A Palauan Wedding

We had the opportunity two weekends ago to go to our first Palauan wedding! We were pretty excited -- we've been to 8 funerals in the past 8 months, so this was a treat! Also, since Palauan's rarely go through the process of making a formal marriage commitment to one another, this was a really big deal for this couple to be doing (after a 14 year relationship and two children).

Here we are, ready to go ... I'm wearing make-up for the first time on Angaur and feel a bit garrish. We even went to the extra special step of dousing our clothes in some water to get the wrinkles out!




















This is the Catholic church on Angaur - such a cute building!

Some of the beautiful flowers around...

The happy(?) couple and their two boys. I LOVE the matching outfits! So cute! Most adult Palauans don't smile for pictures as they are self conscious about the damage their Betel Nut chewing has made to their teeth.