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♥ The Özaydıns

I do...he does, too!!!

July 19th at 1:00 p.m., at the Tulsa County Courthouse, I finally got to marry the man, made especially for me. I had waited for this day for so long, and although our families could not be there, the day with our close friends was perfect.

Some people may not understand, but I always knew that the person I married would be someone very special. I knew he would be someone that did not have a similar background as me, and because of that, I would learn about things I never would have opened my eyes to. When Fatih came into our life, I knew that God had sent him to be my husband and to be Caitlyn's father.

Here are some pictures of our very special day! :)

My beautiful daughter and me!

Caitlyn, Me, Rachel, Joy, and LJohn

The Groom and Bride

Exchanging our wedding rings!!

Our happy family!!

Mr. and Mrs. Özaydın

Don't we look sharp?!?!

Our rings

It's official!!!

Celebration dinner with our friends at Ruby Tuesday!

My loves!

The Özaydın Family

Such a special day for all of us, and we are so lucky and thankful we had friends to come watch and support us!!

Have a great week everyone!!
♥ The Özaydıns

Arrival

The day we had been waiting for, for 10 months, had finally arrived. July 11, Fatih would finally be back home in Oklahoma. Caitlyn and I were so excited!!!

Can you tell?

You Play Ball Like a Girl!!!

I am a little behind on posting to our blog, so this will be a combination of Caitlyn's softball season. This season she went up and age group and was drafted into a new team, the Oklahoma Heat. We were happy to see that two other girls from her old team were also on the OK Heat!!

First off, let me just say how lucky she was to join a team with such dedication. The coaches were awesome and the girls really had some great parents. It's nice to be on a team that takes care of each other, which these parents did. If I needed to drop Caitlyn off and go to work, the moms were more than happy to watch her until I could get there.

Caitlyn struggled a lot this season when it came to batting. In previous years, she was such a strong hitter but joining a new age group really made her nervous, and it showed. However, Caitlyn never gave up and finally came out of her slump near the end of her season, with her team and coaches cheering her on!

The team was very successful this year, winning 1st place in three of their tournaments. Since Caitlyn spends the summer at her grandparents, she left the season early, so I am not sure how the rest of the season went. Here are a few pictures from three of the tournaments they were in.

Skiatook Spring Fling

Eat, Sleep, Eat Tournament

Prayer Circle
*Photo Courtesy of Dawn Long*

*Photo Courtesy of Oklahoma Heat Softball Facebook Page*

Strikes Against Cancer Tournament

*Photo Courtesy of Oklahoma Heat Softball Facebook Page*

*Photo Courtesy of Oklahoma Heat Softball Facebook Page*

*Photo Courtesy of Oklahoma Heat Softball Facebook Page*

Eventhough this season required a lot of time and money, we had fun, met some great people and are ready for the fall season!!!

Go Heat!!!
♥ The Özaydıns

Nice mutlu yıllar, Aşkım!!!

Mehmet, Sude, Elif, the Birthday Boy!!
Today is my Fatih's birthday!! Happy birthday my love!! This is the second birthday of his, since we have been together, that I have not been near him. :( Thankfully, we will never miss another birthday for each other!!!

Fatih was approved for his Visa and once he receives it with his passport, he will be on his way here! Hopefully, before the 4th!! I am so stinkin' happy!

We would also like to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers, and words of encouragement through this whole process. We are nowhere near being finished, but at least we can be together and start our future and God willing, add to our family.

Iyi günler!!!
♥ The Özaydıns

Corps Day 2011

I found a few pictures from last years Corps Day, which is my company picnic. It was held at Keystone Lake, June of last year. Last year was the first year I was able to go with both of my loves. This year, I had to go alone and even though I was with fun company, not having my family there just was not the same. Fatih is in Turkey, anxiously awaiting the approval of our fiance visa application and Caitlyn is with her grandparents for the summer. Mommy has been very bored, lol.


Here we are in the food line :)


Caitlyn and Fatih getting some yummy food.


Here we are surrounded by some friends. We are kind of hard to see, lol.

Next year, we will all be able to go and have a good time. Maybe we can get in some lake time this summer once Fatih gets home!!

♥ The Özaydıns

Fatih's Interview

Merhaba!! It's almost here!!! Hopefully, all will go well and Fatih will be here soon. We miss him soooooo much! If anyone reads this, please pray that the interview goes well and Fatih will get his visa. I am so ready to marry this man and begin our future together!

Have a great week everyone!!!

♥ The Özaydıns

A few pictures from this past year!!

Fatih and Caitlyn before a softball game.

Caitlyn at the pow wow.

Fatih and his niece.

Caitlyn the gypsy.

Caitlyn at the park.

Mr. Handsome in the Bursa snow.

Love her so much!

♥ The Ozaydins

I'm baaaackkkkk!!!

Well, we are back. Yes, we, as in the Özaydın family!!!! Well ok, not quite yet but pretty close. Maybe I should give a little run-down since it has been over a year since the last post. During the time of my last post, I think Fatih had been back from Turkey for a month or so and was living in Austin, which means we had been long distance dating for 3 months. We had one awesome month to get to know one another in Tulsa, before he went to Turkey the first time. I don't how but we managed to fall deeper in love, despite being apart for so long, but we did. It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Eventually, we had seriously talked about marriage, and he decided that he needed to go back to Turkey and speak to his family. August 26 he left for Turkey, in November we announced our engagement and I sent in the K-1 Visa application for him to come back here and we could finally get married!!!

....still waiting. I guess I shouldn't complain, some people have been waiting for a while and our application has went through when it should. The average processing time is 5 months and we are at 4 months right now. We are waiting for his interview and hopefully, that will be quick. I mean I am a patient person and all but being away from someone for almost 7 months is very stressful.

With all of that being said, he and I have discussed today, that we should keep an updated blog about our life. I mean, who wouldn't want to read about a Turkish/American family? We will try to post in both English and Turkish for any friends or family that may visit our blog, and we promise to update as much as possible!!!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!

♥ The Ozaydins

(Please forgive my hair, I am pretty sure I just woke from a nap!)