He put a ring on it + it’s party time!

She was on Maui working as a L&D travel nurse and wanted a small tattoo to commemorate the experience. A mutual friend introduced her to Eric and took her to the shop he was working at to show her his work. She made an appointment for a later date while He spent the rest of the day texting that mutual friend begging her to bring her "super cute" friend out that night for some live music at a local dive bar. She went. They hit it off. And were pretty much inseparable for the next 3 weeks till She left for the Mainland and a contract in Seattle. We texted & talked & FaceTimed pretty much every day until He flew out to Seattle to visit in July. And we made it official on a road trip up to Vancouver, Canada. We long distance dated for the remainder of 2019 and in March of 2020 Heidi moved to Maui. And…almost three years after we met we got engaged on February 19, 2022. Our full proposal story is on Heidi’s Instagram if you’re interested.

Aloha! We hope you’re (almost) as stoked as we are and considering coming out to celebrate on Maui with us. This is our tentative wedding ‘week’ schedule: 3/16/23-TRAVEL DAY, SUNSET MEETUP & CASUAL EATS. We know people are flying in this day-and possibly the 17th too! We would love to meet up for sunset and casual eats with anybody on island and interested. 3/17/23-LANAI SCUBA CHARTER & TBA Our good friends own B&B Scuba and we’re planning to charter the boat and dive Lanai. You MUST be PADI Open Water Certified to come dive with us. If you’re not scuba certified (or just not interested!) we would love to coordinate a whale watch or snorkel tour for everyone else. We would love to meet up post dive and chill at a pool or the beach for pizza and maybe some games. 3/18/23-BEACH DAY & PRE-WEDDING RECEPTION-PARTY-PALOOZA. Swim, tan, ocean, and enjoy the aloha life. We are hosting a party at our friend’s beach house that evening. Planning on a bao bun truck, desserts, drinks, corn hole, music and fun! This is just a chill, super fun day. 3/19/23-OCEAN VODKA & UPCOUNTRY SUNSET The views at Ocean Vodka are amaze-balls and the food is delicious. Like hello Banana Pops?! Lets grab a late lunch/early dinner and do some casual wedding toasts. It's the perfect place for kids to run around and everybody else to chill out. It's got amazing views of the island and gorgeous sunsets. 3/20/2023-WEDDING DAY 3/21/2023-GOODBYE BRUNCH MEETUP AT NALU’S We set up a wedding email address for you to email us with questions or ‘RSVP’ to events like the Road to Hana, Lanai Scuba Dive, and Luau for headcount purposes and a Venmo for collecting money for events. heidiandericgetmauied@gmail.com @captainron_and_themermaid IMPORTANT NOTE: We are hosting the wedding reception-party-palooza & our wedding. All other activities are optional and paid for by you should you choose to participate. We would obviously love everyone to be at every activity and are going to do our best to get group rates to make things as affordable as possible. We also understand if you want to CYOA and do something else. Please refer to the Things To Do Page for ideas. 😘