We did it! Married on Tunnels Beach in Kauai August 11, 2015. On an island known as the heart of the planet, barefoot, in love, making a promise with Aloha in our hearts to share the great adventure of life! The Hawaiian blessing is E Ho'omau Maua Ke aloha.
The video includes a few shenanigans with William, and then the wedding. It rained us out pretty good in the morning, so our original plan to marry at 11am on the 11th, didn't work out, so we waited it out until about 1pm. Kauai Island weddings put the ceremony together. We really enjoyed the experience with them. We went to the Smith's Family Luau after the ceremony, which was a nice way to end the day. We absolutely adore the meaning and symbolism of Aloha. The ceremony included a lei exchange. The word "Aloha" has many meanings, but it's used most often as a greeting, and to describe the love that exists between two people. The "alo" in Aloha means to be "present with" or "in front of" and to share. The "ha" in the word Aloha means "the breath of life," and is considered to be the greatest gift one person can give another, by all Polynesians from Tahiti to New Zealand. So we each breathed our "ha" three times into the lei we gave one another. The Hawaiian blessing is Hoi Hou Ke Aloha, "Let us fall in love all over again." We then held our rings for one another to our hearts. Filling the ring with all of our dreams, for a wonderful life, wishes of good health, and all our wishes. The circular nature of the rings will always hold this love and energy, wrapped around each of our fingers. No Keia La, No Keia Po - A Mau Loa, "From this day, this night, Forever more together." Thank you for watching, and for those of you thinking about us as we were married, thank you for your spirit being with us. We got a kick out of William's suggestion that you don't have to watch, as were almost ready to kiss. Silly kid. :) Photos to follow soon, and be sure to follow us on our new instagram account @allisonattitude and youtube account Allison Attitude. Aloha! P.S. This link will give you more insight on the meaning of Aloha too.
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Photos from google searches. 6 days to go! We leave at the crack of dawn on August 8th, and we cannot wait for that first step into the Boise airport. The excitement for Hawaii is building in our home. Daydreaming about ocean breezes, toes in the sand, smell of flowers, fresh fruit picked right from the trails we will be on, and fresh fish to eat, the adventurous activities we have planned, and of course getting married! We have our activities booked. We will be seeing the Smith's Family Luau the night of our wedding. We are going on a north shore adventure that includes offroading through mud and trails of a canyon in an ATV, hiking to waterfalls, and finishing off with two ziplines. We will take an exhilarating ride in a fast moving raft through caves along the Napali Coast from Hanalei. You know the gorgeous coastline featured in Jurassic Park? Yeah, that coastline, gorgeous! William and Jessica are tossing around the idea of taking a surfing lesson, but first we have to shake off the idea of being shark bait. We will all snorkel in the waters of Anini Beach. Which we prepared a little for with a lesson from Dive Magic in Boise. William is talking constantly of how cool it will be to swim with sea turtles, and Jessica is filled with anticipation to see and photograph Dolphins. Have you ever explored and vacationed in Hawaii? Have any fun stories or tips you would like to share with us? We would love to hear from you in the comments. Have a fantastic day! Thanks for staying tuned in and reading our blog. :)
Summer School will be loads of fun this summer with my (not so little anymore) Idaho William. We picked up a couple ukuleles from Dunkley Music in Boise, and checked out some chord and music books from the library. We also have started watching Youtube videos about how to play the ukulele. We will be learning to play Somewhere Over the Rainbow and It's a Wonderful World. We watch this video every day too, and every single time I listen to it my eyes swell up with tears. It fills my heart up with love, or as it would be said in the islands it fills William and I with the Aloha spirit. These songs have always done that to me. My sweet boy wants to learn to play these songs. When I was very little I had a music box that played Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and I played with it all the time,and carried around with me, and to school during Kindergarten and first grade. One of my grandfather's favorites songs was What a Wonderful World. I am excited to learn to play these songs with William, and that my eleven year old wants to do a duet with me. We picked up a set of audio discs from the library to learn how to speak Hawaiian. So far it is pretty challenging, and we are planning to learn at least a few words and phrases. We have begun Google searching authentic Hawaiian food recipes, and will decide on a couple things we want to make. We are almost halfway through the book Kauai Tales by Frederick B. Wichman. It's eighteen stories related to Kauai's history, phenomena, and mythology. William and I read a little of it each day, and he writes the stories when we are finished reading. He is really looking forward to seeing the Sleeping Giant when we go on an adventure expedition. We also bought a travel book to learn about the island, become familiar with maps, make a list of things we would like to do and see while we are visiting Kauai. We also have some other books to learn about plants, animals, and the ocean life around the island. Starting today we have picked up where we left off last summer with learning about Idaho's Craters of the Moon, and are learning about the volcanoes of Hawaii. Then we will build a volcano. I spotted a bag of Kauai coffee at the grocery store, and although it's not my typical organic coffee, it is soooo yummy. I don't think we will want to leave the island once we get there. Idaho William may have to become Hawaii William. ;) Aloha, Jessica and William Summer, Romance, Adventure, Travel. We are going to Hawaii for a destination wedding, and we couldn't be more excited!
Jack and William have their suits picked out using the colors William chose. Sand colored suits with blue and yellow shirt/tie. Jessica has her bouquet and dress picked out, and is seriously going to go crazy waiting to show it off until the wedding day! ;) More details about our adventure coming soon! Aloha, The (soon to be) Allison Family Learn more about the beach we are getting married on: http://www.kauai.com/tunnels-beach |
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