My niece’s wedding was yesterday, and it was a lovely ceremony, in the Na’ Aina Botanical Gardens overlooking the ocean in Kilauea. Destination weddings (this was the first I’ve ever attended) are beautiful, but I wouldn’t want to take on the hassle of arranging one. They were coordinating arrivals up until noon yesterday. Phew! As guests, we had a lot of playtime leading up to the event, though we did provide shuttle service for people in the afternoon as we had rented a minivan.

My poor sister slipped on some rocks and sprained her wrist while snorkeling on the afternoon of the wedding so had to attend sporting a splint and sling. She was sore, but mostly embarrassed. The reception was at a restaurant in Kapa’a, a little town about 15 miles from the Botanical Gardens. I haven’t had a chance to upload wedding pics, but did get up some photos of the area where we stayed in Princeville, and Chuck’s first scuba diving adventure, in which he forgot to take the label off the lens of his new underwater digital camera (oops). They’re here. More to come!

Update: That was no sprain, my sister BROKE her wrist. She’s waiting until she gets home (and the swelling goes doen to get it casted, so she’s having to be pretty careful. It’ hasn’t been too bad for her, except she can’t get it wet.