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Don't want to do a full TR about the Wedding, But I'm Still going to share my pictures from the wedding & our dinner afterwards at the Fireplace Room @ V&A.

We used Randy Chapman & I couldn't have been happier!

The Black & Whites

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Favorite Color Pictures
Back of Dress – Hanging


Meli in Window @ Contemporary


Mom & Meli – Contemporary


Railing at Contemporary


Hitchhiking Monorail – Poly


Confetti


Wedding Cake/Glasses


First Dance – Tongue Picture


Twirl Pictures


Confetti Pictures


Grass Picture


Color Flower Ring Picture


Hanging off Hammock



Walking Along the Beach


Meli & Shaun - Pier



Heart in the Sand


Meli & Shaun Bridge



Hanging Out on Surfboard

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Dinner at V&A’s

Once we arrived at the Grand Floridian, we headed towards Victoria & Albert’s. It wasn’t quite 5:30 yet, so we sat in the chairs around the Check-In for Citrico’s.

We arrived into the Fireside Room where it was set up for us with menus already set out.




The service was amazing, as it always is at V&A. They ended up having six servers come out every time got served.

Amuse Bouche
Trio of Vanilla Poached Lobster with Lobster Roe Foam, Lobster Sausage, Lobster Bisque

I’m not a big fan of Lobster, blasphemous I know; however the Bisque was very good even for a lobster hater like me.

Course 1
Atlantic Tuna with Blood Orange and Hearts of Palm Salad, Aged Balsamic


Course 2
Yellow Edge Grouper with Petite French Lentils, Winter Corn and Saffron Foam


Course 3
Ballotine of Poulet Rouge with Chicken Consomee, Hedgehogs and Black Truffles


Main Entree
Australian "Kobe" Beef Tenderloin with Braised Short Ribs and Smoked Garlic Potato Puree


Cheese/Gelato Course
Colston Basett Stilton, Marcona Almonds and Fourme D'Ambert Fondue
or
White Chocolate Gelato

Funny story though, at the beginning of the meal, we told Nana to not order the cheese but get the Gelato instead. She insisted she loved cheese! So she got the cheese. Well…she took a bite of the Stilton and well, her face was priceless. Luckily, V&A is on top of things & they returned with Gelato for her.


See this face? This face is ready for bed!


Then it came time for dessert,
Dessert
A Tasting Duo of Pyramid of Tanzania Chocolate Mousse and Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee

So good…so good that I ended up eating Shaun’s Crème Brulee too…

After Dessert, Shaun & I were ready to bolt. As my dress was getting heavy, I was tired. We did our good-byes and thanked everyone for coming and headed to the monorail. We got into our half-empty car, the doors close, when the waitress from V&A came running to us! We didn’t get our nut bread, menus or my rose. She got them to re-open the monorail doors and hand them to us & get a hug. It was so cute! That’s when the monorail conductor started humming the wedding march song over the monorail. Having had 5 glasses of wine over the evening, it was WAAAAYYYY funnier to me than it probably should have been. Luckily across from us were adults who were also laughing along with us too. This continued the entire monorail ride after each stop until we got off at the Polynesian.

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Wedding Day – The Ceremony
Cue Kingdom Hearts – Dearly Beloved



As, I get to Shaun, we exchange “hi” and hold hands.


We are here today to participate in the most joyous occasion by celebrating on life’s greatest moments by acknowledging the wedding of Melissa and Shaun.

From the very first days of your lives you have both set out on a journey, which has led you to this moment. And now we stand here today fro the purpose of fulfilling your desire to unite in marriage. Here & now, you will take your marriage vows, exchange wedding rings and make a total commitment to each other. Marriage is a covenant made in the hearts of two people who deeply feel that their lives are and always will be shared as one. This decision to marry is the most important and sacred commitment in life. Today when you Melissa and Shaun, pledge to love and care for each other in marriage, you will create a bond, which will bind you closer than any spoken or written word. By stating your vows, you are effectively pledging to other your love, friendship, loyalty, fidelity and trust: A promise that will take a lifetime to fulfill.

Love is an intense and fulfilling emotion. It allows you to share intimacy and experience feelings of tenderness and warmth. Love takes you out of loneliness and lets you share your life with someone with whom you can express your innermost feelings and thoughts. IT was love that brought you together to this moment, to unite your destinies. Always remember just how important your loving relationship is. Cherish your love forever.

The friendship that grows within your love is a harmony of understanding and support. You are a companion and confidant, consistently there for each other; Friendship in marriage is treating your life’s partner with respect, as an equal. It is realizing that there is no one else you’d rather be with than the one to whom you are married and knowing that even if you disagree, you will always be each other’s closest and dearest friend

In regards to loyalty, you must always be loyal to the one that you are marrying. Forsaking all Others is an essential element to the marriage vows.

Fidelity is giving each other the exclusivity of your physical and emotional intimacy. IN your faithfulness, you honor your union and demonstrate love and respect for each other, and as such, heighten the level of your mutual esteem. All of these ingredients: Love, Friendship, Loyalty and Fidelity, are bound together with Trust.

Trust is the single most powerful, and yet the most fragile quality in a relationship. It is the component that will cement your union, and will hold you together through the years. It must be strongly defended, for it can be easily shattered if dishonored. Never abuse each other’s trust, if you lose it, you may never find it again. Guard it and your friend and life partner will always be at your side. The vows you are about to pledge, affirm without reservation, your mutual commitment to uphold within your marriage, love, friendship, loyalty, fidelity, and trust.


[iPlease turn towards each other, hold hands and prepare to take vows. [/i]

Melissa, would you please repeat your vows after me?

I Melissa take you Shaun, to be my lawfully wedded husband. To have and to hold from this day forward. In sickness in health, in good times and bad, and in joy or sorrow. I promise to love, honor and cherish you all of the days of my life.

Do you Shaun take Melissa to be your lawfully wedded Wife?

Shaun, would you please repeat your vows after me?

I Shaun take you Melissa, to be my lawfully wedded wife. To have and to hold from this day forward. In sickness and in health, in good times and bad and in joy or sorrow. I promise to love, honor and cherish you, all of the days of my life.



Do you Melissa, take Shaun to be your lawfully wedded husband?

The giving and accepting of wedding rings is an important and significant symbol of the wedding ritual. The Ancient Egyptians believed that love traveled to the heart through the vein of the finger of the hand. To them the unbroken circle represented lastingness, symbolizing a marriage strong enough to withstand the day to day pressure of life. Shaun and Melissa when you place your rings on each other’s fingers today, your rings will become ever present symbols of your mutual love, and of the vows you have made to each other today.

Melissa, please place your ring on Shaun’s finger and repeat after me….

With this ring I thee wed.

Shaun, please place your ring on Melissa’s finger and repeat after me….

With this ring I thee Wed.

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: The little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say “I love you” at least once a day.

It is never going to sleep angry. It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship does not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objective.

It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in an attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an Angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other.

It is cultivating flexibility, patients, understanding, and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.

It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is not only marrying the right partner it is being the right partner.

As you Melissa and Shaun have pledged your vows, have consented to wed each other, and have consented this celebration with the giving and accepting of the wedding rings, by virtue of the authority vested in me under the laws of the state of Florida, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

You may kiss the bride.


It is with great pleasure that I present for the very first time as husband and wife, Melissa and Shaun .

Cue Candle in the Water

[LeapDayBaby]

What beautiful pictures! Congratulations

- Laurie

[fourdrawfs]

congrats!! great pictures..

[njsmama]

Stunning, beautiful, amazing, magical!
Congratulations!

[chezp]

What beautiful photos - thanks so much for sharing those and congratulations!

[wdwlovers]

Beautiful! My SIL had Randy at her DFTW in May. He's fantastic.

[disney]

meli really nice congradulations after looking at this the word that comes to mind is WOW evrything look simply magical . both you and your husband looked amazing and thanks again for the advise.

[sparks74]

Beautiful photos of a beautiful Bride (and Groom)!

Congratulations!!

[Grandmasam]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[Laughaholic]

GREAT pictures! You look beautiful!

Randy better still be taking pictures within the next 10 years!

[disneydani]

Gorgeous pics....love Randy, he did my son's Bar Mitzvah. You both look stunning, glad the meal at V&A did not disappoint!

danielle

[carters_mom]

Stunning!!!! Congratulations!