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I love the whether right now…the air is cold and crisp…and you just feel extra cozy when you’re home. But the sucky part is that I’m sick!! I probably got the cold from my hubby, who got it from me a few weeks back (but my previous cold wasn’t as bad as this one)! I slept for like 15 hours yesterday because my body completely shut down. I’m feeling much better today though. Hopefully I’ll feel well enough this weekend to have some fun though. Sickness - not fun.

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I’ve procastinated this process long enough and I’ve finally done it! I’ve officially changed my last name after being married for almost 2 years!! Even though some of my married friends had told me that the process is fairly easy, for the longest time I felt like I didn’t have enough information to go about doing it. It wasn’t until I found this article from SignonSanDiego.com that I was ready to take actions!! This article was straight forward and includes 2 important links to Social Security office and DMV. I wished I had found this web page earlier!! Anyway, I personally visited Social Security office on a weekday morning, 10 minutes after the office was opened. I only spent about 40 minutes there (includes waiting time) and they were able to change my last me on the spot. SS office automatically send your info to IRS so you don’t have to worry about that. I went to work immediately after so I contacted my human resources lady, who helped me changed my employee name right away. Finally, last Saturday, I made my way down to DMV (clairemont office). I arrived there 5 minutes knowing that otherwise I would be waiting in line forever. I thought I would be the first 10 people there but no, there were already close to a hundred people in line! Crazy! I thought it was going to be awful and I would get stuck there forever. But to my surprise, I got in, got my number, waited, filed my paper work, get my thumb print and a new picture taken all in 50 minutes. They were fully staffed on Saturday. It was really not that bad considering it’s DMV we’re talking about. The key is that you HAVE TO get there before it opens.

As far as the government is concerned, I am now Cindy Lowe. Of course I’ll still have to change my name for my bank accounts, credit cards, health insurnace etc. But that should be pretty easy once I get my new driver license. So hopefully this post is informative for those of you who are planning to change your name after you get married, or have been planning to change your name but never got around to it!! Fear no more ladies!! It’s really not that bad. I’m not promoting that all married women should change their names though. I’m all supportive to those who don’t want to change their maiden names. Changing one’s name is completely a personal choice, not an obligation.

one of my fav engagement pictures. taken by felicia chang. processed bysusan yee.

Nick and Natalie grew up from the same church. They have known each other for almost their whole lives, but they didn’t become friends until they were in college, and didn’t realize that they are for each other until post college!

I’ve known the couple since I moved down to San Diego 5 years ago, and it was such a blessing for me to witness the growth of their relationship. As a matter of fact, Natalie caught my bouquet at my wedding 2 years ago!

For this wedding, I had the priviledge to work with Jon Chan. He’s a cool guy to work with! All images below are taken for jonchanphotography.com.

Daniel and Vincent were up to something…

the ushers

 

little miss lindsy was helping out passing out programs!

 

 

 

 

 

 

here’s my hubby - my favorite groomsmen hehe

the groomsmen stayed up til 4am on the day of the wedding to decorate Nick’s car!

Nick loves American cars, so the groomsmen decided to put a huge Toyota sign in the front. Such is love.

 

 

 

check out some details inside the car! muahahhaah

 

this one is dedicated to our general Nick.

 

 

jon and john…they crack me up.

 

Nick’s really happy that he’s married to a beautiful bride.

 

usually the bride and her bridemaids are the ones who would do this…. but I caught the boys checking out Nick’s ring haha! I guess Alex is very interested because soon it’ll be his turn.

here’s how we know Nick is a changed man…because even when we did this to him…

he was not offended.

 

natalie!!

 

 

a sweet candid moment

 

 

 

 

 

while Jon chan took the groomsmen away for some boys shots, I took some of the girls…

 

 

 

 

and a couple more of dnat…

 

 

right after this shot, the groomsmen came back charging toward dnat!! So…silly.

 

 

 

 

little miss Erin.

 

 

Nick’s best man Vincent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

those Texans!

San Diegans…

me and my old roommate Grace!

 

congrats Nick and Natalie. And to everyone else, you guys are way fun to hang out with!

It’s December already! I’m really looking toward to 2008! It’s going to be a great year!

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