Wedding Shower Luau Pics!

I hope everyone had as much fun at our Wedding Shower Luau Party as we did!

We just wanted to thank all of you SOOO much for coming and celebrating with us!

Here are some photos from the party:
LUAU PICTURES!

Also few highlights...
The Water Balloon Fights
The Whale Kiddie Pool that the dogs loved too!
The lovely models in our Bride-In-White competition (white toilet paper that is)
The exploding Cake incident (Please submit drycleaning bills to Aaron... Haha..j/k!)
The pool dunking incidents (Sonya got pushed in, who then dragged Jason in, Jen got picked up and plopped in, and Pete said "I'll just get this over with"...)
... if you have other highlights to share, please post them here!

And everyone was so generous to contribute so much with the planning, and the decor, and the food, and the fancy drinks, and the games, and the location, and the general logistics, and the gifts and just being there!! Some of you couldn't make it, and STILL contributed!! We are so lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful family and friends... Thank you for making the event so perfect! And a very special thanks to Sonya Lee for hosting and planning the event along with the "Team" of others who helped to plan the games, bring the canopies, provide the 'special' drinks, and the setup and take down folks that helped make this whole event amazing for everyone!

Hope you enjoy the photos!

Yours Truly,

Jen & Herman

Aloha Barklee!

Ready to hit the Tiki Bar!

Whale of a Good Time

Hmm.... i wonder why i'm posting this picture.... hmm...

Tiki Time?

You should have gotten an invite already to our Wedding Shower Tiki BBQ in Pasadena!
It's happening on June 23rd!

If you haven't and want to go, let me know right away and i'll email you the details!

We'll supply the Food & Fun in the sun... But please DO bring your own beverages of choice if you are thirsting for fancier drinks beyond soda and water... :)

How could there only be three more months???

The sequence of months never felt so crucial as they do this year. How can June really be right before July, which is just ahead of August... which is the month just before our SEPTEMBER wedding?!

I'm trying to keep a cool head around the details and the planning. So far so good, but I am starting to get that constant lingering thought that something crucial is due and I'm not aware of it yet. I guess no matter how much we try to plan ahead, there will be more things left to plan for and we just have to deal with it!

We took some engagement pictures in May. (Where did May go, by the way?) It's fun looking at engagement photos of other people because they look so great and happy and perfect. But when it's yourself - it's really tough! You feel so critical about the way you look or smile or pose or how your hair came out or your outfit choices... We have over 300 photos to scan through... still figuring out what we'll be doing with them all. A few are already on our wedding website. I'm thinking about doing a slideshow for the wedding shower bbq. We could possibly get some nice prints of a few for the chinese banquet we're having with the Grandfolks in Stockton... ah more things to add to the To Do list!

Here's a nice 'candid' shot from our photo session... How could we not have Barklee in some of our poses?


Even if it's only for a few seconds, all stress has subsided with the presence of Mr. Barklee ... :)