Monday, Monday :: A Look Back

This weekend, in addition to Father's Day, we celebrated my brother-in-law's one year wedding anniversary.  To celebrate I finally made use of all the video we shot that weekend and put together a little video for them.  It was such a fun weekend; I loved all the memories that we were able to capture.  Happy Anniversary to my favorite two lovebirds!

kunal & radhi from Praveen Patel on Vimeo.

Friday Favs: Our 4 Year Wedding Anniversary

Happy 4 year anniversary to this guy.  I can't believe all the amazing times we've had in the past 4 years: 2 weddings (Chicago & Penang), a cat, a dog, and a baby.  Thanks for being the most fun I've ever had, love you more than I can say!  And I'm so, so incredibly excited about our anniversary trip to South East Asia this year!  We went to Paris and Hawaii (Big Island & Maui) for our first and second anniversaries, but last year as my eggo was preggo we opted out of going on a big trip, so this trip is 2 years in the making.   Happy Friday!

4 Year Wedding Anniversary from Praveen Patel on Vimeo.

Our Wedding {Part 2}

Three years ago, today, the Mister and I said "I Do" for the second time in 2 weeks.  Seeing as the Mister and I are different religions, we decided to have 2 weddings.  The first wedding was in Chicago and the second, a destination wedding, in Malaysia.  Our amazing 3 day soiree was capture by the incredibly talented Fiona Lim of FiFoto Photography, for more pictures from our wedding visit her blog.

{the Ceremony}

{the reception}

Reception Venue: G Hotel
Photographer: Fiona Lim

Wedding Anniversary no.3

Happy 3rd wedding anniversary to the Mister.  We were married for the first time today 3 years ago, and it's been an incredible ride, love you lots.  

To think.  Two people are born on separate days, separate years, and half way across the world from each other.   Two completely different people, with two separate families, cultures, experiences, and personalities.  One grew up as a tomboy, who loved to sing and travel.  The other was completely entertained with a ball and his friends.  They were completely and blissfully unaware of each other's existence.  Till he saw her face in the new freshman book at U of I, and till she met him at a bus stop outside their dorm.  Still fate had other plans for them and they spent the next 3 years as friends.  It wasn't until their senior year that all the pieces seem to fall together.  What started off as studying together, whispered secrets, and smiles across a room, turned into a life long love affair.  Is it fate to believe that these two strangers happen to become friends, and years later something more? Or, is it merely, pure coincidence; the right place, at the right time, with the right chemistry?  Destiny or not, these two people met, and their hearts and souls spontaneously collided, completely unaware that their dreams had just caught up to them.  And somewhere along their separate journeys, these two people became exactly who they needed to be for a lifetime.   To think.   

Wedding Anniversary

Happy 2nd Wedding Anniversary to my amazing husband!  I can't wait for our next fifty years together!

 I hope this is us in 50 years!

{photo via Bippitty Bopitty Boo}

Anniversary Fun with Pixlr O-Matic

It's our second wedding anniversary next week!! To celebrate our first wedding anniversary we were in Paris, this year Greece, Hawaii, and the Caribbean are all on the table.  The mister gave me an album for our first wedding anniversary non-gift: (non-gift because the trips are our anniversary present to each other).  Every year we get to add to our album with a picture of us celebrating our anniversary.   Here's us in Versailles last year, I wanted to jazz up the picture, enter Pixlr o-matic. 

A few clicks later and here's the new version, antiqued, sparkled and bordered! Happy clicking!