Carla's son watches his mother tie the knot to Ray

It all started one day when Carla bumped into Ray, an old friend, and handyman, while driving on the road. She needed some help at her house, and Ray volunteered. He showed up one day, and as the story goes, he never left. This handyman apparently not only was the answer to Carla's house repair problems, but the answer to everything else as well.

Carla came to Ray with a ready-made family. To most men, including myself (I hate to admit), ready-made family women scare the bejezues out of them, and me. But Ray, did not flinch a hair when he learned that Carla had a young son and a teenage daughter. Was this courageous of Ray? No, I don't think so. If I were to label Ray's commitment not only to Carla, but also her children as "couragous" I would be wrongly labeling Carla's children as something bad. And bad, they are not. So Ray's love for Carla's kids was more of a love thing, than anything else. Bottom line, not only did Ray fall in love with Carla, but he fell in love with her entire family. And on that day when Ray and Carla shared their vows at Ko'olina, I could see that Carla and her kids, definitely opened their hearts to Ray as well.

So what really sealed the deal for this couple other than the usual stuff? (communication, sense of humor, etc..etc..) Dirt biking. Ray loved to dirt bike and so did Carla. Hey that would seal the deal for me too. It's tough to find a woman who enjoys dirt biking these days.