We are beyond excited to announce that we just added two amazing people to our wedding party, Anuhea Dooge and Joe Getgen! We are very happy that they will be by our sides on this extremely special day.

(History)

When Colt and I moved into our new place in August it was by total fate that a month later Joe and Anu moved into the main house with our other best friend Eric (also in the wedding). Joe, Eric & Colt all work together at the four seasons so it was pretty funny when we all became neighbors. Anu and I had met several months prior but never really got to hang out much. Once she moved in we quickly became friends and haven’t spent much time apart since. Colt and Eric were already always hanging out before so the move just made things more convenient and in turn he also got to hang out with Joe all the time. When I was in California going through my manager training for Hard Rock Colt and Kailea spent the majority of their nights over there hanging out and eating Anu’s cooking. Once I got back it didn’t take long for us to all start hanging out and we quickly became a sixsome (Kai is of course included)

(Now a days)

Colt & I technically “live” in the Ohana next door but we pretty much all live together, we could probably move into their extra bedroom and nobody would even notice. Kailea also spends most of her afternoons with them and we are so grateful to always have the extra helping hands since Colt & I work so late. Anu is pretty much the Mom of our “sixsome” so she is always making sure we are all fed and happy. She is an awesome cook, not only is it always delicious it’s also WW friendly which is great since we all beast together at 5:30 in the morning. The boys if they aren’t working play pool, play golf, play golf did I mention GOLF… yes they LOVE golf and lucky for them Anu’s dad runs a beautiful golf course here on Maui, so they tend to get a little spoiled. Anu and I just mostly workout, shop, dine, watch our 3 favorite shows, beach and of course the whole groups favorite SAILING! Joe has an amazing sailboat and the adventures have been priceless. I absolutely cannot wait for our next family adventure (and hopefully this one doesn’t involve the lifeguards).

(Asking)

Since our engagement Eric, Anu and Joe have been by our sides. Eric was actually one of the people that helped Colt set up on the night of the proposal while we went on our hike. (if you haven’t read about Colt’s proposal just click here). Each of them have become such important pieces in our day to day lives and it’s incredible how selfless they have been in their friendships. Colt and I have obviously been on a budget and working like crazy so to have them always helping out on a daily basis has been a God send. They are always taking Kailea on walks and babysitting, cooking delicious dinners that are ready for us after our 12 hour work days, waking up with us at 5:30a.m. every morning and holding us accountable for beasting, coming to Vegas with us for our Bach parties, having family nights with movies, games or fire pitting. They have also helped us so much in regards to the wedding just by being there to listen to all our excitement, frustrations and disappointments.

One day as Colt & I were talking about the wedding I was mentioning how I really wanted to include Anu in a lot of the things on the day of. Colt then said “you really want her in the wedding don’t you?” I looked at him and told him that I really did. He then told me that he had also been thinking about it and he really wanted to add Joe to the wedding party as well. We couldn’t be more excited! After talking about it some more we both agreed that our day just wouldn’t be the same without them by our sides. We asked Anu & Joe and they happily accepted. We couldn’t be more honored.

Our bridal party now consists of 7 of the most amazing guys and girls this world has to offer, 4 of the cutest flower girls everrrr plus Colt and I! We feel so blessed and honored to have such amazing family and friends to stand up for us while we celebrate our love and start our new life together. I LOVE that we are having a small wedding with the worldest biggest wedding party! I guess my original dream of a big wedding has come true after all just in a different way. To me it’s truly the best of both worlds to be able to have a big wedding party with a small wedding so our time is spent with everyone. Which in turn reminds me; RSVP’s are DUE next week so please get them in the mail if you haven’t already. Once we get our final count there will be a lot more information coming down the pipeline for all our guests and we couldn’t be more excited!