progress and more progress

There have been new developments on the wedding front!

A dress has been selected, Earth friendly to the extreme, very comfortable, casual, cost effective and cute! Got it at Blue Sky Bridal in Seattle...just needs a couple minor alterations and it's wedding ready.

But even BIGGER news, we've decided against the pavilion in Hilo and instead took the more glamorous route, we rented a GORGEOUS house/property in Kona, (here's the web site: http://halepinao.com/home.html )about five minutes out of the downtown area, beautiful view, pool, four hot tubs!, and reception friendly...of course, there are a couple little problems...like it's really only supposed to fit a party of forty, and we have more than double that...but....well...that's ONLY if everyone shows up and who'd want to come to Hawaii in December anyway... ;-) (oh and please plan on car pooling parking is a little limited) we'd still like to have people come over to Hilo side for a day outing if possible at some point, but plan on flying into and staying in Kona...

we are still deciding if we will be exchanging vows down on the beach and then heading up to the house for dinner, drinks, and dancing...or if we will do the whole thing there...so, as always, more details to follow...

as soon as we can start getting an accurate head count that would help with the planning. so let us know as soon as you know, please!