Author: nainadg

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Family, Friends, Life

Back in Town

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HotHotJJ and I at Thai Spice for Lunch. The bloggers catch up in real life.

On friday morning , the day after the rehersal, J and I snuck away to do some errands for our own upcoming wedding. We drove down to Slc from layton and met up with our friends Hothotjj and E ( if you don’t know who they are check out her blog) for lunch. We went to a Thai restaurant close to JJ’s work and the food was fantastic and cheap! It was really good to catch up and hang out after all these years.

After lunch, J and I made our phone calls and ran errands and finally started on our drive to Huntsville UT for Nonod’s wedding. I had never been up Ogden/Weber canyon before despite living in UT for years and the drive up was beautiful! It felt so amazing to be in the mountains and to breathe the clear cool air and see all the fall colors.

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Beautiful Fall colors on the way to Eden UT

We reached Red Moose Lodge in Eden in the late evening and after checking in , we went straight for the BBQ being hosted by the bride and groom. The menu for that night was wild alaskan salmon(some actually caught by the bride and groom) and thick hearty steaks. It was the perfect meal for a chilly fall night. The venue we were at had a silly policy on drinking alcohol which was they were okay with it as long as it was not obvious, so we had to sneak in to the groom’s uncle’s RV and make little drinks in opaque plastic cups. It was still a lot of fun, brought back my days of underage drinking.

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With my newest nephew and the salmon in the background

We finally went to bed late at night, after deciding to offer our extra bed to the flower girl.

Family, Life

SIL Rehersal

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I am using indian words for family members to protect privacy and to type less….ha

We got into UT  on Thursday the 27th and we were picked up by my ja(older sister in law) who took us to J’s parents house. The place was in chaos for my nanad( younger sister in law) impending wedding. J and I took a quick nap and then we had to get ready for my nonods rehersal dinner. While at J’s house I also met the rest of J’s extended family, his aunts and uncles and had a chance to chat with them and get acquainted.

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J singing Karaoke with his sis and her friend

 The rehersal dinner was a Karaoke night at a local mexican place where my nonod used to be a waitress. The food was delicious and after a few drinks everyone was up on the stage singing like crazy. My FIL and MIL both seemed to have a great time and they both sang some songs. J also sang; He picked “Lovin’s what I got” by Sublime.  My new BIL also really got into the mood of Karaoke and sang Big Balls by AC/DC which went over much better than the DJ and his wife who did a “dirty” version of Summer Lovin from Grease. It was really awkward for all of us during that song, where we didn’t know if we should look at the table and giggle or keep a straight face.

J and I look super tired but we were having a great time watching people sing.

When the party was over and I got back to J’s parents house ( I had to go in the second car) I found that my in laws were in bed and J had shut the door to our bedroom and locked it. I had to bang  on it for hours and finally wake up my MIL who kindly yelled so loud that J finally woke out of his slumber and managed to open the door.

 Our first night in Ut was a huge success.

Life

Utah Tales

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I spent the last ten days in Utah to attend my sister in law’s wedding and also to get married my self.  In between,  I took a side trip to Las Vegas with my friend KD and also attended an awesome shower that was hosted by my friend hothotjj and KD as well. It was the most wonderful few days of my life with all my friends and family and J and I both agree, that we couldnt’ have asked for anything more. Keep reading for specific incidents, and photos etc.

Life

Weddings in the family

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So this weekend J ‘s sister is getting married, thats the reason we are leaving so early for UT. They are getting married up Ogden canyon on a little cattle ranch – It should be really fun to see the cattle. They have a country western theme, complete with a blue grass band and everything. We will also go to their rehersal dinner and a potluck beforehand. Sounds like I have some delicious eating ahead.

Food and Drinks, Life, Travel, Wedding

Leaving on a Delta Plane

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Okay,so technically we are flying American Airlines, it just didn’t sound cool as a title.  So we are leaving in 16 hours for UT. I can’t believe it, its been so stressful lately turning stuff in for school and I am really excited to not think about it for a while. I’ll deal with the consequences when I get back.

 Its been a busy couple of days and its going to be super busy the next couple of hours! I got my dress back yesterday and it fits beautifully, thanks to all that extra weight I gained. Oh well!

 This week, I also dealt with the case of the missing cake lady and got another one to do my cake instead. Also, I decided I didn’t like the flowers my mom wanted, so I’ll be making my own bouquet! We also finally have all our food finalized and it place and we hired the people I originally wanted. J and I also finally managed to find a tie for him that will look good with his suit! ( He looks hoooooottttt! )

 I am so excited, hence the crazy rambling of superflous details.

Wedding

Making it Legal

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So like my last post said, on friday J and I went down to the court house to apply for a marriage license and also to have a judge sign it. The license office was downtown and since we don’t go to downtown durham very often, we immediately got lost.

Appylying for the license was a fairly easy part, we had to fill out a form, pay a $50 fee and then swear/affirm that we were not lying about who we were and sign our application. Me being the dork that I am had of course filled out the application wrong and on the box it says Are you two cousins, I marked yes! Thankfully it didn’t too long to fix.

 After that we had to go to the Judge’s waiting room, which was a dull dreary white room and wait till 3pm when the judge would marry us. J and I were initially worried that getting this done would mean that we were taking something away from our real ceremony , but dealing with the bureaucracy and waiting around forever made us realize, this was more of a legal hassle than a ceremony. Our witnesses DS and Y arrived promptly at 2:45 and the judge called us into his office.

J of course , being the loud mouth that he is offended the judge

Judge: Hello young man, are u excited

J(in very bored voice): No

Judge: But u are getting married

J: yeah, but this is just a formality, we have a really nice ceremony planned, so really this is just something we have to do

And right after J said that , the poor Judge’s face crumpled and he was rather cold and distant the rest of the time. The judge had us stand and affirm that we wanted to get married, then had us hold hands and say a very distilled version of the traditional vows. J got a little emotional and I was on the verge, but I wanted to keep a little perspective. Thene he said we could kiss and the witnesses could sign and we were out of there. The whole “ceremony” took about 8 mins max.

After the ceremony, our witnesses and some friends we had asked to meet us went to a few bars to celebrate and then we took everyone out for dinner. It was a really fun night.

Love, Wedding

And it begins- Day1

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Today is day 1 of the wedding festivities, activities, etc etc. We are leaving for the courthouse in about 45 mins to apply for our license and get a judge to sign our wedding certificate. I guess we’ll be legally married, but we are not going to think of it that way until our wedding day. This is just a formality aka…paperwork.

 Our friends DS and Y are going with us as witnesses and then we’ll go out for drinks with a few other friends to have a small celebration.

Funny sidenote J and I realized that yesterday(Sep 20) is the first time he told me he loved me. It again was a technicality b/c we still did not define our relationship for another month after that. Looks like the same thing is happening for our wedding.

 In other news, I leave for utah in 6 days!!! Holy Cow! I can’t believe it was almost a year away at one point. Will blog more when I get back!