Feb 13th, 2008
12 Years Ago Today - February 13, 1996
Check here to read about our uneventful travel to Maui!
On Tuesday, Dan and I got up early and headed in to Kihei to find St. Theresa’s Catholic Church and meet Father Jack. My Mom had worked so hard for the past year trying to plan a Hawaiian wedding on a limited budget, and she did GREAT! We were so happy with everything. When we got to the church, we were so happy. It was a simple little church, but amazingly beautiful. And since it was the Lent, it was decorated beautifully - we didn’t have to do a thing.
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The meeting went very well. When we’d talked to the church manager on the phone a couple weeks ago prior set up the meeting, we’d asked if we could write our own vows. She said she didn’t think so because Father Jack was very traditional. We were OK with that; so when we got there, we expected to see Father Jack dressed in traditional Catholic Priest Wear. Um, not so. He came out in a white tank top, khaki shorts, and brown Burkenstock sandals. He was SOOOO laid back - it was awesome! We immediately liked him. The only bummer was that they’d had to start doing some rennovations on the library - which is the room where I would normally had gotten ready. But, that wasn’t the end of the world, so we went on our tour of the church and talked about the ceremony. When we told him that Al was going to sing at our wedding, he was very pleased and said Al was awesome and we would love him.
All in all, we left the church very happy. Then we headed to the government office to get our marriage license . . . had to show proof of the blood tests and everything and write down what I wanted my new name to be (it’s got more letters than the alphabet!), and all that jazz.
Off we were to enjoy our last afternoon as fiance’s . . . the weather was beautiful, everyone we were expecting had arrived, and we relaxed and had a nice dinner. Then we were off to our separate condos for the night. Even though we’d lived together for about a 8 months, I stayed with my mom and Dan stayed with his parents.
Check back tomorrow for details on our ceremony!
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It was a lot of fun planning Jodie and Dan’s wedding in Hawaii because it was soooo terribly exciting!! At the same time, it was risky and scarey because I was dealing with everyone I needed to make plans with (church, flowers, church music, hairdresser, makeup, manicure, condo, rental cars, etc.) via telephone and e-mail. The only thing I can say is that Jodie & Dan had an angel watching over them and cheering for them because so many things potentially could have gone wrong. Hope you’re able to read her blog tomorrow.
Jodie’s Mom
How exciting! I am enjoying reading all about your special day! Can’t wait for tomorrow!! by the way- would this be a bad time to mention I was only graduating high school in ‘96? It is? Oh, then forget I mentioned it!