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Chantel
Master July 2016

A little BAM with aloha :) - added a new pic!

Chantel, on August 3, 2016 at 11:01 AM Posted in Planning 0 80

Hi all! I've been wanting to post this for days but, you know, life :p

As some of you know, we changed our plans numerous times from having our wedding with friends and family on Maui, to doing it at my aunt's farm, to downsizing to a public park and a nice dinner to finally deciding to elope on the island of Kauai. We were engaged for almost 2 years with some numerous life changes in that time, so finally getting married has been such a weight off of us!

Our wedding day was much more relaxed than I ever imagined it would be. We had an oceanfront cottage and we got to sleep in and enjoy the ocean view from the rocking chairs on our lanai before we started getting ready. Then we made the 2 hour drive to the North shore to meet with our officiant and photographer. Luckily it was warm but overcast for our ceremony so we weren't totally sweating balls. Also, I was 100% convinced I was going to bawl my eyes out, but no tears here! DH did tear up though Smiley smile.

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Latest activity by Chrissy4985, on August 13, 2016 at 11:04 PM
  • Chantel
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    We had 4 hours of shooting time with our photographer and we had such a blast! Unfortunately DH broke his elbow a week before the wedding so we couldn’t do some of the poses I originally wanted, and it down poured on us for about the last half of our shoot so we didn’t get the sunset shots we wanted, but hey, we’re still married and we have some pretty awesome memories.

    My biggest piece of advice is to just roll with it. Our photographer’s assistant mentioned a few times how I was “the coolest bride ever” which I think is one of the greatest compliments I could get! Try not to sweat the small stuff! We ended up eating Pizza Hut on our wedding night because all the restaurants were closed by the time we managed to peel all our wet clothes off in the beach parking lot and drive into town!

    Also, it’s definitely worth it to book the pros. Our photographer was amazing throughout our planning and accommodating all our schedule changes. He was super easy to work with on the day of as well. Our officiant was incredible too. We met with her the day before and just chatted with her about our relationship. She ended up incorporating some personal elements into our ceremony which was really nice!

    I didn’t plan on writing that much so let me get to the photos! We have some iPhone ones and a few pro sneak peeks for now.

    ETA: Haha, just noticed my smiley faces were changed to question marks when I pasted from word.

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  • Chantel
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    Photographer posted this to Facebook the next day Smiley smile


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  • Chantel
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    The dress and getting ready.




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  • Chantel
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    More getting ready and the bouquet!




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  • Glam0rous
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    YAY!! MOAAAR!!!!! This sounds like the best relaxing wedding ever. You looked gorgeous!!!!

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  • MizzzCara
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    Yup, I'll second that. You did look gorgeous. Congrats!!

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  • Kristen
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    Beautiful! Congratulations!!

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  • Chantel
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    Some more pro shots!




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  • Jennalyn
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    Congrats

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  • Chantel
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    And the last few Smiley smile




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  • GymRat
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    You are gorgeous! MOOOOOOOOOOOAR!

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  • Chantel
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    That's all I have for now @GymRat!

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  • Yasmina
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    OMG Chantel!!!!! SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Chandra
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    Omg! Just beautiful congratulations

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  • OGSue
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    So amazing!! You look incredible! Congratulations!

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  • M
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    Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes mmmm did you get breadsticks? yes yes yes yes yes.


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  • FFW
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    OMG so beautiful! The bouquet is perfect! and the picture at the shore GAW!

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  • Chantel
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    Hehe @m, we didn't get breadsticks actually which is unusual for me! We got a meat lovers pizza and a Hershey's cookie Smiley smile

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  • JoRocka
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    AMAZING!! LURV LURV LURV!!!!

    MOAR MOAR!

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  • LizzyC
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    So so so so gorgeous!!! Love these pictures!

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