The Best Wedding of the Year

Aloha na hoaloha!
So much has happened since my last post. I will promise to continue posting on a regular basis from this day on!  Yeah, right!
           Anyway let me share with you the wonderful things that have been going on. Two months ago I was honored to have the opportunity to officiate at Ahonui & Esau's wedding on May 15.  It was a beautiful day with family and friends coming from as far as Samoa to California. The wedding took place at Puna coastline across Malama Ki Forest Reserve.   Yes, that is Kapoho-Kalapana road for those of you are familiar with the area. It was a warm yet beautiful day for a wedding. This was a perfect spot for the young couple to share their vows and although it was a little warm everyone was patient while the bride was 'fasionably late'. 
                We had some chairs placed there for Kupuna and even had a porta potty dropped off that turned out to be displaced about half a mile , but all in all it was a perfect ceremony with myself and Mama Chioke (Esau's mom) assisting. It was a large wedding party with 8 groomsman and 7 bridesmaids! You can see by the picture how beautiful everyone looked, especially the bride. I was definitely the proud mother that day.

I actually had to psych myself out the previous week so as not to spoil the day with an overflow of tears of joy. Only for a second was there a glitch during which i had to sniff a bit, and that was only at the very end when I said "...by the power invested in me by the state of Hawaii..." only then did it hit me.  One hears these words all the time, but until it was directed at my daughter did the words have a different ring. Anyway, I'm happy to welcome my dear Ahonui to married life.