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Friday, April 17, 2009

Rehearsal Dinner Luau

After such a great job at rehearsal it was time for the rehearsal dinner at No Ka Oi downtown.  It's a cute little Hawaiian restaurant.  They really kept the Hawaiian theme going.  The dinner was for family, bridal party and all of their out of town guests.  We had the whole back patio since there was probably 30 of us.  It was a nice Hawaiian style buffet with yummy salad, egg rolls, beef, rice and best of all the dessert!  You'll have to see the pictures below but too bad you won't be able to taste it!

Wow, a picture of us without our girls?  That never happens!  Nice to have a photo of just the big kids with our soon to be sis-in-law.

The beautiful couple!  Our family got them the leis to wear to really make them feel extra special!  Thanks to our florist friend for special delivering those to the restaurant for us so we didn't have to worry about them!
Makayla, their little flower girl!  She did such a good job at rehearsal!  Now she's ready to party with Auntie & Uncle!  She just adores them!  There might be more pictures of her with them then us! haha!
My soon to be sis-in-law!  She is so awesome!  And going to be a great addition to our family!  Can't wait to make it official!
The silly brothers!  That's some brotherly love!

The whole bridal party!  What a good looking group!

The family side of the table just hanging out and having some drinks before dinner!  I think Mylee is all ready for her dinner with bib and all! 

The two Mommies and their babies!  Joanne is a new Mommy to baby Julianne!  I think she's only about 5-months old.  Props to Joanne for being a new Mommy and Matron of Honor!  She did a great job since I know it's hard to do both but she did a fantastic job for Som with everything from beginning to end!  The day is almost here!
Had to show you all the wonderful dessert!  Her close friend Rose, Maximo's Mom made the grooms cake and cupcakes, can you believe how beautiful they are?  They were not just gorgeous cakes but they were phenomenal in taste too!  I have to get the recipe since I think her chocolate cake was one of the best I've ever had!  It was nice and rich and oh so moist!  The cupcakes were a coconut cupcake but I didn't get a chance to try it but I'm sure that was amazing too!  Rose is wonderful!  One of the nicest ladies I've ever met!  She made the cupcakes just in case there were those that don't like chocolate.  Now who doesn't love chocolate?  They are crazy if they don't!  It was a fantastic rehearsal dinner and everyone enjoyed themselves and each others company!  It was nice to meet all of her friends from out of town too!  Now it's time for good nights rest for a big day tomorrow!

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