Nur & Martha's Wedding
Wedding on May 6, 2000
We got
engaged on Oct. 2, 1999. In choosing our wedding date, we wanted
to have it after Nur was finished teaching classes in the spring
semester, but we also wanted to have it before Nur's graduate students
left the Austin area for summer jobs so that they could attend the
wedding. So we ended up with Saturday, May 6, which turned out to be
the very next day after Nur taught his last class of the semester on
Friday, May 5. The wedding was at 4pm at First E-Free
church in Austin, TX, where Nur and Martha regularly attend church.
Pastor David Chu (the single's pastor at the church) performed the
ceremony.
Martha had four bridesmaids:
Susan Barrackman - Martha's friend that she met at college at Texas A&M
Katy Barone - Martha's sister
Mary Fortune - Martha's sister
Teresa Cavazos - Martha's friend that she roomed with for 5 years
Nur had four groomsmen:
Brad Schlichting - Nur's friend since 3rd grade
Mike Ostvig - Nur's friend from high school days
Mike Kaliski - Nur's friend that he met at Stanford University
Aaron Buesing - Nur's friend that he met at University of Minnesota
We also did one non-traditional thing which is that Nur's sister,
Siv Touba, also stood up in front with the groomsmen in the
wedding. She stood two steps below the rest of the groomsmen as can
be seen in the pictures below. Nur is very close to his sister and wanted her
to be there up front.
Our reception after the wedding was on the 17th floor of the Hyatt
Hotel with a nice view of Town Lake and downtown Austin. We had a
sit-down dinner. For our
honeymoon, we went to Tahiti for 7 days.
Pictures
The countdown to the end of bachelorhood
Martha passing out before the wedding (just kidding)
Nur putting the ring on Martha's finger
"The Kiss"
Mr. and Mrs. Touba
The happily married couple
The bridal party. In the back left are the two
ushers Brian Jacobs and Ethan Hoke, in front of them are Teresa, Mary,
Katy, Susan, Martha, Nur, Brad, Siv, Mike O., Mike K., and Aaron.
Our decorated car
Cutting the wedding cake
Tossing the bouquet
Removing the garter
The exit
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