July 9th finally arrived... I can't speak for Nick but I was extremely nervous but very very happy. It's quite frightening how quickly 1 year has gone past. We were very lucky on the day. The weather was beautiful. Nick saw a rainbow, it didn't rain, sun was out. The ceremony was simple, short and beautiful. Sheik Sulaiman did a great job explaining the ceremony and the religion to everyone.
Lunch at Stella was yummy. Everyone had a good time enjoying each others company and feasting on the good food. Nick's grandma baked chocolate cheesecake and his Uncle Bruce decorated them. Very very yummy. The speeches were very touching. It was wonderful to see everyone mingling with each other and like the Sheik said in the ceremony, our 2 family has melted as 1. It was very touching to see 2 families, cultures embrace each other. Nick's speech was the best! (am I being bias?). He expressed so beautifully how we felt about each other (we didn't get it on video though
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After lunch everyone was pretty stuffed and exhausted. Nick's parents got us a great room at Radisson Playford. Very nice room.
So we have to thank everyone for a wonderful day. Thanks to both the parents and of course Gareth and my psycho sister Lara for setting Nick and myself up. So dodgy!! And lastly my brand new husband (need an upgrade in a few years hehe just kidding Nick!!). Thanks for getting the house ready for us. Working so hard. and just thanks for everything else like dealing with all the dramas (lots of dramas in my household) and for being my husband
. LOVE U!!
So we will be doing this in a much bigger scale in Dec in Penang. So see you guys then!
. I baked little cupcakes, did dips, sandwiches and that's about it. We got lots of help from family which was great. It was also Grandma Zelda's birthday so it was great having her there celerabrating herbirthday with Addis. It was a great day with family and friends. I doubt Addis will remember his 1st party but I surely will. Not sure if we'll be doing for our next kids tho....
