Wyoming Wedding - Indian Style

Not Native American, Indian. Our friend Skye has been teaching for the last for years at an American school in India. She got married last December in New Zealand and had her reception in Buffalo, WY where she grew up.

The Big Horn mountains are a 10 minute drive outside of town.

We were able to get a couple of hikes in while we were there. One hike brought us up to a lake on the mountain. The weather was beautiful, it was in the mid-70's. Even with these temps there was still snow on the shore.


There were quite a few people fishing on this lake by the time we were heading back down.




The reception was held about 25 minutes out of town at an Equestrian Ranch and Polo Grounds.
Skye had Sari's made for all of the girls in the wedding reception

Here is Mary in her Sari
Skye sent the girls a Youtube link to a Bollywood dance and wanted them to learn it for the reception dance. Lets just say two 15 minute practice sessions might not have been enough for this fast paced dance, but they had a blast

We were planning on hiking one more in the Big Horns but it was supposed to rain. So we headed to Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore in SD.




And if you were wondering about Anika, she had as much fun as we did. Grandpa took her swimming for the first time. By the end of the day, she was jumping off the first step into his arms.

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Anika is now 20 months old and she is talking up a storm. She is now putting together three word sentences, mainly starting with "me...". The other day, she got up on our bed and put her head on a pillow and said "me, I rest". Another favorite is "me, I eat".

She has grown so much in the last 6 months. This is from a couple weeks ago. Still not a ton of hair, but more than she had at her first birthday.

This is from last November.