Marriage has been a hot topic in my family this year! Y’all know my excitement and have heard my engagement story, but I’ve been a bit less vocal about the other marriage we’ve got going on: my little sister!
For those of you that don’t know, I have one younger sibling and she actually lives in Honolulu. She and her fiance were engaged last year, so we’ve spent the better part of 2014 planning her wedding! {Yet another reason that Will’s proposal shocked me: I assumed we would wait until after my sister’s wedding!} Planning stuff so far away has been stressful to say the least, but it’s all sorted. Her wedding is next weekend!
As for me? I’m headed out today for Hawaii! I’m flying into the tropical island a week early so we can spend this weekend taking care of business….like the bachelorette party and bridal shower! As Maid of Honor, I’ve been planning her bachelorette for weeks, but mostly because the time change and distance made planning an absolute nightmare! Hawaii is four hours behind us which makes calling a night club damn near impossible!
Regardless, everything is sorted and I’m beyond excited to see my little sis get married. She is only two years younger than me, but I’ve always been super protective, and I even get a little teary as I think of her walking down the aisle. I have no idea how I will give my maid of honor speech without totally losing it; I mean, I cry at Hallmark commercials!
My parents and I are staying in a house on the North Shore during the week before the ceremony, and I’m not sure whether I’ll write anything or not. Chances are good that I will, simply because we may have some downtime and I’d love to share my tropical adventures with y’all! If I don’t reappear for a week or so, don’t panic—that just means the wedding went extra well!
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So excited for your sister and family. What an exciting time. Looking forward to all the photos. Enjoy every moment!! xo
Soooo jealous. Congrats and have fun!!
Have lots of fun!!!!
have a great trip and congrats to your little sis! 🙂
I had to reread the part about calling night clubs and then stare into space for awhile trying to figure out why it made calling night clubs so hard, but I think I got it now. I definitely feel you on the planning an out of town bachelorette party but I’m sure it went great, based on the FB pics, and your sister had fun so that’s all that matters! Enjoy the week in paradise and the wedding! My pro tip – practice your MOH speech. Then practice it again and again and again. I read mine over a million times to get more comfortable and it sort of got me used to it so I didn’t tear up just thinking about it.
Agh! I still need to write it– that’s on the agenda for tomorrow. That gives me at least 3-4 days to practice it over and over and over again!