A Hawaiian Affair: Girls gettin' glammed.

And so....the recaps begin!

[all images courtesy of Frank Amodo, unless otherwise noted]

Above photos were taken by bestie, Bear.

Mr. Mek and I had a fairly busy morning. After a well rested night together (we both crashed fairly early the night before), we had gotten up around 7am and ran down to Watanabe Floral to pick out leis for our wedding ceremony. Talk about waiting til' the last minute on that one. Luckily they had was we were looking for, a white jasmine lei and a maile lei. Then we remember that we were supposed to turn the rental car in....the day before. So after a quick trip to drop off our rental car and an even quicker breakfast, we said our good byes for the first half of the day and Mr. Mek left to relax in my 'rent's room.

By the time I got back to my room, May, our H&M stylist was already working her magic on our moms. While May was working her magic on me, my two besties (and kiddies) came over to get ready with us. Frank, our photographer, arrived shortly after I got all dolled up and shot some of the chaos that was in my tiny hotel room.

Mommy Mek on the left, MIL Mek on the right. (photo by Bear)

Wishin' I had gotten a "pretty" hanger, although my clear plastic hanger doesn't look too bad.

I was a two shoe bride. One pair for the ceremony and a more practical, comfortable pair for the luau.

And the grooming chaos beings:

Bestie, Bear, doing her step daughter's hair.

Bestie, Lauren, helping me put on my jewelry.

Helping MIL Sushi with her hair.

Helping Bear with her daughter's hair. She's also our flower girl, although instead of flowers she'll have the parasol she's holding.

For some reason I love this photo.

Our flowergirl, isn't she adorable?!

Meanwhile, here is what the guys were doing:

Absolutely nothing! (photo provided by Bear)

In the midst of the chaos, I remember that Mr. Mek and I were supposed to exchange cards at our "first look" meeting (more on that later). Only, neither one of remembered or had the time to purchase cards. Luckily, I had extra note cards that I had gocco'd as thank you cards for our vendors.

Despite having 4-5 grown women, 2 kids and a photographer in a tiny hotel room, Frank managed to capture some great portraits that made time seem to just stop in place.

Sisters

"Hmmm...wonder what the day has in store for me today."