I seriously don’t even know where to begin with this amazing wedding… It was all so great!
Bill is a marine and Kim is a nurse. (Sounds like a good combination to me!) They also both love motorcycles! Kim has quite a bit of Hawaiian heritage in her family. We have never shot a “hawaiian” wedding before, and I must say, I loved it! It’s always neat when you get to see the culture behind what makes the family turn! I’ll write more as we go, but for now lets get to some pictures.
Here are some of Kim’s getting ready shots. I love the lei of flowers that Kim is wearing… and her shoes were just FUN! (they were purple with sequence on them!) Her matron of honor, Vanessa, had amazing shoes as well!
We thought the cake topper was perfect. We also learned that in this hawaiian family, food was important! We were warned they Kim had a loud family (in a good way) that would cook some amazing food… and there would be plenty of it! So here are some of the Aunts – I think – that are in the kitchen preparing the feast! We also took quite a few shots before the wedding of Kim and Bill.
Note on one of the photos below… the flag that was out front of the house! Another perfect touch.
This whole family had quite a few weather obstacles to deal with. They had family that wasn’t able to fly in from all the bad weather. The night before there were high winds and rain. Thank goodness the tent was grounded before then! And right before the ceremony was to begin, it started to sprinkle. We had to rearrange the ceremony from being outside, to inside the tent… at the very last minute! Of course, everyone pulled it off smoothly and it looked fantastic!
During the ceremony, Kim had her Uncle recite the famous words from “The Princess Bride.” You know the ones I’m talking about… “Mawriage is what bwrings us together…. Lwove, True Lwove…” Accent and all, it was hilarious!
And now for the reception…
They hired some hawaiian dancers for the evening. They did some authentic Hawaiian blessing dances as well as others. It was quite entertaining to watch. And as they warned us, there was TONS of food… and it was all AMAZING! I don’t think I’ve eaten over half the dishes they had!
OK… this was one of the funniest things yet! I guess one of the Hawaiian wedding traditions is a money dance. BUT it’s unlike the Texan dollar dance where you pay to dance with the bride or groom. Here’s how it’s supposed to work. A person will come up and put a bill in either the bride or grooms mouth (just think about all the money your getting and not all the germs that are going in your mouth!). The spouse is supposed to kiss the other and grab the money with his/her mouth and then put it in the bag. Kinda interesting. But, this family took it to a whole new level! The family members were coming up and putting the money in all these hilarious places on the bride and groom… down her dress, in his belt… etc. So as you can imagine, fishing the bills out with your mouth… well, lets just say we took tons of pictures. It was by far the most funny, unique, and slightly disgusting (only because you put bills in your mouth) tradition i’ve seen. I laughed the whole time!!!
As you can see above, everyone got to release a butterfly. It was beautiful to see the fly away. And below we have the cake cutting. Lets just say, I’ve never seen a knife quite like this one! The marine sword was a great touch.
As I said above, this was one amazing wedding! I loved everything about it, from the food, to the traditions, to the decorations. You could totally see their personalities brought out in the wedding! We were honored and privileged to photograph this wedding. We had a great time and experienced a ton of new things! Thanks guys!
By: Colin and Andre’a Feldhaus
{matchless}photography – where Hawaii can be pulled off here in Texas!
