St. Lucia Wedding

May 9, 2012 at Coconut Bay Resort in St. Lucia.  We are at the spa where our daughter, Twyla and her bridesmaid, Tawnya Dooper, have just had their hair and make up done and got into the fancy dudes.   I love Twyla's gown.  She looks so beautiful and she is such a beautiful person with a huge heart.

We are almost ready to head to the hotel lobby where a car that will take us to the beach for the ceremony.  It has been raining, off and on, every day since we arrived.  So far today the sun is shining and the rain is holding off.

The rest of the wedding party has already gone by minivan to the private beach. Tom is right behind us snapping pictures and carrying Twyla's bouquet for her.   Off to the lobby we go in our flip flops following the wedding planner.

Here I am with Twyla and Tawnya ready to leave for the beach.

Twenty one people traveled to St. Lucia for the wedding.  Most came last week on Thursday.  Twyla and Joe had to be in St. Lucia for three business days prior to the wedding as per their country laws.  So they have been here for almost a week already.  Tawnya and her family came on Saturday.  Tom and I arrived on Sunday.  Everyone except Tom and I came from Alberta.  It was a long flight for them.  They left at midnight last Wednesday, 4 1/2 hours from Calgary or Edmonton, stop over in Toronto and then another 5 hours to St. Lucia.  It is worse for them on the way back as they have an overnight stop in Toronto.  

I have a ton more pictures that I am sorting out and editing.  I will post more soon.  Thought I would just give you a wee taste.   Stay tuned for more.

Tara

I gave up yesterday on the trailer and came home. Called the storage place and talked to them about the water and the lights.  They have another 50 amp cord that we can buy to extend the existing one.  He also explained about the low drain valves for the water.  Tom and I went back up to the park last night and got the water going and flushed the lines.  So all is good there.   He will pick up the new cord today so we will have power.  For some reason we couldn't get anything inside the trailer to work on the batteries though.  The batteries are good as the slides worked but no power inside for lights.  There is a switch at the batteries that reads battery disconnect on/off.  We tried that both ways also and no luck.  So we will keep playing around.  Thanks to Rick and John for their advice on my post last night.  You guys with all the experience and knowledge are a godsend to us newbies.  Thanks!!!