transitions & chaos!!

the first part of the year has been madness with very little time for us to sit back and relax!!  for the last week of january, we took a week off and headed away camping with the kids up to the grampians!  it's a lovely place in the world with some gorgeous scenery however it was about 45 degrees for most of the time we were away so we spent our holiday in the local pool, swimming about to cool off!!  the kids had a lovely time however i think we all discovered that a bigger car is in order when we go away camping together next time!!  

with the fun part out of the way, we then shifted to packing and moving shannon into my place.  we borrowed boxes from a friend and shannon indicated "he didn't have much stuff/need for boxes"!  two full days of packing by each of us and he admitted that maybe he had a bit more than he thought!!  moving is a tireless and thankless job however by mid-february, we were ready for a housewarming party!  we had everyone over for drinks and food and for those stragglers who were still here around dinner, we had a bbq!  it was a lovely day which made me realise how small the place actually is!!  

three weeks after that, i had a 'pick the dress' party which was exactly as it sounds!!  i ordered 4 wedding dresses off the internet as the shops in melbourne were stressed out by my short proposal to wedding timeline and didn't seem confident they could deliver in time, particularly not with a reasonable price!!  so, i organised for some girlfriends to come over and we had champagne and munchies and i tried on all of the dresses.  it was a unanimous decision (and truly, i'd already decided which one i was wearing) and then we went met up with the boys and had a lovely night out on the town!!  it was low-key and fun; just what we were looking for!!  

after my 'pick the dress' party, i started to realise all of the things that we hadn't done!!  there was no cake ordered or reception booked, we hadn't planned our honeymoon or picked which beach we were getting married on, etc...and i suddenly started to get nervous!!  we spent the last weeks prior to heading off doing all of the above and heaps more!!  i literally bought my headpiece the day before we got on a plane and headed away!!  

in addition to all the chaos above, we managed to spend an afternoon sailing, order and receive our new, super sexy red leather couches and poof, have some secret dates and other random events with and without the kids!!  that said, i must confess to being very happy when we headed off to hawaii for our wedding/honeymoon!!  but you'll have to wait for the next post to read about that :)

hugs to all those still reading!

s