Pete "Aloha" Tingstrom

Welcome Jacob & Natalie. We are gathered here today, surrounded by the beauty of creation and nurtured by the sights and sounds of nature to celebrate the wedding of Jacob Allen Lindgren and Natalie Hope DeFord.

Jacob and Natalie, marriage is the promise between two people who love each other, who trust that love, who honor one another as individuals in that togetherness, and who wish to spend the rest of their lives together. It enables the two separate souls to share their desires, longings, dreams, and memories, their joys and sorrows, and to help each other through all uncertainties of life.

A strong marriage also nurtures each of you as separate individuals and allows you to maintain your unique identity and grow in your own way through the years ahead. It is a safe haven for each of you to become your best self.

You are adding to your life not only the affection of each other, but also the companionship and blessing of a deep trust.

You are agreeing to share strength, responsibilities and love. It takes more than love to make this relationship work.

It takes trust, to know in your hearts that you want only the best for each other. It takes dedication, to stay open to one another, to learn and grow, even when it is difficult to do so. And it takes faith, to go forward together without knowing what the future holds for you both.

DECLARATION OF INTENT AND SHARING OF VOWS

Jacob and Natalie, please join hands, look at one another now and remember this moment in

time.

Jacob, do you take Natalie to be your wife? I do.

Natalie, do you take Jacob to be your husband? I do.

Jacob, please take Natalie’s hand and repeat after me.

Natalie, I take you as you are…loving who you are…I promise from this day forward…To be grateful for our love and our life…To be generous with my time…my energy…and my affection…To be patient with you and with myself…To fill our life with adventure and our home with laughter… To inspire you to grow as an individual…And To love you completely…These things I pledge to you

Natalie, please take Jacob’s hand and repeat after me.

Jacob, I take you as you are…loving who you are…I promise from this day forward…To be grateful for our love and our life…To be generous with my time…my energy…and my affection…To be patient with you and with myself…To fill our life with adventure…and our home with laughter… To encourage you to grow as an individual…And To love you completely…These things I pledge to you

GIVING OF RINGS

Officiant: Please present the rings

Your wedding ring is a symbol of your promise to one another. The ring, an unbroken, never ending circle, is a symbol of committed, unending love.

Jacob, as you place this ring on your Bride‘s finger, repeat these words after me:

This ring symbolizes my love for you…and the commitments we made today

Natalie, as you place this ring on your Groom‘s finger, repeat these words after me:

This ring symbolizes my love for you…and the commitments we made today

CONCLUSION & PRONOUNCEMENT

Jacob and Natalie, you have come here today of your own free will and in the presence of me and nature, have declared your love and commitment to each other. You have given and received a ring as a symbol of your promises. By the power of your love and commitment to each other, and by the power vested in me by the State of Hawaii, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

You may now share your first kiss as husband and wife.