Raymond and Maria

Imagine a sunny island beach with gentle waves crashing on the shore. A perfect wedding location might look like the place in the photo below. Our reason for going to Hawaii (Oahu) was to attend Raymond and Maria's wedding -- but of course, what a great excuse for us to leave the mainland!



Weddings are special and happy life moments. At this particular moment in time, our extended family tree of relatives expanded by merging with another through marriage.



And look at all those teeth! Wow! We've never seen cousin Raymond with such a big smile!



Here's group photo of the bridal party looking pretty good...



And after the wedding ceremony is a good time for catching up with family members who we haven't talked with in a while... In this photo below, cousin Paul is trying to "catch up" with some kids.



As the sun set on the Hawaiian Islands, we had some great food, some speeches and well-wishes for the bride and groom, some dancing, and the traditional cutting of the wedding cake.



Congratulations and best wishes to Raymond and Maria for a happy wonderful life together!