with our rings since the original wedding day picture was taken with our cell phone..he did it on the back of the Palo menu
I also added the program because the menu is copper and not great for a background
He then took our rings to photograph the cake. Can I just brag on my cake..with the whole flash problem, I don't think the colors came out right, but the pictures came out so pretty, I was thrilled
This was some extra flowers we had for rose petals on the cake table..they threw them in the champagne bucket!
They wanted us to cut the cake since the photographers hour was going to end soon. We also did a toast..I know I have seen a picture, but now I can't find it...here is our cake cutting..and some "cutting up!"
You have to know us to get the knife picture..I think some people who have seen the picture were thinking it was not nice..but we were laughing hysterical!!