This post will cover the most important day of our whole trip - the day Robyn and Stephen became man and wife!! It was truely the most loving and heart-warming ceremony I've ever witnessed, and I know for a fact there wasn't a dry eye in the house (well, beach, to be exact). I'll start with Friday though, and the awesome rehearsal dinner cocktail cruise that Stephen and Robyn invited each of their wedding guests to attend! Here are Stephen and Robyn on the trolley on the way to Whaler's Village, where the cruise started. You can tell how radiant they both look already!
Here are Ted, Amber (Robyn's sister and co-matron of honor), and their twin two-year-old cuties, Megan and Elise:
Here are Jay and Dad in front of the Shangri La, our cruise vessel:
Don't worry, I asked them to make crazy faces for this photo...
The sail of the Shangri La:
I absolutely LOVE this photo of Robyn and her niece Elise!
We couldn't resist a family photo in front of the amazing sunset:
And now on to the big day!! Since I was in the wedding, I didn't get any photos of the ceremony on my camera, so you'll just have to trust me that there were a lot of BIG smiles and a lot of tears. The whole event was so touching and sweet, and everyone was just so happy to be there to witness and be a part of it. Here is my photo of the Newlyweds with their officiant, Pastor Vance, immediately following the ceremony:
After the reception started, right there at Ka'anapali beach at the Castaway Cafe (which I must say is an amazing restaurant, that manages to combine delicious food with a comfortable and casual atmosphere), the bride and groom went back down into the sand for some photos in front of the gorgeous sunset. I didn't want to intrude on their romantic photos, so I just took this one of Jay taking photos of them!
Although this one is blurry, I love the HUGE smiles on their faces coming back up from the beach after all those romantic, kissy-face photos!
Here are Robyn and Stephen with his best man Jake, and his wife Rose and daughter Reagan, who was quite a joy for all of us to dance with at the reception!
Dad took this photo of Jay and I as the sun was going down. I really loved my co-matron of honor dress, and my beautiful plumeria hair-clip and jewelry!
Of course, I had to get my photo alone with my Robyn:
And one with my best buds together:
Then I made Dad and Mom smile as big as they could manage for this one (don't they look great when they show some teeth?!?!)
Here is the bride and groom sharing their first dance, to the Israel Kamakawiwo'ole version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow (What A Wonderful World). If you haven't heard the song, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2Jt4WOxN8 to watch a video that includes many beautiful rainbow photos!
And finally, the morning after, we said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson (although we were lucky enough to see them again at the airport, so I got extra hugs!)
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