Alan & Som's Wedding

Okay, so to warn you before you start reading this post that it's a long one!  Lots and lots of special pictures for our family!  I just couldn't resist all the great photos from this very, very special day!  Congratulations to Alan & Som, the new Mr. & Mrs. Arakaki!  After everyone was all dolled up and ready, it was time for the photo session to begin!  It was an absolutely gorgeous day and it couldn't be anymore perfect for everything!

Isn't she just the cutest thing ever?!

The bride and her entourage!  All those flowers are just absolutely stunning for this pictures.  Love, love all the pretty colors!  These photos are taken right before the wedding ceremony so we got them all out of the way so the guest wouldn't have to wait too long afterwards.

More pictures of all the beautiful ladies and our little princess!

Now it was the exclusive photo session for each person with the bride individually.  Bridesmaids and family got the special pleasure!  It's Som and her little mini!  Their dresses matched so nicely!  So cute!

The Arakaki girls!

Som, with her new mother-in-law Jennie and her real mommy, Marcy on each side of her!  What a wonderful day for her mom who came all the way over from Thailand.

After the girls had their photo session, we met up with all the guys!  Here's Daddy and his little princess!  They are looking good together!  So cute!  

Right before all the groomsmen and bridesmaids got together for the photos, there was the meeting of the bride and groom.  It was so awesome the way they set it up because they wanted to take their photos together before the ceremony.  Alan had is back turned away waiting for Som to come up to him in her beautiful wedding gown that he hasn't seen yet!  We were all busy watching the moment that none of us took any pictures!  Darn!  I'm really not describing it well enough.  One of those had to be there moments.   So after all that were more great photos but of the bridal part together!

This was a cool shot of them all walking towards us arm in arm!  Even my little girl was holding hands with the ring bearer!  So adorable!  I'm so, so proud of her because she really was awesome for all of the photos.  She had big pretty smiles in all of them!  I wasn't sure since she didn't get a nap in but she was just perfect for her Auntie and Uncle!

Ong Ngoai and Ba Ngoai finally arrived with baby Mylee right before the ceremony started.  Just in time!  Grandma was waiting for Mylee to to wake up from her nap so they really got there in the nick of time.  It was so close I had to change her right in the lobby.  But there's time for a photo of the girls with their Grandparents.

It's finally time for the wedding ceremony.  So much went on before the big moment!  Here's my little flower girl walking down the aisle.  It was so beautiful the flower pedals and all even though she didn't toss any! haha!  But she made it all the way down, that's what's important.

Finally the vows!  Let's get married already!  It was the perfect ceremony!  Beautiful skies, not too hot not too cold and the ocean breeze right in front of us!  It was quick!  Short and sweet but they incorporated some Hawaiian culture and a little Thai culture to their ceremony.  Some sweet leis and flowers for each of the parents.

She was resting a bit and being silly with her cousins and little friends sitting behind us.  

Resting time is up now since the new Mr. & Mrs. Arakaki have been announced as husband and wife!  Now the kids have to walk back up the aisle for the ending of the ceremony.  Now it's time for more photos.  It's the full family photos now!

Good thing they took care of all the other photos beforehand with the bridal party together or this would've taken forever!

Makayla and her buddy Rachee!  

Us and Mylee bear!  Where's Makayla?  Too busy playing with her girlfriends as usual!

It's cocktail time!  Here are all the Scrap Queens and our honorary member, Melanie in the purple, black and white.  Hopefully she'll scrap with us soon!  She use to just join us for wine and girl talk.

My so very classy friends put this on my camera so I had to post it!  Hope they don't get mad at me!  But it was too funny!  That's my best friends Melanie and Stacy!  Always so silly.  Wonder if they've been drinking yet?  Most likely!  But they'd do this sober too!

Grandma and sweet Mylee at the reception.  She was such a happy girl and was awake for all the important things!  Especially the yummy lobster bisque!  The food was awesome!  She really didn't fall asleep till pretty late when everyone was done eating and the dancing had already started!  Couldn't believe she just slept right through with all the loud music and noise.  Made it easy so we could dance and enjoy ourselves too.

My girl was a dancing machine all night.  There's Uncle Nate boogieing down! 

This was one of the funniest moments!  Som busted out her MC Hammer moves!  I don't think Alan can keep up with that girl!  This was a side I haven't seen before and it was so flipping funny!  In her evening gown and flip flops!  Priceless moments and memories!

Why is Ry strangling is bud Naters?  They must be rockin' out!  It was such a fun evening and the best wedding we've ever been involved in besides our own!  haha!  Thanks for letting us be such a big part in your big day!  It was absolutely perfect!  I know I keep saying that but it was!  Worth every stinkin' penny for all the good times!  Welcome to the family, we couldn't be happier to have you be a part of the Arakaki's!