So excited!

Just a little over 7 weeks to go! Things are coming together. We are getting so excited! Can't wait to see you all in Maui!

Save the Date

I'm sure many of you are viewing our blog for the first time, probably because you received a Save-The-Date. Welcome! Our Save- The-Dates (STD) were designed by a good friend, Alex Tebow. She is super rad. She is also designing our invitations. Look for those in the mail sometime near the end of January. The pictures on our STD are pictures we took on our trips to Maui. Pretty neat, eh?

If you have the time, look through our blog. We have wedding information and travel tips blogged. Please feel free to comment as well!

Where to stay...

We recommend staying on the south side of the island near Kihei or Wailea. Kihei tends to be more affordable. However if you decide to stay in another area, it shouldn't be too far of a drive to Kihei for our wedding. We aren't reserving any blocks of rooms at a specific hotel. Everyone has such different budgets we don't want to pigeon hole anyone. Plus there are so many places to choose from!



We have had a great time staying in condos. We have saved money on breakfast and lunch by buying food at the grocery store and costco and preparing it at the condo. Also many condos have washer and dryers which we found very convienent when all of our beach clothes get dirty.


A great place to look for a condo to stay is http://www.vrbo.com/ There are many places available around the time of our wedding for around $100 per night. WE plan on staying in a condo for the first half of our trip. Maybe we'll be close by you!!!

Update

Hey there readers!
Things are coming along nicely. I bought my dress two weeks ago and I love it! I've had to stop myself several times from showing a pic to Matt. I hope he likes it when he finally gets to see it in April.
According to the knot.com our wedding is in 197 days. Wow! I think those 197 days are going to fly by. We've already been engaged for nearly 8 months. Crazy. I can't wait for Maui! I'm so excited for a much needed rad vacation and I get to marry the love of my life. I win!!!
Wedding planning is going great. We are picking our cake this week. We are also working on a Save the Date, so people can have something stuck to their fridge to get excited about. I'm also working with our coordinator Kara on flowers. There is still a bunch of things to do and plan, but we are right on track.
U hope you are getting as excited about Maui as I am!

Getting in Shape

I'm planning on going shopping for a wedding dress sometime in September. I'm on a mission to slim down a bit before then. I have lots of great advice from my fitness guru sister Shawna. She made an awesome workout plan for me, as well as helped with menu ideas. I've had a cold this week so I haven't been able to work out. But Matt and I have been counting the old weight watcher points and combining some of Shawna's meal planning ideas. So far Matt has lost 5 pounds and I have lost 4, in only one week! We are on our way to looking good for the big day, and life in general. Wahoo!

GPS

I know this may be a no brainer for most of you, but it is super helpful to bring some kind of GPS device to Maui. The street names are all in Hawaiian and have a ton of vowels and I find them difficult to navigate. Thank God we brought our GPS with us on both of our trips. Our old GPS had the option of changing the accent. We had ours on a British male voice. It was too funny listening to the Brit pronounce all of the Hawaiian road names like Pi'ilani Highway. :) So funny.

Wedding Update!!!

Hi! Many of you know, we have set a date!!! April 17, 2012 we are officially getting married in Maui. I'm so excited. The planning is underway and getting very fun. So far we have booked the following vendors:

I'm good friends with the Tebow family. Alex is a graphic artist and designed her own wedding invitations a few years back. Since then she has been designing wedding invitations on a freelance basis as an extra job. I love her work. She designs the invite and you get them printed on your own. Her work is lovely and it really helps cut costs. Here is her website: http://www.alextebowblog.com/

Kara Byrnes from Your Aloha Wedding company as our wedding coordinator. She is so awesome! She is very thorough and quick to respond to emails. She has helped us book the following vendors.

Hanne Ruhnau is our photographer. I love her pics. You should check out her work. Here is her website http://www.hanneruhnauphotography.com/#/home/

Tino Rosete is our officiant. He married Tania and Patrick and did a rad job. You will love him. Here's his website. http://www.mauivalentine.com/about/

We are having our wedding meal at the 808 Bistro in Kihei. We haven't been here before, but they came highly recommended by Kara. They are super affordable and have good yelp reviews of their food. We might even rent the whole place out if enough people come to Maui. They are BYOB so that will help save us some money. We will go to Costco to buy the good stuff :) Here is a link to their website: http://www.808bistro.com/ and to their yelp page: http://www.yelp.com/biz/808-bistro-kihei-2

We are getting married on a public beach. It is called Po'olenalena beach. It is in Wailea. Here's a google image of some random wedding couple on the beach. Lovely, right?


I hope you enjoy checking out all of the work we have done so far. :)

Aloha!