A Note From the couple
MICHELLE SALVATORE & BRETT VAPNEK Just Married!
Many of you are traveling across the globe to celebrate with us in Malibu, so your presence means the world to us and is all we ask for. If you’d still like to contribute to our registry, please donate to a charity listed below.
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Brett and Michelle are avid SCUBA divers. When they first started dating, Michelle had to go on a work trip to Hawaii. When Brett asked what else she would do while on the island she mentioned that she would get a few dives in. Brett chimed in that he too was certified to dive. On a whim she asked Brett to join her on the trip. He agreed. That’s when he admitted though, that it had been 30 years since his last dive. (No problem, right?) Undaunted, he showed up in Hawaii and descended over 100 ft to a shipwreck off the coast of Oahu with Michelle keeping a watchful eye. They saw sharks and met a turtle, and he became just as hooked as she is exploring the ocean floor and the marine life found there. On their way home from that trip, Brett told Michelle that she checked all the right boxes. She told him that she felt the same and that she had finally found her permanent dive buddy. They booked their next trip to Costa Rica to dive there too. They have never looked back and continue to dive and plan future excursions together.
Michelle and Brett are passionate about ocean conservation and protecting the sea life that cannot speak for themselves. In lieu of gifts, Michelle and Brett ask that you instead support one of these charities which align with their purpose to keep fighting for the voiceless and endangered species of the great big blue world they love so much.