Wednesday's Maui Wedding

It is such a joy to perform a Maui wedding, especially like one we did earlier this week, for a couple who are so excited about each other.

The groom told John, "I'm 37 and never been married!" He couldn't wait for his bride, who was secluded, to walk onto the beach. They were full of smiles as John went through the ceremony. And the groom couldn't keep from getting moist as tears welled up during the commitment part of the ceremony.

When John got to the part where he asks the groom to say, "to be my lawfully wedded wife," he usually tells him ahead of time not to say, "to be my AWFULLY wedded wife" (or husband). The groom grinned when he came to this line, and said it correctly and I knew he was thinking about doing what John had said.

If you saw the movie, "Four Weddings and a Funeral", maybe you remember when the minister (who also plays Mr. Bean) ask the groom if he will "awfully wed" his bride. We have certainly had a number of couples make that mistake, and it is all the more permanent if a video camera is rolling. Then you have to live with the kidding you'll receive over the next thirty years.

We are very busy for the month of September with 23 Maui weddings (so far). Most of those weddings will take place during the last half of the month so we'll certainly be busy then. We enjoy staying busy and always enjoy working with our different wedding couples. This business is just so much fun.

But I must admit that there are a lot of details involved in some of our weddings, and it is always a challenge to make certain that nothing has been forgotten. We have a good system so that we can be on top of all these details. Because, after all, getting those little things right are what makes everything flow so well at the Maui wedding.

Susan