Petit Four-ever: The Pre-Wedding Fun

We got to the island 4 days before the actual wedding so we did have a few spare minutes to hang out with our friends and get a much needed tan :)

We found some beach...

Ate some delicious food...

Drove around and saw the sights...

Found some more beach...

Made friends with some iguanas...

And definitely acted silly...

 We even found this little guy just hanging out in a tree! He was so gorgeous!

After four days of trying to get everyone settled in to their hotels, the day before the wedding I had a little meltdown so Mr. PF and I snuck away for a couple of hours to ourselves. Mrs. Ostrich was so right about this one... Too bad I didn't listen! So yes, for the destination brides, if you can assure that you have some time alone before the wedding, you will save yourself some mental strife :)

The other thing I want to share with y'all is the amazing place we stayed. Meet Castillo Del Candelabro...

Picture via Luxury Retreats

It was the perfect party house for the week and at any given time you could find someone lounging by the pool with a refreshing margarita in their hand. Like a few other bees, we used HomeAway.com to find and book Castillo Del Candelabro.

They even had a little cabana so Mr. PF and I could have privacy! It was so awesome and it truly felt like paradise. Check out this view!

 Petit Four-ever: Let The Recaps Begin!
Petit Four-eve: Get Us To Paradise!

Petit Four-ever: Get Us To Paradise!!!

Once we got to the airport and on the plane it was so nice to finally be able to breath!

Papa PF surprised us with upgrading our tickets, so we got to sit in first class. It was so fun and we were totally trying to act like it was no big deal...

More anything? More everything!!

(If anyone gets this reference I will give you 10 bonus points)

When we got to Dallas, we met up with MOH PF and her husband! We only got to see them for a brief second because we were really late getting to Dallas and we almost missed our connecting flight.

We finally landed and spent about 2 hours in line for customs. Cancun is a busy airport during spring break, y'all. Seriously.

After we made it through customs, we jumped on our shuttle and headed to the ferry to take us to paradise. It was dark by the time we got there, but we had some fun on the ferry anyways.

 Me and MOH PF

MOH PF''s husband and Mr. PF

After we got off the ferry, we rented a golf cart (the most fun method of transportation on the island) and we were on our way!

Petit Four-ever: Let The Recaps Begin!

Petit Four-ever: Let The Re-caps Begin!

Hello there hive! I hope you haven't forgotten about me yet :D

We have been enjoying married life and our photographer has slowly been posting edited pictures of our wedding on her blog! I can't believe it has been over a month since we said 'I do' so I think it's about time that we started recaps!

So this is what Mr. PF and I have been up to since we last spoke...

Kate Bahnsen Photography

Eeeee! Did you see my veil?? It turned out really nice! Can you believe it's over 40 years old?

So, thats all I can give you for now, but I promise there is a lot more good stuff coming. I have to talk about the everything leading up to the wedding first because its too good not to share :D

The week before the wedding was pure chaos. Trying to pack up everything I had been collecting for the wedding was really hard. There was definitely some stuff we ended up not using, but for the most part I don't think I forgot anything really important.

One of the best things I did before the wedding was get semi-permanent eyelash extensions. I bought a Groupon for it about 2 weeks before the wedding and I went and had them put the day before we left. These things were seriously awesome because I didn't have to wear mascara and as you will see later on in the re-caps, I was crying like a baby most of the ceremony! But guess what?? No runny make-up!

Oh, hello long lashes!

I had to lay there for about 2 hours and it was super annoying, but it was totally worth it for the wedding. Now I will say that when we got home, I went and had them removed because I couldn't handle not rubbing my eyes, but they served their purpose. They even stayed on with all the swimming and shenanigans we got into.

OK, so I hope y'all are ready for a wild ride because it was a week of sun, fun and getting married!