Sharon's Wedding

 This past week I was apart of my friend Sharon's wedding. She is Hindi, so I had a lot to learn including a dance to do in front of 400 people!!! The Hindi culture knows how to do weddings... they last five days long!! The wedding started on Wednesday night. (the picture on the left is from Wednesday night...that is Sharon with me) That night the women stayed at home and "partied" while the men went to the grooms house to do a couple of ceremonies. It was tons of fun!! On Thursday night Mike and I both went. (the picture on the right is from Thursday night... that is her cousin) It was also held at her house. This is when all the women get henna done on their hands... while Sharon gets it done on her hands and feet. She was stuck in her room for about four hours getting it done... but it looked so beautiful!! The women also performed a ceremony that night at a neighbors yard, which was really neat to watch. The men stayed back and drank Kava... which Mike wasn't a real big fan of...lol.We missed Friday night because my cousin was in town... but that night she got oil put on her, so that her skin would look amazing for Saturday, which it did!! On Saturday night, it was the actual wedding ceremony, which lasted about 5 hours!! It was really amazing to watch and Sharon looked absolutely amazing!! Saturday night was the night I did my dance and I have it on film, but I have to figure out how to post it on here...lol. So enjoy the pictures till then...

We had a great time through out the week... Sharon's family was so nice and welcoming!!

Mike and Amy's Wedding

Here is the happy couple Mike and Amy!!!

This past weekend we went to yet another wedding...the fourth family wedding in just over a year!! We are marrying fools in this family ;0)  It was a great wedding at Scott's in Walnut Creek...beautiful weather, we could not have gotten luckier!! There was a small amount of people in this really beautiful garden behind the restraunt. Oh and there was this awesome mashed potatoe bar!!! It was amazing...very clutch decision!! And the DJ played the best sone ever..."Don't Stop Believin'....Hold on to that Feeeliiiaaannn!!!!" We all sang to that one...oh the memories!!! Anyways here are some pictures from the wedding...

One person of the family is noticably missing...Kim had to be in Virginia for the weekend...which hopefully she will post about sometime in the near future...wink wink Kimmy!!

I think this was the photo of the day...so cute!!! And for once Matt and Mike actually look alike!!

Sam and Harmony's Wedding

Hello blog world! Did you know Ashley could be pretty persuasive? Well she can be. So I begin my foray into blogging with an actual event which is much more thrilling than my normal life. Matt and I traveled to Fortuna, California for Sam and Harmony's wedding. It was beautiful but quite a far drive, like five hours far. It was fun to see Northern California and the wedding was awesome. Harmony did a great job pulling together her theme and like I told Matt "she has picked up an issue or two of Martha Stewart's wedding". I'll let the pictures do the talking...

Goodbye Bay Area , thanks for driving Matty.

Two signs you are getting married in a small town are:



1. There is a civil war reenactment across the street from your hotel. It was very cool by the way. I mean come on they had real horses and cannons. It made me miss the south, is that weird?

2. One of the hotels on your hotel block welcomes your wedding guest on their marque. How fancy is that?!

We clean up nice don't we?

Harmony provided parasols for the ladies.


The rich purple was beautiful. So were the flowers and butterfly napkin rings.

gazebo ceremony location

Some tables had tissue flower poms instead of butterflies. And a flower arrangement shaped like a box. The yellow flowers popped off the purple linens.


A shot of the dance floor.

photo booth

Sam waiting for his bride!


Adorable flower girls. They dropped the petals exactly on top of the petals that already lined the aisle. It was too cute.

Harmony was so pretty.

beautiful train on her dress


first kiss as husband and wife!

"Meant to bee together"

fancy personalized wine


Harmony also had fedoras for the guys. I can be a hipster too!

Good food: yummy panzanella salad














Signature drink: don't remember the name we called it purple goodness!



















Beautiful butterflies that we released during the wedding ceremony. They were still a little sleepy from being frozen so we let this one hang out on our table arrangement.




















Go Harmony! Smash that cake in his face.














The live band during the reception was terrific. Matt and I were waiting for a slow dance and the first one they played was my and Matt's song. Hello kissmet!




We had such a wonderful time in beautiful Northern California. See Ashley you asked for a blog entry and I gave you a long one (that's what she said).