The wedding day

The wedding day was a little hectic but that's normal, right? Joe went with all the guys to do some snorneling. My brother Eric, the groom, told me that they forgot the flower girl baskets and the ring bearer pillow so my sister in law, PAtty, and I went to get some. We found a bridal shop and bought a pillow there for $45!! We thought we'd got to Wal-Mart and get baskets. Well silly me didn't think ahead. Of course they had a pillow for $11 but the first one was not returnable! oops! But we did find two cheap baskets. My other brothers gf, Danielle was going to do my mom's hair but ended up doing all the bridesmaid, the bride and the mother of the bride so Patty did my mom's hair and make-up. She also did my hair. We arrived at the hotel at 3:30 and hung out in a beatiful suite with my brother and took some pictures.

It was very cloudy the day of the wedding. Right before the cermony the sun peeked out. My brother did not seem nervous but when my mom and I started to tear up right before he walked me down the aisle he teared up too! I ws really happy when he told me that he was walking me down the aisle.

The ceremony was beautiful. My brother cried when he saw Nicole and a few times during the ceremony he did. The bride's uncle did the service, it was short but very nice.


The reception was outside. It was a gorgeous location and the food was awesome! Best wedding food I have had in a long time!


We had a great time!

The next day Joe and I went for a drive. This picture is looking down on the part of the island where we stayed. It doesn't look like it but we are pretty high up.


That night we went to a luau with my family and some of my brother's friends. It was a great luau and the food was great. The one we went to on our honeymoon was not as good.

Home Sweet Home

We made it home safely late last night! I am still trying to adjust to the time difference! Our trip was awesome and my brother's wedding was beautiful! I took so many great pictures, about 400!!! I will start with day 1.


We got to Maui a little late, as LAX was jammed with planes trying to leave. We were greeted with fresh leis, didn't get that last time. So when we arrived in Maui we headed straight for McDonalds. We got two mini biscuit crackers on the plane so we were hungry! Then we did some shopping at Wal-Mart for the condo. We got to the condo with just enough time to change and head to the rehearsal. It was short and sweet! Next we headed to Bada Bing, an italian restaurant. My brother got lost so we waited an hour or more before ordering dinner. Everyone was hungry and tired from traveling. But we still had a great time!

Day 2
We decided to go for a little drive to the other side of Maui. We found this really cool beach, it was called DT fleming beach park.

Joe has actually seen it on the Travel channel. It was really beautiful there. We decided to drive back to Kaanapali beach though and hang out there for the day. I didn't get pictures there but it's voted as one of the best beaches of Maui. We got in the water and enjoyed our day in the sun! We headed back in the afternoon to our condo. We got cleaned up and went to a restuarant called Cheeseburgers Island Style. They have the best cheeseburgers!! We actually went there on our honeymoon and had to go back! It was in a mall so we did a little window shopping!!

Our condo was amazing! We only saw a few small pictures but I highly recommend it if you are going to Maui!!

This is the view from the lobby area, the pool is what you see below.

This is the view from our patio looking to the left.

I'll be back with the wedding pictures!

Happy Blog anniversary to me!

It has been one year since I started blogging! I can't believe how much I have enjoyed it!