Well, I'm back..the Wedding was a Success!!!

[Marilyn]

Okay, I'm going to try to post a pic that I snatched from Melissa's Facebook profile. It was taken by one of her friends. The couple on the left are Garrett's parents, then Garrett & Melissa then me and Hubby. Hope this works. The date on the picture should actually be 6/21/08.

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[Marilyn]

Here they are cutting the cake.

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[Marilyn]

Here is new son-in-law kissing the bride.

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I'll try to post more pictures later, but at least this is a sampling.

[Marilyn]

I look a bit ragged, but with only a couple of hours sleep, and all the rushing around we did. I didn't even have time to comb my hair when I got dressed. I pulled my dress on, put on my jewelry and had to help Melissa get ready while doing so. The traffic jam on the way to the church building really cut into our time.

[gja1000]

I LOVE the grooms attire (and the groom's attendants). It is unusual - but I really like it.

[Janet]

Nice pictures Marilyn. It was nice that you were able to get them posted from Facebook. Looks like a very happy couple.

[AngieDoogles]

What a beautiful bride. Looks like a gorgeous ceremony!

[Gina]

Melissa looks beautiful. Marilyn so do you.. Tell me what does the beads represent I have never seen them worn at a wedding?

[judy]

Everybody looks beautiful! Melissa is a lovely bride, and the dress is so pretty.
You look great, as does your dh, and the in-laws. The groom is quite handsome too.

I love the flowers and the tropical theme, and the church is magnificent.

[Marilyn]

Thank you for you very nice comments. These pictures do not do justice to how things and people actaully looked. I'm hoping that some of the other pictures will capture it much better.

Gina, I don't know if there is any special significants of the beads other than that they are Hawaiian, and were ordered from Hawaii, as were many of the flowers used in the wedding. The shirts and beads were the groom's or his family's idea. Melissa told them they could pick what they wore. She was not expecting Hawaiian wedding shirts and beads. It took her quite a while to adjust to the idea. For a while she said she would not walk down the isle if they were not wearing some kind of jacket, but she eventually gave in. She said at least they were comfortable. Since they did this, she elected to go barefoot. Her dress covered her feet, and there isn't a great height difference between them, so it helped her to be shorter than the groom.

The beads are actually polished kukui nuts. The kukui nut tree is the state tree of Hawaii. The nuts are polished, drilled and threaded on a ribbon. Actually, it all came together very well. I can't imagine them wearing anything else. The shirts and beads went very well with the overall tropical theme of the wedding.

[DianaB]

The wedding pictures looked really beautiful, Marilyn!! I really liked her colors and they were different than you usually see. I can't wait to see the other pictures!!