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THE OLIVIA NEWBOLD AND CHRISTOPHER DIEGO WEDDING
STORY BY CATE GABLE
W
ithout a doubt, Olivia
Newbold and Christopher
Diego have had the classic
storybook romance. They met
in Mrs. Bergerson’s 5th grade
class at Warrenton Grade School
and were “boyfriend/girlfriend” on
and off throughout grade school and
junior high before they officially started
dating in their senior year. (Then they dated for 12 years before they got
married!)
After graduation, they moved to Portland where Olivia is a critical care
nurse for Kaiser Permanente and Chris is a server for a Thai restaurant.
They’ve just purchased their first home in Vancouver, WA, but both of
their families live in Warrenton and because they still think of the North
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OUR COAST WEDDINGS 2019
PHOTOS BY KAELA MEY PHOTOGRAPHY
Coast as “home,” they returned for their wedding this past year.
Mrs. Bergerson even attended.
Christopher was born in the Philippines and lived in Hawaii
for many years as a child with his parents John and Lilia Diego
and nine other siblings. So the newlyweds’ lives are a mash-up
of tropical and Pacific Northwest—Christopher proposed to
Olivia on a vacation in Hawaii—and the aesthetics of their
wedding reflect that mix.
As Olivia says about her bridal flowers, “I wanted simple
whites and deep tropical greens, with accents of floral colors, so
Nicole, from Pacific Coast Floral Design, used King Protea, Bird
of Paradise, white orchids and red ginger. She incorporated lush
palm leaves and pops of rose-golds. We also had beautiful ti leaf
leis that the men wore, freshly handmade and sent from Hawaii
by one of Chris’ aunties.” >>
Christopher
proposed to Olivia on
vacation in Hawaii
and the aesthetics of
their wedding reflect
that mix.