Wedding Bells!!!

 Elizabeth and I were up at the "crack of dawn" and heading up to the Bridal suite for our hair and make up.:)

Grandma and Grand daughter:)

Beautiful Hima getting even more beautiful:)

Mom and me:)

Elizabeth and Kaitlyn:)

Mom, Hima's 85 year old grandmother who traveled from india, an Hima's sweet mom:)

The beautiful bride on the trolley to the church:)

I didn't bring my camera with me for the wedding since I was a bridesmaid and I thought it would probably look really weird if I was taking pictures throughout the ceremony..but trust me when I say that the ceremony was beautiful and my nephew and Jeremy and Elizabeth did wonderful job during the wedding, and Guy did AMAZING reading the prayer!!!:)

The Arch of Swords ceremony after the wedding was beautiful!:)  For a bit more info on this tradition, you can click here.

A few pictures after the wedding...

The four grandchildren:)

The three siblings on the trolley:)

And then, the reception in Pasadena, Maryland:)

Mom, me and a few cousins:)

wouldn't be a party without Corn Hole:)

It was a gorgeous reception venue:)

My little cousin, Andrea and her daughter, Anna:)

Hima's grandmother led an Indian blessing ceremony...

You put flower petals and rice on the new couples heads and wish them well...

I followed my dad's lead and wished them to have many babies!!:)

My cousin, Carrie, and me:)

Aunt Mary and Nora:)

Beautiful reception...

Great live band!!:)

Toast from the Best Man, Greg:)

And one of the most precious moments from the evening...the Mother/Son dance.:)

And I was a bit late getting pictures of the cake cutting with the sword..but managed to get a few pictures of the happy couple having their cake:)

And then, it was time to boogie:)

Grandpa and grand daughter:)

And it was a perfect evening celebrating the new beginning of such a wonderful couple.  I wish you all the best that life has to offer, Andrew and Hima!!  I can't wait to see where this next chapter of your lives takes you!!! Love you both!!!:)

Rehearsal

On Friday, June 16, things started to get a bit more busy with out of town guests starting to arrive for the big day on Saturday!:) My "older younger" brother arrived from Los Angeles with his family at 2 in the morning because of a flight delay!  They looked pretty awake when they met us at the O club for lunch.:)

Mom, Dad, Guy, Greg, and my cute nephew, Connor.:)

My sister-in-law, Julia, and my niece, Natalie.  I think you recognize the other two cuties in the picture.:)

Then, we were off to the chapel for the rehearsal...

And then, later, was the rehearsal dinner...

Lizzy and Hima:)

My little brother and my mom:)

Uncle Andrew and Hima gave Jeremy a gift for helping out in the wedding:)

Here are a few pictures from the special evening:)

My little brothers!:)

I can't believe these are my two "little" brothers.

And then even later that evening..there was a 'meet and greet" for all of the out of town guests!:)

Mom and her little sister.:)

Andrew standing on a table making the announcements about the timing of everything tomorrow:)
The Academy has taught him well.:)

Dad and his big sisters!:)

It was a great day seeing so many of our family members and meeting Hima's wonderful family as well.  We were all off to bed early so we could be up with the birds in the morning.:)