Mark and Kim, February 7, 2009

Rolling...Rolling...Rolling...
Mark and Kim, one laugh after another

There are some couples who are quiet, some who share a laugh here and there, and then there are some who literally are comedians, like Mark and Kim. When I first met Mark and Kim, I knew I was in for a pretty special wedding when I asked them how they'd met. They both reluctantly admitted that they had met on the Internet, but told everyone that they met at some bar. Kim told Mark that she was extremely obese and had scabs all over her face. Her reasoning, she wanted Mark to like her for who she was, her personality...

So Mark did fall for her personality. He told me that when he first met her, he was looking for some really fat woman with scabs on her face, and was just relieved at what he saw...the exact opposite. And I'm not sure if it was on their first, second, or third date, "the keeper" happened one day at a furniture store. Mark and Kim were checking out some beds, when Kim pushed Mark onto the bed and yelled so everyone could hear her "I told you, I am not doing that to you here!" They caused a scene, a hilarious one of course.

Always Joking....

Mark and Kim came down to Hawaii to get married, and to also check out the Pro Bowl, like many of my other Pro Bowl couples this past week. Hey, there's something about football in Hawaii, it brings romance...EVERYTIME...just as long as that romance isn't on Superbowl Sunday. You know, it's tough to get people to work on Superbowl Sunday. I can't even get my ministers to work on Superbowl Sunday.

A time to be serious....

a time to smile...

a time to...make out?

Now when people call me up and ask me, "Where's a great place to get married?" my initial reaction is to always tell couples, to get as far away from Waikiki as possible. Mark and Kim originally were supposed to get married on the North Shore at Sunset, but the weather changed their plans. At about 1pm, it started pouring cats, elephants, giraffes, at my house, and didn't stop. In fact, the rain was so heavy, I couldn't see outside my window. I'm about 30 minutes away from the North Shore, and I knew that it was raining there as well. I called my minister, Elias, and he informed me that it was basically storming at Ko'olina as well. I then called Kim and asked her what she wanted to do. I gave her two options. We could either postpone the wedding till the next day, or we could marry her at Magic Island since everywhere else on the island was storming. She told me, the location really didn't matter, as long as they got married that day and got great pictures. No problem.... So magic island it was....

My main beef with Magic Island? Not much. Only that it's not as secluded as other beaches, and you really don't have a clean beach there. But I can get great shots there....

Far away shot of where couples usually get married at Magic Island
under the palm trees over looking Waikiki

Another kiss right after they are married...

Now I'd love to go on and on about Mark and Kim's jokes, but I can't tell all of their jokes as some were not G rated. Lets just say that they were extraordinarily funny. Kim would remind Mark that she married him just for his car, and Mark would remind her that he married her just for her body. I remember, there was one moment after the wedding when Mark told Kim, "Well, you're getting married right before Valentines day, so does that mean you're going to need two gifts? You better choose just one gift, because you got a trip to Hawaii, rings, a wedding, you already got all the big stuff already."

Then Kim said, "Well, you could just give me something small."

And of course, Mark was waiting for her to say that, then he laughed and said, "I had a joke there, but I better not say it...Give her something small..haha!"

We all started cracking up laughing.

A great shot of Oahu....Diamond Head in the background

Sailboat in the background....perfect timing...

Weddings like Mark and Kim's make my job "too easy..." and a lot of fun. I have to say, for the most part, all of my wedding couples are fun. Just some are more fun than others. Once in awhile I run into quiet couples, but there's nothing wrong with that at all either. Quiet is good...not everyone has to be jokester to be in love right? But I prefer the weddings where couples cannot stop laughing. It just seems way more upbeat.

Over looking the cove at Magic Island...

Sunset at Magic Island....

Magic Island...beach shot...