In-laws arrive! (for 10 days)

So my in-laws have arrived for 10 days and we're having a lot of fun playing Ludo together, going to the beach, aquarium and we also hosted an iftaar for my second cousin who lives in NC, on the first day of Ramadaan.

My poor MIL and I spent a total of 2 days in the kitchen... from the second that we woke up, until the second we went back to sleep! SubhaanAllah.

It was a lot of work, but my mom-in-law taught me a lot too, I learned how to make a few new things :D

Also, the iftaar party was a success!!!




The pic above is the dining table all set up for the day my in-laws arrived.
I cooked rice, lentil and spinach :D

Setting up the apartment :D

This was by-far my favorite part!

My in-laws were with us for 2 days after we came to SC and then they went off to NV to spend time with my husband's elder brother, for 2 weeks.

Well, I decided to take on a mighty task before they came back...

We bought and assembled a bookshelf, coffee tables and a desk in a total of around 3 days... after that hubby and I also bought ourselves a washer n dryer with the money that we got during the wedding!

SubhaanAllah! It really was like taking on more than we could chew and I was super overwhelmed one day... trying to cook and clean and do 3 loads of laundry in a single day... but I am blessed with an AMAAAAZING husband because he did a LOT of work... he doesn't just help, but in fact he DOES a lot of stuff, masha'Allah.

I am so thankful...

I have arrived...

The wedding reception was a huge success and everyone had tons of fun.

It was also pretty well organized and my outfit + hijaab all turned out the way I wanted them to, alhamdulillah (Allah praise is to Allah).

The day after the wedding reception we drove to SC which was a 13 hr drive... even though I was really nervous about riding with my in-laws and everyone for the first time, it all turned out really well and everyone was extremely caring :D

Also, although it would seem like 13 hrs is a loooot, alhamdulillah it really did not feel like that long... i guess it was the happiness of everything which got me through it :)

So, yeah, I'm beginning my new life in SC... slowly but surely!

I'm only here for 1.5 months :( but I'm still excited!!!

The Reception- Aug 1st, 09.

The Decor

Running through my head right now...

I cant be losing sleep over this, no I cant
And now I can not stop pacing
Give me a few hours, Ill have all this sorted out
If my mind would just stop racing

Cause I cannot stand still
I cant be this unsturdy
This cannot be happening

This is over my head but underneath my feet
Cuz by tomorrow morning Ill have this thing beat
And everything will be back to the way that it was
I wish that it was just that easy

Cuz Im waiting for tonight
Then waiting for tomorrow
And Im somewhere in between
What is real, and just a dream
What is real, and just a dream
What is real, and just a dream

- "Somewhere in Between", a song by Lifehouse

Wow, it just sort of hit me!...

There's only 2 days left until my wedding!!! yikes, it's soooo close now. But alhamdulillah :)

Things are going well so far. I was freaking about not being able to find hijaabs, to match the new outfit which my MIL is bringing for me to wear on Friday night, but alhamdulillah I found one, but only after much searching throughout every store I could think of at the mall! I ended up buying a red one too, wich will go perfectly with the outfit that I have to wear on Saturday evening (the actual wedding reception).

So alhamdulillah things are going smoothly overall.

My MIL got me some AMAAAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL clothes from Pakistan. Although I haven't seen them in person, my husband was nice enough to put a lot of effort into photographing them for me, and then e-mailing me them.

I am truly feeling blessed! :)

May Allah protect us all from the 'evil eye' and people with ill intentions. Ameen.

Below is the picture of the outfit which I'm wearing on Friday, insha'Allah.

Calm before the storm...

*Sigh* So my summer classes are over and there's 4 days left till the wedding reception thingy!

And, surprisingly that whole Bridezilla thing was just a phase and I've been doing super well since then. I'm actually super excited about everything, except I haven't started packing or cleaning up my room until now :(

Yikes! I better get started on that.

Things are otherwise going really beautifully and our first guests will be arriving on Thursday, insha'Allah :)

I'm psyched!!!

Hmm... also, my sis & I went to my aunt's house today and found a lot of stuff that she had left behind from her son's wedding which she'll let us use to help decorate the wedding hall with :D Alhamdulillah. And, the best part is that a lot of her stuff will go well with what I've already bought.

Things finally seem to be shaping up. Alhamdulillah, I can't tell you how grateful I am to Allah subhaanahu wa ta'ala.

On an even more exciting note, I got to see all of the clothes that my MIL bought from Pakistan for me... YAY.

'A' and his bro will be driving here on Thursday with their parents and my BIL's wife in tow... so it's all getting more and more real!

Ok, i gtg now and force myself to sleep... I've been staying up till past sunrise everyday and today I just seem to be waaay to restless to want to sleep! haha

Anyways, ttyl everyone :)

Peace.