Wedding Blog

Our guests then went off to tour the temple while Frank went all paparazzi on our arses. We had about a lil’ over an hour to do photos before we had to load into the shuttle to make our way to the “reception”. Not having a wedding par-tay meant that whole hour was dedicated to us. That’s a whole lot of photos, yo.

For being a…

Immediately after the ceremony and congrats, we did the usual (usually boring), but necessary group portraits. Let me formally introduce you to my family.

My mommers, dadders, moi, Mr. Sushi, and my lil’ brother (who really isn’t all that little anymore).

We had the option of writing our own vows, but, to be honest, I’m not much of a writer. Instead, we chose one of Alice’s vow suggestions.

Declaration of Intent:
______________, do you pledge to love ______________ and throughout your years together to be honest, faithful and kind to her/him. Do you pledge to give to her/him the same happiness she/he gives to you, and to respect…

It’s been awhile, so let me reset the scene. We’re at the temple. Everything is looking gorgeous (if I do say so myself)!

You hear the soft sounds of Hawaiian music playing in the background.

I would like to temporarily interrupt this recap “broadcast”… not that I’m really interrupting, seeing as I haven’t posted in… umm… well, who’s counting?! Anyway, I’m interrupting my recaps to post about our “at home reception” (AHR), although I’d like to think of it as more of a casual summer BBQ than a reception.

You are cordially invited!

I didn’t talk much about the AHR because I…

While we were having our intimate “first look“, my bestie (and her fabulous hubby) worked diligently to put our ceremony site together. I felt a lil’ bad having our guests work on our wedding day, but that’s what best friends are for, right?! They did a wonderful job and if I haven’t told them yet, THANK YOU! Mwah!

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In my last post, I briefly mentioned that we were not only planning on meeting before the ceremony, but that we were also exchanging cards to each other. Only we both forgot to get each other cards. Oops. That morning, while I was looking for the thank you card I had for my H&M stylist, I realized I had 2 extra cards. Perfect! One was…

And so… the recaps begin!

[all images courtesy of Frank Amodo, unless otherwise noted]

Above photos were taken by bestie Bear.

Mr. Sushi and I had a fairly busy morning. After a well rested night together (we both crashed fairly early the night before), we had gotten up around 7AM and ran down to Watanabe Floral to pick out leis for our wedding ceremony. Talk about waiting ’til the last minute…

Two days before the wedding we hosted a Welcome BBQ for our guests. Really, it was a way to spend some time with everyone and to let everyone meet and get to know each other a little better before the wedding.

Let me start by saying that our welcome BBQ did NOT go as smoothly as planned. First off, the weather in Hawaii, while we were…

We finally got our wedding photos back from our photographer, so while I sift through 1500+ photos, I thought I’d talk about the couple outings we had on the days leading up to the wedding day. First up, our last minute, totally not planned, family hike up Diamond Head.

I go back to Hawaii every few years to visit friends, and every single time I’m there I…

Earlier this week Brooklyn Bride had posted about One Elf, a charming lil’ Etsy store that sells the most adorable cuff links, charms, earrings, etc. Seriously, how cute are these?!

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The one disadvantage of having a destination wedding is that you don’t have the convenience of having a trial, or even a taste test, at your leisure. We got to Hawaii a week—seven days—before the wedding. That gave me seven days to visit our venue, have a hair trial, and get all those itty-bitty lil’ details in check; all while trying to relax, have fun, and…

It’ll be a while ’til I receive my wondrous wedding photos from Frank, so until then, I thought I could catch you guys up on what’s all been going on up until the wedding, and maybe a lil’ after.

Four days before we caught our plane for Hawaii, Mr. Sushi’s mom threw me… I mean us, a shower. It was a surprise shower, and unfortunately I…

Welp, I did it. I chopped all my hair off. I’ve been dying to do it for some time now, and now with the wedding over I had nothing holding me back. I cut off about 10 inches of hair and donated it to Locks of Love.

I wasn’t the only one in the family that got the choppity, chop, chop done.

I feel like I’ve been away for a century! Well, I’m back now and have soooo much to share! We had a wonderful, laid back kind of wedding. I really wouldn’t have had it any other way. It was great; the weather was wonderful, there were no major mishaps, and no ugly cry. I have much to share with you: final preps before the wedding,…