Military Weddings II Jessica and Cody Vandegriff

Jessica and Cody's destination wedding in Honolulu, Hawaii took place at the historic Bayer Estate.

Photo by Chrissy Lambert Photography

Jessica and her mom Julie called our office, from Alaska, in June 2009 inquiring about our wedding coordination services. Talking with both of them for a total of about 20 minutes and hearing their ideas for a small and intimate wedding in January 2010 at a private estate with the groomsmen in military uniforms endeared them to me right off the bat. The perfect location for their wedding could be none other than the historical and beautiful Bayer Estate.

Jessica and her fiance Cody sent us a picture of the two of them so we could put faces to the names we were talking with long distance.

Moving forward with our vendor recommendations, Jessica and her mom booked Fong Tagawa from Floral Inspirations for their flowers and decor. Fong incorporated Mini Callas, Cymbidium Orchids, Freesia, Lisianthus, in keeping with the Lapis and cream color combination Jessica was using for her bridesmaid dresses.

Beautiful bouquet of blooms in lapis and violet tones.
Photo by Chrissy Lambert Photography

The floral arch provided by Bayer Estate was draped with tulle and decorated with more of the beautiful lapis and cream flowers, as well as crystals to catch the beautiful light coming off the ocean as the sun went down.

Placed beneath the arch, were the vessels of colored sand for Jessica and Cody's unity sand ceremony.
Photo by Chrissy Lambert Photography

The cake from Cakeworks also included the Lapis color scheme and was adorned with cascading sugar flowers with the square tiers filled with the flavors of strawberry, chocolate, and Lilikoi with Macadamia nuts.

Catering Connection provided all the wonderful food with a custom menu designed around Jessica and Cody's taste for Hawaiian food.

Ben Vegas and Maila Gibson set the romantic tone with a special request selection of songs: Bridesmaids/Groomsmen enter- "You and Me" by Lifehouse
Bride/Dad enter- "When you say nothing at all" by Allison Kraus
Unity Sand:
"I could not ask for more" by Sarah Evans
Recessional:
"Love somebody like you" by Keith Urban
"I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz
"Game of Love" by Michelle Branch and Santana
"Everything" by Michael Buble

Tony So from The DJ Professional Entertainment Services, kept the music going throughout the night with Jessica and Cody's grand entrance song of "Bittersweet Symphony". Throughout the program, more special request songs flowed right along with the program: "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton, "Grow Old with You" by Adam Sandler, "Single Ladies" by Beyonce, "Bad Boys" by Inner Circle, "Let's Get it on" by Marvin Gaye, "Another One Bites the Dust."

A softly-lit sky with Koko Head in the background

Photo by Chrissy Lambert Photography

How true!

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Jen Ramsey and Mona L. Hirata