Hanalei Bay Resort, high above Hanalei Bay, has one of the most spectacular views around. Great for weddings and wedding photos (and kudos to Coordinator Deb LeBiet, Photographer Jonathan Moeller and musician Billy Swain).

Showing my age, I called Mark and Lindsay my Paul Revere and the Raiders couple. One of the guests said, What? and I said,"you know Mark Lindsay, Paul Revere and the Raiders." At that point Lindsay's dad let out a big laugh and started to name the Raiders hits.

P.S. I'm glad to he got my joke!
— with DebandChristophe Lebiet.

 

 

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Kauai Minister Larry LaSota loves early morning weddings!

Kathlene McGraw and Charlie Marquez got married at Shipwreck Beach in the morning, a truly wonderful time of day for a wedding. The air seems to have a relaxed nature to it, the breeze is warm and gentle. The couple chose a spot under the trees at the end of the beach. Really nice.

People ask me all the time what time of day should we get married. I always say my favorite is the morning. If you get married in the morning, you have all day to celebrate and enjoy the day. When you get married in the late afternoon, you tend to worry about it all day. And mornings at the beach just have such a calming aura to them.

As coincidence would have it, they were from Rio Rancho, New Mexico. When I got home to tell Elaine that the couple was from Rio Rancho, she let out a hoot. Turns out that's where she bought her parade saddle a long time ago.

There's always a connection of some sort of another almost all the time. 

 

 

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Kauai Wedding Minister Larry LaSota marries Bob and Kristiin at Sheraton - and what a ring!

Bob and Kristin were really a fun couple that I married last month at the Sheraton Kauai.  Kristin is a nurse and I always feel honored to do a nurse's wedding because my sister is a nurse and I know first hand how dedicated they all are.

Bob had the most unique Groom's wedding ring I have seen. And believe me I've seen more different style and materials than you can imagine. But this one really took me aback.

I  had taken the rings before the ceremony and just put them in my pocket as I usually do. I don't look at them then, I want to be surprised when I take them out of my pocket and get a first look at them just like the wedding guests. 

So it's time for the ring exchange. I reach into my pocket to take the rings out and one ring feels a little squishy. Bob's ring was made of silicon. It flexed and would bend almost like a rubber band. To look at it you would think it was platinum, but to the touch a real bender. 

 

 

Turns out we really could use that ring two days later at a wedding where the Groom's knuckle was so large from sports injuries that his own ring wouldn't fit.  I tell you, there is always something to learn at a wedding!

 

Finally, here is a photo of a great friend and musician, Kenny Rapozo.

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