Garden of the Gods

After being at the top of Pike's Peak in the mid 40 degree windchills we went ventured over to the nearby Garden of the Gods where it was a balmy 100+ with the heat index.  The views were beautiful though!

Pike's Peak

During our trip to Denver in June we got to drive up the long curvy road to the top of Pike's Peak.  We really need to take a longer trip out to Denver because there is so much that I haven't seen in a lot of years!

Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert

Love this fun layout for Jake & Ashima's Wedding. 

Pike's Peak

Sunday after breakfast with the new Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Gilbert, we headed down towards Colorado Springs for some sight seeing.  It had been years since Darren or I had been to Colorado so we wanted to do a few "touristy" type things during our free day.

Our first stop was Pike's Peak.  We hadn't done any planning but hoped we could take the Cog Railway up the mountain.  Due to the timing and the slower traveling, we missed the earlier train and then didn't have long enough to take the later train to get back to the airport.  We decided to drive up the mountain instead.  It was a super warm day, about 95 degrees at the base of the mountain and what they referred to as a "Hot" at 56 degrees on top with the wind chill in the very low 40's!  Brrr!  I was not dressed appropriately for 14,000 feet!

Views from the top!

Hindu and Jewish Traditions

Here is the program that detailed out the Hindu and Jewish traditions in the wedding ceremonies.  It was pretty interesting different the symbolism from a general Christian wedding.

Reception at the Inverness Hotel

After the beautiful ceremonies, we headed indoors at the Inverness Hotel. 

Jake & Ashima's first dance.

Lifting Jake up during the Horah dance.  Rumor has it Ashima did not want to be lifted for fear she would be dropped.  Fortunately Jake was not hurt in the lifting of this chair!

Darren and me.

Darren with Ken who he and Jake lived with during college in Baltimore.

Jake & Ashima pose with Darren and me.

Gilbert/Gupta Wedding

This weekend we had the pleasure of going out to Denver for Jacob Gilbert and Ashima Gupta's wedding.  It was my first time at a Jewish wedding as well as my first time at an Indian wedding!  They had two ceremonies and had a quick outfit change in between then..  They provided a program that told of the different traditions in the ceremony so those unfamiliar would understand the symbolism behind each. I'll try to post the program later. It was really interesting!  The Jewish type ceremony was officiated by a very excetric and excited judge.  On to the pictures.

The beautiful Ashima in her beautiful sari walking down the aisle.

Ashima and Jacob during the ceremony.

Husband & Wife - Part 1.

Ceremony 2 - Jake and his parents walking in.

Ashima walking in with her parents in beautiful dress.

Husband and Wife - Part 2.