Anything You Want, You Got It, Part I

Here we go, finally, with some photos of the wedding ceremony. . .

Here is the night before, when my mom, niece, sister, and I were doing our nails and doing a lot of giggling. It was a nice couple hours of girl time. My sister kept refusing to help me with my nails, then stealing my nail implements and using them for her own!! It made me laugh really hard. She is an amazing, fun, wonderful sister, who, when she shows her bratty side, cracks me up. :) She did do my nails, by the way, and they looked awesome. When she saw our photos online, she called me and left me a voicemail that said "Nice nail job, haha! Call me!"


And here is William with the minister, just hangin' loose, waiting for me to show up:


Here's more of William waiting, his back to the "aisle" with the minister and the musician blowing the conch shells, which signaled my wedding party and my arrival.


One of the most emotional moments of the whole day was the idea of my dad "giving me away." I have issues with that phrase. But still, I wanted my dad to walk me down my sandy aisle. We both struggled to keep our composure. I have always been his little girl. The thing is, I may be married now, but I am still his little Kateso. We did all right, Dad! I can't turn this photo, but I'm posting it anyway. And I should add that he's waving because everyone said "A-looooooo-haaaa!" when we got to them.


Here is our fabulously beautiful wedding party, minister, and musician. We were being serenaded with the Hawaiian Wedding Song.


One of my only complaints of the day was the lack of care of people around us on the beach that we were conducting a WEDDING. Tourists in ugly bathing suits...with a ginormous beach to lay upon, yet they choose twenty feet from our site. Or less. Many were in our photos and had to be cropped or Photoshopped out. One even said to me, while I was standing up in the parking lot "I bet you don't want an extra guest at your wedding!" I laughed, but then she parked her umbrella seriously 15 feet from us. Full, plain view. Anyway. It didn't matter that there were snorkelers in sight when William put the ring on my hand:


Or when he told me he'd be my best friend forever and share all of his achievements with me, for richer or poorer, better or worse, til death do us part:


Or when we kissed on it, sealing the deal:


Sigh of relief! Lump in throat gone! Ceremony over!


Signing the certificate:


Many more to come.


Overall, it was a perfect day, a beautiful day, a usual day in Maui. It was hot and breezy, sunny and vibrant. I did feel beautiful; I was so happy; my husband looked so handsome waiting for me on the beach. I kissed my prince, and he became even more beautiful to me. I'm done kissing frogs. Forever.