Well, sadly, I was not very good about keeping up with my blog when things got hectic... my apologies for that & it is sad, not to have all that time recorded...but it was very busy so I will just have to do my best of recapping what I can now.
We left for Hawaii on Nov.13th and got in around noon and headed straight to an alterations person. Dad met us there and dropped off my dress so I could try it on and have it fitted properly! I actually lost a little weight so had to have it taken in (which by the time of the wedding I had been there for a week and eaten my way through Oahu so it barely fit haha). Then mom dropped us off at Kahala and we met with our bartenders at Starbucks. Had a great meeting with them and then met with Melissa, our day-of coordinator. I made a huge binder with everything possible down to the detailed instructions on how each place setting should look and contact info for everyone in there. Next, we went to Foodland to put in an order for poke and edamame for our cocktail food. After that, we went out to dinner with mom, dad, tutu, Jennifer, Joe, Julien and Jaren at Pho Bistro. Yummmm...
Sunday was another busy day. I went to get my eyebrows done with Alison and then headed over to Sand Souci for our family get together picnic which was a lot of fun because the Chun's and Greenwalds were there and all our family in Hawaii who barely gets to see them got to spend time with them and the babies! Later that night we had leftovers at Tutu's. Jennifer, Joe, mom, dad and tutu all helped us put together the favors and we were able to bust them all out in one night!
Monday was dad's birthday. We went straight to the Dept. Of Health to apply for our marriage license. We grabbed some genki, then we went home to video our "wedding story" slideshow with Jay. We also had to check in and get the keys to the house we were renting with our friends. Luckily it was literally like 2 minutes away from my parents house on Kalanianaole so it was really convenient. The boys got in that afternoon and after we were done filming, we headed over to Aku Bone for dad's birthday party. They are usually closed on Monday's but his friend Kim is the owner so he was nice enough to open up so he could have a little birthday party. After the birthday party I went to D&B's with the boys. We played some games and had some more drinks then headed home.
Tuesday I had a hair appointment. After that we went to pick up the 500 apples we had ordered for the wedding and mom dropped half of them off at the Yabiku's for us. We picked up Sam from the airport and headed to the beach. I also picked up my wedding dress earlier that morning. That night Sam, Sean and I were working on putting the personalized lables on the water bottles and the boys were nice enough to chip in and help us! I was really impressed. They did take a detour and ended up going for a little midnight swim (but the flotation sunk and they all came back soaked it was funny), but I was very grateful for their help!
Wednesday was spent runningn around doing errands, and then it was time for our trip to the North Shore. We stopped off at Dole and got a Dole Float, went to see the turtles, got shrimp at Giovanni's YUMMM, then headed to the beach house. The boys grilled the food for us which was yummy and Becky and Sam helped tie the ribbon on the bubbles and then we spent the night at the beach house. The next morning we had breakfast, and one car went to pick up Jenna and Kron and the rest of us went to pick up the utencils and napkins so we could wrap them with tutu's bows. We stopped at Waiola's before we got to work though. Bergey and Jenna both helped with the napkins and utencils when Sam, Becky and I were doing it, so that was really sweet. I was getting a little stressed because time was ticking and I found out later that when I left to get my nails done, that the girls finished them for me... SOOO SWEET and so appreciated! I went to Don Quiote and got my first set of gel nails. It was perfect for the wedding. Sam and Sean went over to my parents house early to help set up. Mom prepared a feast for all of our out of town guests- it was delicious. Everyone came over and we had a good time. I was a little preoccupied trying to sort out what we would bring to the rehearsal to give to the coordinator and was flustered a bit, so we didn't go out that night, but we stayed back and finished the program fans and water bottles, etc.
Friday morning arrived. I went with the girls to Smiley's to get their nails and my pedicure done. We then went to have an Acai bowl before we headed out to Ko Olina. We had the rehearsal which was great, then headed back into town. Got ready for the rehearsal dinner at Waialae Country Club. It was so much fun! Not that I've been to many, but it was the most fun one I've been to. We had cocktails and the sunset was beautiful outside... just mingled and had a good time, then we went inside for the dinner buffet. I won $20 each from Hector and Roenicke for finishing everything on my plate. How dare they doubt me! Then we watched the slideshow that Sean's mom made which was really nice, and there were a bunch of speeches which were awesome. We then have Levi come teach us to dance which was a lot of fun! Marilyin (sean's mom) is quite the dancer! I know where Sean gets it from now! After that, some of the young folk went out. We went to Restaurant Row to Banzai and then to Oceans 808. It was a fun night!!!
Saturday we packed up and checked out of our house we were renting and headed over to Ko Olina. Sean had realized he couldn't find his slippers for the wedding, and I was so stressed out I almost lost it... which I realized I had a pretty dramatic night out in the North Shore. I think everything just caught up with me and I started bawling! A bit embarassing, but I just needed to get it all out. Anyway, I called Scott's Hawaii and they had the slippers but they weren't open! I asked if they could jus leave it outside whcih they were hesitatnt about but I told them I was friends with Kaione so they hid them under a truck... and Shelley, the amazing, awesome friend that she is, found out and didn't want me to stress about it, so she and Shelby picked them up for me on their way out to Ko Olina. THANK YOU!!! Since we were running late, Taryn also went to pick up the mochi for us too. Such a big help. So finally we made it out to Ko Olina. Scott and I checked into two villas to get the Kamaaina discount for the boys and then we went to the beach-- the boys had their matching shorts on and the girls had their matching swim suits on. It was a great day, I wish we could have enjoyed it more, but we were busy! So then us girls went to check in at the Ihilani and get ready for the luau. As we got there, I realized that I forgot a box of things at my parents house and freaked out. I started crying and my dad drove all the way home to get it and missed half of the luau. I felt so bad! But thank you daddy... you are the BEST. It was an early night for the girls. We went back, hung out and then everyone went to get their beauty rest. I was up til 1 am trying to finish our slideshow to have streaming throughout the night, which was kind of a waste, but oh well... The boys on the other hand had quite a night getting "brotarded" but I've only heard tid bits of what it was all about and I think I will keep it that way.
Sunday was the wedding!!!! It was amazing. BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. I was calmer than I thought I'd be, I think I was just so relieved it had finally arrived after a very busy and stressful last week. But it was all worth it. Everything- the stress, the money, everything was worth it. It was such an amazing day. The weather turned out good for us- THANK GOD! And it was just amazing. Seeing everything come to life that I had imagined in my head but really didn't know what it would look like was so amazing, I can't even put it into words. So many people told us it was the best wedding they had ever been to, and that made me so happy!!!
I will post pictures here soon... but in the meantime, just wanted to log some of this down before I forgot about it all. It really was such a fairytale :)
We left for Hawaii on Nov.13th and got in around noon and headed straight to an alterations person. Dad met us there and dropped off my dress so I could try it on and have it fitted properly! I actually lost a little weight so had to have it taken in (which by the time of the wedding I had been there for a week and eaten my way through Oahu so it barely fit haha). Then mom dropped us off at Kahala and we met with our bartenders at Starbucks. Had a great meeting with them and then met with Melissa, our day-of coordinator. I made a huge binder with everything possible down to the detailed instructions on how each place setting should look and contact info for everyone in there. Next, we went to Foodland to put in an order for poke and edamame for our cocktail food. After that, we went out to dinner with mom, dad, tutu, Jennifer, Joe, Julien and Jaren at Pho Bistro. Yummmm...
Sunday was another busy day. I went to get my eyebrows done with Alison and then headed over to Sand Souci for our family get together picnic which was a lot of fun because the Chun's and Greenwalds were there and all our family in Hawaii who barely gets to see them got to spend time with them and the babies! Later that night we had leftovers at Tutu's. Jennifer, Joe, mom, dad and tutu all helped us put together the favors and we were able to bust them all out in one night!
Monday was dad's birthday. We went straight to the Dept. Of Health to apply for our marriage license. We grabbed some genki, then we went home to video our "wedding story" slideshow with Jay. We also had to check in and get the keys to the house we were renting with our friends. Luckily it was literally like 2 minutes away from my parents house on Kalanianaole so it was really convenient. The boys got in that afternoon and after we were done filming, we headed over to Aku Bone for dad's birthday party. They are usually closed on Monday's but his friend Kim is the owner so he was nice enough to open up so he could have a little birthday party. After the birthday party I went to D&B's with the boys. We played some games and had some more drinks then headed home.
Tuesday I had a hair appointment. After that we went to pick up the 500 apples we had ordered for the wedding and mom dropped half of them off at the Yabiku's for us. We picked up Sam from the airport and headed to the beach. I also picked up my wedding dress earlier that morning. That night Sam, Sean and I were working on putting the personalized lables on the water bottles and the boys were nice enough to chip in and help us! I was really impressed. They did take a detour and ended up going for a little midnight swim (but the flotation sunk and they all came back soaked it was funny), but I was very grateful for their help!
Wednesday was spent runningn around doing errands, and then it was time for our trip to the North Shore. We stopped off at Dole and got a Dole Float, went to see the turtles, got shrimp at Giovanni's YUMMM, then headed to the beach house. The boys grilled the food for us which was yummy and Becky and Sam helped tie the ribbon on the bubbles and then we spent the night at the beach house. The next morning we had breakfast, and one car went to pick up Jenna and Kron and the rest of us went to pick up the utencils and napkins so we could wrap them with tutu's bows. We stopped at Waiola's before we got to work though. Bergey and Jenna both helped with the napkins and utencils when Sam, Becky and I were doing it, so that was really sweet. I was getting a little stressed because time was ticking and I found out later that when I left to get my nails done, that the girls finished them for me... SOOO SWEET and so appreciated! I went to Don Quiote and got my first set of gel nails. It was perfect for the wedding. Sam and Sean went over to my parents house early to help set up. Mom prepared a feast for all of our out of town guests- it was delicious. Everyone came over and we had a good time. I was a little preoccupied trying to sort out what we would bring to the rehearsal to give to the coordinator and was flustered a bit, so we didn't go out that night, but we stayed back and finished the program fans and water bottles, etc.
Friday morning arrived. I went with the girls to Smiley's to get their nails and my pedicure done. We then went to have an Acai bowl before we headed out to Ko Olina. We had the rehearsal which was great, then headed back into town. Got ready for the rehearsal dinner at Waialae Country Club. It was so much fun! Not that I've been to many, but it was the most fun one I've been to. We had cocktails and the sunset was beautiful outside... just mingled and had a good time, then we went inside for the dinner buffet. I won $20 each from Hector and Roenicke for finishing everything on my plate. How dare they doubt me! Then we watched the slideshow that Sean's mom made which was really nice, and there were a bunch of speeches which were awesome. We then have Levi come teach us to dance which was a lot of fun! Marilyin (sean's mom) is quite the dancer! I know where Sean gets it from now! After that, some of the young folk went out. We went to Restaurant Row to Banzai and then to Oceans 808. It was a fun night!!!
Saturday we packed up and checked out of our house we were renting and headed over to Ko Olina. Sean had realized he couldn't find his slippers for the wedding, and I was so stressed out I almost lost it... which I realized I had a pretty dramatic night out in the North Shore. I think everything just caught up with me and I started bawling! A bit embarassing, but I just needed to get it all out. Anyway, I called Scott's Hawaii and they had the slippers but they weren't open! I asked if they could jus leave it outside whcih they were hesitatnt about but I told them I was friends with Kaione so they hid them under a truck... and Shelley, the amazing, awesome friend that she is, found out and didn't want me to stress about it, so she and Shelby picked them up for me on their way out to Ko Olina. THANK YOU!!! Since we were running late, Taryn also went to pick up the mochi for us too. Such a big help. So finally we made it out to Ko Olina. Scott and I checked into two villas to get the Kamaaina discount for the boys and then we went to the beach-- the boys had their matching shorts on and the girls had their matching swim suits on. It was a great day, I wish we could have enjoyed it more, but we were busy! So then us girls went to check in at the Ihilani and get ready for the luau. As we got there, I realized that I forgot a box of things at my parents house and freaked out. I started crying and my dad drove all the way home to get it and missed half of the luau. I felt so bad! But thank you daddy... you are the BEST. It was an early night for the girls. We went back, hung out and then everyone went to get their beauty rest. I was up til 1 am trying to finish our slideshow to have streaming throughout the night, which was kind of a waste, but oh well... The boys on the other hand had quite a night getting "brotarded" but I've only heard tid bits of what it was all about and I think I will keep it that way.
Sunday was the wedding!!!! It was amazing. BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. I was calmer than I thought I'd be, I think I was just so relieved it had finally arrived after a very busy and stressful last week. But it was all worth it. Everything- the stress, the money, everything was worth it. It was such an amazing day. The weather turned out good for us- THANK GOD! And it was just amazing. Seeing everything come to life that I had imagined in my head but really didn't know what it would look like was so amazing, I can't even put it into words. So many people told us it was the best wedding they had ever been to, and that made me so happy!!!
I will post pictures here soon... but in the meantime, just wanted to log some of this down before I forgot about it all. It really was such a fairytale :)
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