| Bride & Groom: | Wedding Date: |
| Laurie Sullivan & Eddie Potts | November 26, 2004 |
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Eddie and I met in college. We were best friends for 4 years before we started dating. 2 years into our relationship, we took a trip with another couple to Kauai in the Hawaiian islands. We went on several hikes. The 11-mile trail along the Napali coast turned out to be my favorite. We hiked 2 miles along the picturesque coast and then turned and hiked 2 miles inland toward the 300 foot Hanakapi'ai Falls. As we neared the pool of water at the foot of the falls, the heat became overbearing and we all undressed into our bathing suits / bikinis to go for a swim. There were other hikers there, and as we neared the falls, everyone had just finished swimming and were getting out. Eddie and I were the first to go in and stand below the magnificent falls. The other couple just sat on the rocks behind us with their camera ready. I was so excited because I am always the picture-taker. I love it when someone else takes pictures of Eddie and I. I told him to keep looking up because they were taking our picture - little did I know why. As we both stared up thigh-high in crystal clear water beneath the spray of the falls, he told me he loved me and asked me to marry him. Eddie is much taller than I, and I thought he was just caught up in the moment as I looked up into his gorgeous baby-blue eyes. That was until I looked down and saw the ring in his hand. I was totally surprised and overjoyed. My hands shook as I said yes and put on the ring. I jumped up and hugged him and we held each other for quite a while. Tears of joy fell down my cheeks. When we turned around, we had an audience. The other couple knew about it the whole time. The pictures they took captured every point of the proposal. The other hikers around cheered for us and asked us where we were going to go for our honeymoon now. As we got out, I told the other couple to take a stroll into the pool of water. 'You'll come out with diamonds!' Hanakapi'ai Falls in Kauai, Hawaii are my favorite waterfalls. What made the proposal such a surprise is that I had been searching for clues that he might be proposing on this trip. Before we left, my mother made a comment that she would like to see the diamond around my neck make it to my finger. I was upset then because I knew he hadn't asked for her permission to marry me yet which meant he wasn't going to propose on the trip. What I later found out, was that Eddie had asked my Step-father, and knowing my Mother, my Step-dad had elected not to tell her yet. So it was the surprise of my life! |
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| Prize Awarded: | |
| FREE Therapeutic Facial for the bride with Svetlana from American Beauty Salon & Spa | |
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