A walk around Portland

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It was a beautiful day today so Gurpreet and I decided to take a nice long walk around the river. Had my camera with me so took some snaps of Portland.

Willammette Valley trip

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Bashar and Nagin were down from Portland for Memorial Day weekend and really wanted to go down to the Willamette Valley for a little bit of wine tasting. Memorial Day and Thanksgiving weekend are the only two weekends in the year where most of the wineries in Oregons open their doors to everyone to come visit. We grabbed Rahim and Kate to accompany us on the short trip.

Trip to the Rose Garden

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We took Bashar and Nagin to the Rose Garden when they were down here in Portland. Not all the roses were blooming yet, but we still got some good shots.

New Patio flowers

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Had nothing better to do after work this evening so finally went ahead and planted some new flowers on the Patio for the summer. Gave me a chance to also try out my new Canon Digital SLR.

I love Daylight savings time! Light even after work.

Mom and Dads Anniversary dinner

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We all went out for dinner to celebrate Mom and Dads 30th anniversary. After 4 days of indian and chinese, pizza was a welcome change for all.

Opening up the wedding presents

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So how much did we make again?

The Reception Party

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The reception was done at Pearson convention center. Good job mom and dad on the venue. Things went great and we probably had the best MC's in the house. A blast for everyone!

The Official Sangeet Party

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After the Mehndi and the Haldi, we had nothign better to do then throw Varun and Deepta the official Sangeet party. Had a few surprises in there for both of them.

Varun's Haldi Event

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We wern't going to let Deepta have all the fun! Doesnt Varun look great in yellow!

Deeptas Mehndi Party

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Friday began the official wedding parties kicked off with a Mehndi party for Deepta

Sangeet and Dinner at the house

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On Thursday, we celebrated sangeet and a family dinner for family and close friends at the house. Any chance to party!

Family dinner prior to the wedding events

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Most of the family started getting into the city starting Monday so mom had organized a dinner for everyone to get together before the alll the wedding events started.