Dear Friends and Family,
We are so happy that so many of you could share our special day with us. Thank you for your presence, for the showers, for the cards, the gifts, the emails, the cards, the phone calls, the smiles and well-wishes. We are a happy couple mainly because we surround ourselves with positive, loving people.
We would like to give a few special thanks to some people who really went the extra mile for us:
Auntie Barbara and Uncle Bob for coming from Vegas to help us set up tables, chairs and decoration in the scorching heat. And who fed us for days before and after.
Uncle Alika for coming from Japan to help sing and entertain everyone throughout the night (you were definitely adored)…not to mention his killer eye for detail and decoration.
Uncle Eric and Auntie Barbara for coming from Florida to work and slave in the Utah sun and for singing and playing the ukulele for everyone's enjoyment (Where can we get a CD??).
Uncle Kenneth for coming from Hawaii to help us set up the wedding and for showering us with gifts and beautiful leis.
My Dad and Patty for buying a coffin-size coolers in order to export all the deserts (including the delicious wedding cake he picked out), for making the table numbers, tree cards and signs (Ames too!).
My Mom and Dad for tying all the loose ends and cleaning up the mess of all messes after the party (and Bob, Rich, Vic and Nino)... that's gotta suck!
Meme for the Honeymoon….yes, many thanks to you………hehehehe!
The Toones for many things: for helping me fold napkins for hours (Grandma, Jill and Meg), for distributing dirt for weeks (Dennis and John) for mowing the lawn (Terry) and for serving the food and making a million relief-society salads for the masses of people (Becky, Cindy, Judy, Jill, Jeanette, Rita, Sue, Kels), and for moving your trailer at a most inconvenient time so our pictures could look nice (Grandpa and Grandma).
Auntie Jeanette (and her sidekicks Uncle Phil and Katelyn) for all the decoration ideas, for growing the grass for the tables, the rocks, the lanterns and the arch and for making my beautiful signing book.
Reed, Tasha, Justin and Tara for the fabulous Hawaiian entertainment. To Darla, Paul and Danny for the singing. To Duztin and his family and Jarrod for the spectacular Hoop dance, drumming and singing. And to my mom, sisters and niece for their beautiful hulas.
The Bevans for the boat and jet skiis and pulling around kiddies for hours on end.
Mom and Dad Sorensen for helping with the wedding preparations.
Judy for throwing me a wonderful shower at her home.
Crissy for throwing me a wonderful shower with my favorite High School Friends.
My sisters Crystal, Ames and Katie, Mom, Auntie Debbie, Shan, Nat and Jocelyn for throwing me yet another shower, with hoards of their delicious homemade food.
Aimee for helping me rent tables, chairs, linens and trays and to Cassie for supplying me with a beautiful veil and flower.
Natalie for doing my hair (aka my rats nest) and to Jocelyn for doing my makeup.
Steph, Jeff, Patty and Auntie Gerry for the beautiful pictures and video.
Buddy for being the "Go to Guy"…..like always!
I know that with the amount of people helping us out on this day that we may have missed someone… but please know that we are so grateful to you and to everyone for all their service and sacrifice. We are more than privileged to have family and friends like you.
We love you all!
Kipp and Aja