Congratulations!

Our dear friends Linda & Khobie got married last week!  They had their ceremony on Thursday and their reception on Saturday.  Their ceremony was lovely and colourful.  Their reception was classic and bumpin!

We, and the rest of their family and friends, couldn't be happier for them.  They are an amazing couple who are unselfish and would always do anything for us.  Through my eyes, we can relate to them most because Khobie is of the brown ethnicity and Linda is of the asian ethnicity; opposite of us.  As couples, we both got engaged at around the same time, bought a condo around the same time, and got married at the same time.  I can foresee us doing many similar things together in the future.

Congratulations to you guys once again!  Not sure if we'll get to see you guys before you leave, but we hope you guys enjoy the much deserved honeymoon!  Remember to take pictures!

~DD~

Yosemite

I came across this video yesterday through a co-worker who's into photography as well. Now, I don't use the word "awesome" a lot, but this video is pretty awesome!

It's a six minute video of a photographer assigned by National Geographic to follow a group of mountain climbers for a couple of months.  Not only is mountain climbing a hard thing to do, but imagine taking pictures of mountain climbers, while mountain climbing yourself.  Everyone bared the elements of camping out for the two months they were out there.  It was crazy to see all the equipment they had to bring with them to set up different shots.

Although I've only started getting into photography for less than a year, this is the type of dream job that I would love to do in the future.  I would love to have the talents of this photographer and have the ability to go on this adventure.  I will be sure to take our upcoming Galapagos/Easter trip and make sure our camera is always with us.

Enough with my talk, here's the video:

http://vimeo.com/27101039

I'm going to try and find if there's a longer segment on this to watch...six minutes of footage over a span of 60 days?  That's just not right.

Lake on the Mountain

We came back from the cottage on Sunday and it was simply a relaxing weekend. Our two full days there typically went like this:

530am - Woke up, got ready, ate breakfast
600am - Got in a row boat, went fishing
900am - Came back to shore, had a snack
1000am - Got back in the row boat, went fishing
1200pm - Came back to shore, had lunch
100pm - Relaxed, napped, or more fishing
500pm - Prepared dinner, ate dinner
800pm - Walked around, took pictures, relaxed, played cards
1200am - Goodnight!

There's some history with this cottage, and you can read more about it at my other site by clicking: dlography

Wedding

Our good friends L&K are getting married in about three weeks! Talking to them about their planning brings flashbacks to my mind about our wedding last year. It's like digging out an old book from the shelf; all the memories, planning, and effort came back to me. I feel really happy for them because they've been planning for over a year now and it's coming down to the last few weeks. All the planning and preparing comes down to a couple of days. A message to them if they're reading; take in every second of your special days because it's only going to happen once.

Thinking of their wedding prompted me to look back at our older posts from last year, reading what we were doing a few weeks before our wedding. It reminds me of what we accomplished as a couple, and also all the support we received from our family and friends. Although they're our family and friends, I feel our wedding brought us even closer to them.

I've always told Devika that I'd do it again; I wouldn't mind going through that year of planning and prepping, because everything was just so memorable. At least we get a taste of planning through L&K to plan, and also from our other family and friends that got married this past year, and in the future as well!

Pre-congrats L&K! Enjoy planning and have fun with it!