ShoJayaLove

This is a picture of Ashley Barb at your ceremony. Words can not begin to express how much this meant to us. Just seeing the beauty and the effort that was put into this event made me want to be a better husband for Ashley. Shovaen you are truly a good man for supporting and entering into this ceremony. Jaya you are truly loved and blessed because your family surrounded you with love in gifts but more importantly love in prayer.  Everyone at the ceremony was joyful and happy and loving. I can honestly say that I have never been to an event that felt so much JOY. Even writing about it now, a year later makes my heart warm because your ceremony is one of those happy memories that warms my heart on cold days. Thank you for allowing us to witness such beauty and love.

This is Ashley and Steven getting dressed before the party!!!! Thank you for allowing us to step out of our everyday lives and getting the exposure of another culture.  Ashley was super geeked up over getting to dress up.  I secretly think that when Ashley grows up she wants to be Jaya :).  Your kindness and warmth made the night even more fun.  Ashley looked super beautiful because of your kind generosity in allowing Ashley to borrow some cloths and jewelry.  Even on a day that was suppose to be all about Jaya, you turned around and made two of your friends in The Colony feel like the most important people.  This is yinzess super hero power, to make every person you interact with feel like the most important person in the world. 

The PARTY!!!!!! These beautiful ladies took a picture at the After PARTY!!!! (1) The food was a 20 on a scale of 1 to 5.  I mean there were more food options than at Taste of Addison.  (2) The food was DELICIOUS!!!! I was trying to keep my figure looking nice but after your wedding I put on 13 pounds. (3) This event never ended!! I mean the dancing, the choreographed dances, the glow stick lights, the speeches, and my personal favorite THE STAR WARS guest EPIC!!!  This is what heaven is going to be when I die :)!!!

The only sad part is that we can to leave.  I am not kidding when I say that leaving was the hardest part.  I told Ashley as we walked out for the last time at like 4 am I felt like we were leaving home.  Your whole ceremony filled me with so much goodness that leaving the place made my heart a little be sad.  Since then I have tried to make people feel loved the way that you have made Ashley and I feel loved.  I have tried to make my everyday feel like a very very small re-enactment of the joy yinz gave Ashley and I at your wedding.  

Thank you for allowing us to be part of this event.  Our lives have changed for the better getting to see the family, the joy, the effort, and the energy that yinz have poured into each other.  Don't even get me started on yous twos family, I am still trying to find out what the secret to life is.  I hope one day that my family will be as embracing as your families are.  

Shovessssssss I am not sure if this is exactly what you wanted or if you can use this but place feel free to edit, chop this up, do whatever you need to.  I think this gift alone is why your marriage is going to be a light of goodness in a dark world.  You give from the heart and this is why I look up to you because you make people feel like they are Kings!!! Jaya is a lucky woman and you are a lucky man.  I am glad yinz found each other and I am happy to call you guys my friend.  

Love yah and miss yah!