St. Regis Wedding on Hanalei Bay with Larry LaSota and dramatic skies

This lovely couple, Susan Hayes and Mikael Vehaskari, were married at St Regis, with Ashlee Haraguchi coordinating.

When it came time for the ring exchange, Mikael's ring would not go over his knuckle on his left hand, which had seen too many sports injuries over the years. He and Susan tried and tried and finally said, "let's put it on the right". They thought they would figure out an alteration some time in the future. 

Funny part is, yesterday's couple, the Groom's ring was made of silicone. It was like super thick rubber band. You could bend it, flex it. So for Mikael I thought this would be the perfect ring for that big old knuckle.

That evenings sky was extremely dramatic during the ceremony. It was all shades of gray. All of us who see Hanalei Bay at sunset were mesmerized by this look. Really spectacular.

Then about a half hour after the ceremony, the sun started to peek through and another Hanalei sunset was on the way.

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Kauai Wedding Minister Larry LaSota eases Japanese groom's nervousness

This lovely wedding of Megumi and Yosuke at Plantation Gardens was coordinated by Sayuri Sato of Frontier Dream weddings, who specializes in weddings for Japanese couples, who often do not speak English.   The groom, Yosuke, understood no English but was still able to repeat his vows in English. 

The next day, Sayuri told me that Yosuke was so nervous during the ceremony, but that I was able to put him at ease and be comfortable.  I would give him a squeeze on the elbow from time to time, and it would make him smile.  You can see that he is still smiling!


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Kauai Minister Larry LaSota Hears from Happy St. Regis Couple

I love doing weddings at the St. Regis in Princeville.  We do sometimes have the Hawaiian "blessing" of a little rain, but this wonderful couple very much wanted to be married outside under the hanging orchids.  Ashley and Amberlea and their guests were real troopers!  It was wonderful receiving this email from them.

Aloha Larry,

It was been one month since our wedding and we would like to pass on a heartfelt mahalo from both of us.

Whilst it was very wet ceremony, we were grateful that you could officiate as you made our day truly special. Especially when you said "make sure you send your love every day" and made us pause to take a mental image of where we were in Hawaii with the waves rolling in. Thank you for accommodating our additional request of a parents blessing. You put us at ease on this important day and everything was perfect. Definitely memories that will stay with us our whole lives and especially in grey London.

We wanted to share this image which shows the joy you brought to our day. 

We wish you all the best for your future and thank you again for being part of our "happily ever after"!

Mahalo,

Ashley & Amberlea

 

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Ha'ena Beach Park Wedding for Dutch Couple

I am always impressed by couples from foreign countries who speak English beautifully, like this lovely couple from The Netherlands. A joyous morning wedding at Haena Beach, just around the rocks to the left of the beach. Private and beautiful! @ Haena Beach Park

They then enjoyed a gorgeous shot at the iconic taro fields adjacent to @Hanalei River.

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NFL All-Pro offensive lineman Matt Kalil marries former Miss Minnesota, with Larry LaSota officiating

This gorgeous couple is Haley and Matt Kalil, getting married at Tunnels Beach. It was a secret ceremony just before the NFL Training Camp season was about to begin. Matt, you see is a NFL Pro Bowl (and former All American ) guard for at the time of his wedding, the Minnesota Vikings. But very recently he signed with the Carolina Panthers for what is purported to be the biggest contract for an offensive lineman ever. And that’s not even the best news.  He gets to play along side his All Pro brother, Ryan, who is the starting center for the Panthers.

Now, when I performed Matt and Haley’s wedding ceremony, not being a big football fan, I had no idea who Matt was. All I knew was this beautiful women, with an incredible smile and personality to match, is marrying this really huge guy. I felt like a munchkin. I remember talking with Joel Guy, the videographer @hanaleishack saying "this guy is big! He must be somebody."  But, with good manners in hand, neither of us asked. We just had a fun time with Matt and Haley.

After the wedding, I was telling my wife, Elaine about this beautiful bride with a very big husband. I showed her the marriage license and she, being a big football fan said, “My god, that’s Matt Kalil, he’s All Pro.” We later found out that Haley (O’Brien) was Miss Minnesota USA and a semifinalist in Miss USA 2014 contest.

At the time Joel, Coordinator Hailey Zietz (yes, Sebastian’s sister) and I knew we just had a really fun time with a really good looking couple and later found out who they were.  Lucky photographer Naomi Wong @naomiwongphotography got to spend the next day with them doing another photo session!

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Larry LaSota, Kauai Wedding Minister, marries Rachel and Ely at Oasis on the Beach

Rachel and Ely were married on the grass at Oasis on the Beach on the east side of Kauai at Waipouli Beach Resort.  I very much appreciated that Rachel sent along this photo of the lei exchange, and her thankfulness for the ceremony.  By the way, this is a great location for weddings, as the couple and their guests are on the protected grassy area, yet they are right next to the ocean and the sand.

Hi Larry,

I just wanted to extend our gratitude and appreciation for what a great job you did with our wedding ceremony. We were very pleased and grateful to have you. Many guests commented on what a great job you did.  Thank you so much!  Rachel Wahto

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Kauai Beach Wedding with Larry LaSota at Haena Beach

I married this lovely couple from the Netherlands several weeks ago.  It was another beautiful day at Ha'ena Beach.  I very much appreciate hearing from my couples after their wedding.

Hi Larry,

We just wanted to say thank you for the beautiful ceremony.
It was such a wonderful day and I don't think anybody could have done it better than you did.

We still speak about you often because everything you said and did was just perfect.
And here is a picture of the moment you pronounced is husband and wife and a picture afterward.

We are extremely in love with Kauai, more than all the places we ever been to and there is no doubt we will be coming back.

Thank you for everything!

Love, Jelle & Kim

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