Let me start out by saying that I actually woke up at 6:00 LOCAL time. Whoo hoo. No more waking up at 3 in the morning for this local girl. ;)
My quick time change came from being really really exhausted yesterday. We started our day bright and early at 8 a.m. to get a permit for our car. You need a parking permit at the condo area. Otherwise, they'll tow you away. We loaded our car with our OOT bags. After that, off we went to the post office. I still didn't know where I put the postcard stamps I brought from home. Oh well.
Off we went to see Cynthia Wolfe, who is the person that was helping us with our marriage license. Did you know that because Hawaii has a small county office, they allow their marriage license officers to work at other locations? Cynthia worked out of a small office in her house. The place was so cute and so intimate, I think.
(We're licensed to be married!)
Then, off we went to Makawao, which is about 45 minutes from Kihei. Makawao is where Lori and Jamie's residence is located. I took a quick nap on my way there because I didn't want to be sick like I was yesterday. We got to their house and let me just tell you that their house is AMAZING!!! So grand! Beautiful tiles on the ground, beautiful piano, EVERYTHING was just beautiful. And you know what else was beautiful? Lori and Jamie!! Lori was amazing and so bubbly. I liked her. We were going over the timeline. And then she said something that made me go "wow..I'm going to have a great wedding!". What do you think she said? She said: "Oh, I have some parasols that would look great here as a set up!" WHAT!! I've been looking for these dman parasols everywhere. She even said that she has ORANGE parasols! Wow!! Chris and I were just amazed. Mind you, we looked everywhere for those damn parasols and had a hard time finding them.
We gave our fan programs, petal cones, petals, favor boxes, candles and our seating chart to Lori. She was amazed at my work. Why...thanks. (sheepish smile here.) =) This was the first time anyone else, besides Mr. JB, saw my work. Let's see how other people feel when they see my items at the wedding.
After meeting Lori and Jamie, off we went to go pick up my aunts at the airport. Then, we went to Honuhula place. But guess what? My brother didn't have the code to get into the house. WHAT? What do you mean? He said, he forgot the paper for the house AND he left their camera at home. Oh! I see someone is going to have a bad day.
Luckily, I called my sister the day before to find out about the code to the big house (which didn't work, by the way). And I called her again as they were about to leave. Thank goodness they haven't left yet. We struggled with the two codes for a few minutes at the house and then we got in. WOW ... the house is amazing! I was glad I chose this house. And I was also glad we chose Maui Vista as OUR place to stay. The cottage house in the back, where my bro and family are going to stay, is cute but we liked Maui Vista better.
So, we waited for everyone to get there. My brother and family went to Costco to pick up some things; our parents, my BIL RE's family and my sister's family were delayed for three hours! Eek. Mind you, BIL RE has 4 kids and my sister has an infant. I can only imagine how stressful that might have been.
While we were waiting for them to arrive, we went to go pick up Daniel (chris's friend who is hosting the BBQ for us) so that we can go to Costco. Another Costco trip. I'm not complaining. ha ha. Then, we dropped Daniel off at his place with the food and then we went to Marriott and Palms Wailea to drop off our last OOT bags. A big sigh! I'm so glad those bags are out of our cars now. I sure hope people liked them. I worked hard on those babies.
After our last delivery at the Palms, off we went to the main house. My parents and my sister's family came in around 7:30 p.m. and Mr. JB's family was who knows where. They were missing for hours! Appearantly, they went the wrong way and then grabbed some food to eat. While we were waiting for Mr. JB's parents, my parents went to Costco to stock up. They didn't come home until about 9:00 p.m. Then the food was being cooked. Mr. JB's parents came way after 9:30. Mr. JB gave them a tour of the house and encouraged them to eat with my family and not to be shy. (They're shy peeps!) Then, we ate a little. And we had a mini-meeting with the parents to tell them what to expect. After that, we went back to our "home". We didn't get back until about 10:30 or 11:00.
You see, we did have a busy day! =)
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