Thank you!

We did it! Finally, married!

Yesterday was an amazing day! It was full of love and happiness and we are so thankful to everyone who was there to help us celebrate, especially all of you who flew in from the mainland. We could feel all of the love and support from our guests. If you'd like to see a few photos from yesterday, log on to Instagram and search #meaganandpete62213. 

We'd like to send a special thanks to Waynette, our wedding coordinator, who helped us pull everything together over the last couple of weeks. She is the reason why everything went so smoothly yesterday and we are so grateful!

We'd also like to thank Edee who made all of the beautiful bouquets and gorgeous table arrangements. I am so impressed with what she came up with when all I told her was to use tropical flowers and greens and to have pops of color, such as orange, yellow and pink. I could not have been happier with the outcome!

Thank you to the members of our wedding party: Spike, Lauren, Leigh and Mollee. They all traveled from the mainland to be a part of our special day. We appreciate your love and support and for everything you all did to help make our wedding day so memorable.

We'd also like to thank Brandon and Brent for being our ushers and greeting our guests at the church. Thanks also to Uncle Ed and Uncle Dave for giving the readings. Your participation meant a lot to us!

Thanks to Fr. Gary for presiding over our ceremony and for giving a beautiful homily. We also appreciate your counsel over the last couple of years.

I'd like to thank Natalie for doing such an amazing job with hair and make-up for me, my mom and my bridesmaids. Your work is gorgeous!

Thank you to our photographer, Christie, for capturing the special moments (big and small). We had so much fun working with you and we can't wait to see the photos!

Thanks also to Manoa Productions for filming our ceremony, as well as the special details throughout the day. We look forward to seeing the finished product!

A special thank you to the Flipbooks Hawaii and InstaBooth Hawaii teams for helping make our reception so much fun. Our guests really enjoyed your interactive booths. The flipbooks and photos were the perfect favors!

Last, but certainly not least, a HUGE thank you to our parents: Sterling & Joy and Jay & Kathy. Yesterday would not have been possible without you. We love you and we are so excited to officially be part of each other's families!

Much Love,

M & P

Friendly Reminders for Visitors!

Aloha!

We're very excited to see our guests beginning to arrive! We realize that many of you will be utilizing rental cars to get around the island, and we wanted to take this opportunity to give you some friendly guidance on the maybe-not-so-familiar traffic laws of the state of Hawaii. Many of these rules are in place in most states across the mainland, but they are very strictly enforced here on the island:

1) It is illegal to talk or text on your phone while driving.

2) All people who are riding in a vehicle must be wearing a seat belt. It is a $95 fine PER PERSON not wearing a seat belt. This includes those riding in the back seats.

3) When making a turn at an intersection and there are pedestrians in the crosswalk, you must wait until all pedestrians are out of the half of the crosswalk that corresponds to your lane. This is also a $95 fine.

4) Jay-walking. There are out-of-uniform policeman on many street corners (particularly Waikiki), that wait to corral groups of people who jay-walk and will issue tickets to everyone in the group.

5) My favorite (not really!): Unless you are in imminent danger of hitting someone or being hit, it is illegal to blow your horn. For instance, if someone is in front of you at a traffic light and they just sit when the light turns green, you can't blow your horn at them. Bummer ;)

TRAFFIC IN HONOLULU. Generally you should allow yourself about 15-30 minutes in addition to how long it would normally take as noted by Google Maps. Traffic is generally very congested at most times of the day, particularly on the H-1 freeway, King Street, Beretania Street, and Kapiolani Boulevard. Additionally, Kalakaua Avenue, which is the main street that runs through Waikiki, is particularly busy this time of year and there are lots of pedestrians who are out and about.

If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to ask us. We are looking forward to seeing everyone in the coming days, and we hope you have a pleasant flight into the island.

Also, don't forget to TAKE PICTURES of your trip here and your adventures while you are here. Remember that you can upload your pictures to Instagram when taking pictures with your smart phone and tag the photos with the hash tag: #meaganandpete62213 
When you arrive at our reception on Saturday, you will be able to view all of the photos that have been marked with our hash tag and you will able to select photos to print right there on the spot.

Mahalo and see you soon!