Bluesky’s 20th birthday bash
Utulei Beach Park, American Samoa.
We decided on a wedding destination!
Taaaalofa!
Ian and I just got back from the long weekend in Apia. Why? Because we’re going to get married there next year! The thing about wedding planning for me is this: it sucked not knowing where we were going to have it. We knew we probably wouldn’t have our wedding here in American Samoa because we ultimately knew a destination wedding was what we wanted, but we also didn’t want to stress too much with planning a wedding from afar. And so we finally decided, like last month, that we would get married in Samoa.
Samoa is close enough to American Samoa that it feels like home, yet it always feels like a getaway since we have to hop on a plane and literally time travel over. We travel there at least once a year, but usually more often than that, and yet we still feel like we’re on vacation but with the comforts of home. Plus, for all our friends and family who will come, it will still be a full on destination wedding, and they can choose to come to American Samoa afterwards to adventure with me and Ian in our actual stomping grounds! And one other big aspect is the currency exchange between USD and WST means that we can stretch our money to get better value.
We booked appointments with venues to meet with their coordinators, and got to do a walk through of the venue and the packages. This has been an incredible experience of getting to see and feel what we envision our “big day” to be like. Now we’re down to our final two options, but since we haven’t made the final final decision yet. I’ll leave that a mystery and I’ll post some photos from the different venues we toured soon!
Tea
Afternoon tea with Charity and Aunty Solo last weekend.
Char made yummy finger sandwiches, and homemade peanut butter cupcakes.
I was fully enraptured with stories from the heydays of Aunu’u, Manu’a, and Tutuila from Aunty Solo.
She showed us her wedding photos and what she looked like when she was about our age. She was hot stuff!
And we watched “The Sun is Also a Star” which was me and Char’s book club book from a few months ago.
Ah, it was so nice to kick back with these lovely ladies in Ili’ili.
Didn’t realize I needed this.
Two more sleeps until I get to kiss this handsome face again
kinda gives me the heebie jeebies!
Snorkeling with Yodi