Heather Drive: weddings

Right after the ceremony, the Indigo Beach Club brought all of us champagne out on the beach, and we all wandered around waiting to be called for our turn to take pics with the bride and groom. In the meantime, we snapped some of our own photos.

Four generations!

Nora wasn't too sure what to make of this "sand" stuff.

Done with the sand.

Kelly and Murray hired this band to play during the ceremony and photos.

Our turn to take family photos with the bride and groom!

After the photos, everyone wandered around for a while for a cocktail hour. Nora was cranky, so I took a little walk with her on the beach to try to get her to nap.

At first, I appeared to be successful. I even ended up sitting down with her...

...but about 10 minutes later, she was awake again. Nap? Not so much.

Food? Yes, please.

Nora made lots of new friends...

The weather was so perfect. In the days leading up to the wedding, every evening around this time, it had rained. But this was beautiful. I don't know if the humidity had dropped significantly, or it was just because we were on the beach, but it was the first time we all felt comfortable during the entire trip!

Soon, we were all seated for dinner. Nora was a good sport, even though it was late.

After dinner, Michael took Nora out on the beach and she ended up falling asleep for a long while. He relaxed out there with her, listening to the waves and enjoying the setting! Our fabulous waiter, Cristobal, actually took Michael a drink (without anyone asking him to) out on the beach. Loved him!

A gorgeous wedding for a wonderful couple. We were so happy to be able to be a part of it.

We walked over to Kelly and Murray's hotel to meet up with them and all of the wedding guests before walking down to the beach club for the ceremony and reception. We were supposed to take family photos out at their pool area, but because their hotel was adults only, we had to wait in the lobby with Nora! It seemed like a bit of an extreme rule (seriously? we couldn't go in for five minutes to take pics?) but they held fast and wouldn't let us in. Plans were changed to take all family photos on the beach, so we sat in the lobby and waited until Kelly and Murray were ready. Soon enough, we caught sight of them walking out. BEAUTIFUL!

Kelly and our grandma

They hired this little rickshaw-type driver to take Kelly and her maid of honor to the beach club. The driver was cute because he decorated the whole thing with white balloons and gold ribbon. Before they left, Murray got in with Kelly for some photos.

^That one is one of my favorites!

After the pics, Kelly kicked Murray out so that her maid of honor could get in. HA!

Eventually, the driver took off with the girls in tow and then Murray led all of us down through the streets to the beach club.

While we waited for the ceremony to start, we took a few pics with Nora on the beach.

I *LOVE* this one of Nora with her daddy. *LOVE*

We grabbed prime seating, and then it all began...

My uncle walking Kelly down the aisle

Nora was a little cranky and doing her grunt/whine thing, so Michael had to take her to go stand a little bit away from everyone else so that she wouldn't be disruptive.

I think this is when she asked if anyone had any objections, and everyone laughed. Kelly and Murray looked out at everyone, just to make sure. :)

Exchanging vows.

Murray attempted to put the rings on Kelly, but was having a little trouble...

...so Kelly took them and shoved them on herself. Everyone laughed, including them.

Then they did this part of the ceremony where they each took a white rose and went together to throw them into the ocean. Something about it symbolizing the joining of their lives, and a gift to Mother Nature.