Weather held up for their wedding

A WAIMANALO BEACH WEDDING
...Tim and Elosia make it official....

I don't do many weddings at Waimanalo Beach. It's really not my favorite place as it's usually windy there. BUT... I do favor Waimanalo Beach over Lanikai Beach because it not as crowded, plus...at Waimanalo, there is no snobby rich old woman! Snoobby rich-old woman? Oh yes.... there's one that tries to break up weddings at Lanikai even if you have a permit! BUYER BEWARE. Plus, there's this rich crazy old man who calls himself the mayor of Lanikai Beach who loves to come up to people and name drop the celebrities who he met. Tim and Elosia, had originally decided on tying the knot at Ko'olina, but they fell in love with Waimanalo when they were driving around the island.

Moving locations wasn't a really big deal for me. Ko'olina and Waimanalo are about equal distance from my house, so it really wasn't that much trouble for me.

Photo by Steve...Flower walk way by Tim...

Now I have to be quite blunt here. I believe in my short wedding career of a life, I've planned, shot, videoed, whatever, over 700 weddings in total. Not once, now hear me, not once have I EVER met a groom like Tim who was more concerned over the wedding plans, than the bride. Haha. No, Tim was not a GROOMzilla, he just was very particular in what he wanted. In fact, he was very laid back about everything. He just came very much prepared with his own rose petals to lay, his leis, idea on the ceremony, everything, even his own idea on how Elosia would enter the beach, and not see him.

I let Tim lay down his plan of action, and listened to him, then calmly told him, "Hey Buddy, I got it from here." He nodded, and with a wink and a smile, put his trust in me as he he marched over to Elias and anxiously awaited for Elosia to enter.

Getting Tim's trust was awesome and fairly simple. After that, it was all about logistics. Since Tim's back was facing away from Elosia, I was able to sneak her up to the starting point of his flower isle. Then, on my cue, Elias started his Hawaiian chant, Elosia started walking, and Tim turned around. No problemo.

Getting Anxious?

Tim and Elosia's ceremony was great. You could really tell that this was meant to be. These lovers met back in high school on a school bus. They knew of each other, but didn't really talk to each other back then. Funny...who would have thought. They met again in college, and like they said, the rest was history.

Waimanalo Beach....better than Lanikai...remember that!

A note on the weather at Waiamanalo Beach, it is usually windy, and there was no exception on Tim and Elosia's day. In fact, it was windy, and there were rain clouds moving in. Rain is not the norm for Waimanalo, but wind is. So if you want to get married at Waimanalo beach, make sure you either put a lot of hairspray in the "do", or wear your hair up.

Well Hawaii Wedding aspiring brides, I am outta here. I have a wedding tomorrow. By the way, the weather is HORRIBLE right now. Rain rain rain. I'm just hoping it doesn't keep up like this for tomorrow's couple. Pray for good weather ok?

Steven Young
The Hawaii Wedding Reporter
http://www.dreamweddingshawaii.com/