Finalizing wedding stuff

The Alison and I have recently returned from an awesome trip to Hawaii. It was great to spend time with my (our) family and friends. There were a lot of babies runnin' around which was great. There's something really life-giving about spending time with babies. Kind of renews your faith in people. ANYWAY, I digress. While we were there, we met with some important people that will have their hands in our wedding.

First was Tina. She is our wedding site coordinator at Haiku Gardens. Tina is really great and seems terrifically organized, which has been/is going to be very helpful in the upcoming months. She walked us around the site and let us take a ton of pictures that will help folks understand how cool this place is.

Second was Cricket. It's not her real name but it is what she goes by. Cricket is a baker and runs Cakes by Cricket. After some solid collaboration, we came up with some really unique ideas for our wedding goodies. You will have to wait and taste this one. So good.

Third was the lovely couple behind Leslie Mansberger Photography. Eric and Wendy are a cute couple from San Jose who have recently moved to Hawaii to continue their photography business. They talk about their style as very photo journalistic; wanting to capture the emotion and intricacies of mood that sometimes are missed with staged photos. Plus they want to steal us away and get to a beach for some photos as well. Stellar. I am looking forward to working with them.

Things are definitely coming together. We even spent time over at my parents place looking at embarassing baby/kid photos including (but not limited to) one wear I was "drinking" a beer and wearing diapers, one where I had a solid mullet haircut, and of course the dreaded naked baby picture. Ali and my parents had an awesome time making fun of me.

Making all these plans is getting us so excited. We can't wait to share it with you.

PEACE

(PS- Respect to Mathyus, Emma, and Koltrane for being awesome babies. Big ups to Pono and Dawn for being great hosts. Holler to Tan and Felicity for kicking it so much. Shouts to Roxanne, Ari, and Cameron for a breakfast to remember. Pounds to BJ, Somer, Bryson, Braxton and Brianne for a warm send off. HUGE mahalos to Mom and Dad for taking a walk down memory lane with us and for helping us figure out wedding stuff. Y'all are missed and loved.)