Waimanalo Bay Vow Renewal : Joyce + Mark

I’ve been emailing with Joyce back and fourth about her destination vow renewal. I know you can’t tell a lot by emails, but her emails was always so happy. It was nice to talk and email with her! I helped her get some vendors together for her special day since planning an event from a far is difficult. It turned out great! From going through my work, she found that she wanted to be at Waimanalo Bay Beach.

WAIMANALO BAY BEACH

I got to Waimanalo Bay Beach and made sure with them that’s where it was because some people end up at another Waimanalo Beach 10 minutes down the road. Ofcourse that’s what happened 😉 Took them back over to Waimanalo Bay Beach where no one was there and it was much quieter, more serene.

In the middle of the ceremony it started to rain…but that didn’t stop the vows from coming out. When the guests ran for cover, I was shaking freezing my butt but still shooting, trying to cover my camera at the same time. haha. We call that Hawaiian Blessing and it’s all for good luck ofcourse.

HOW THEY MET

“We first met back in 1992 at my cousin’s apartment complex. We were pretty inseparable during high school where we even won the JOINT AT THE HIP award during graduation..hahaha…We grew to be soul mates and the very best of friends…we finish each others sentences and laugh at the exact same jokes!!

During our dating years, my parents were very strict especially with the fact that we were so very young!! But as time went by, my parents trusted and loved Mark just like a son that they never had….As years passed..maintaining grades, working part time jobs while going to school, I finished my nursing career and Mark pursued an Aviation position at a very young age and now chose a career path in engineering. We purchase our first home and got married at the age of 25 and our first ‘son’ was our Oscar our dog. We had our dream wedding in Winnipeg with all our family and friends…Then we decided to have children three years later!

10 YEARS LATER

We wanted to renew our vows because we thought 10 years was very special to us…through many challenging obstacles in our lives, we managed to always stay by each others sides…and most importantly we wanted to share our vows this time with our children who means the world to us…LIFE IS SO SHORT and as long as we were given the opportunity to do this as a family, it was our dream to get married at our favourite place at one of the most beautiful beaches….and most importantly, this day wouldn’t have been as beautiful without our friends with their families who were able to came to join us…We were more than happy to have worked with such great people like Pinky Photography, Pomaikai Gongob and Bright Sky weddings!! They made this day so very special, epic and memorable for us…capturing moments I didn’t even realize during the ceremony..and we thank you all so very much.”

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