The Other Engagement Party...

On the weekend we got to celebrate my little brothers engagement with a party!!! So here it is, the photo's from the night for your enjoyment. It was a breeze styling it all but a few things got forgotten so next event I will need a check list so we don't forget things.

Table decorations

The guests arriving

Ice cream cone cakes!

Buffet time

A little mood lighting

Everyone eating together

The cake {I made}

My brother and his fiancée

My family saying a few words

The purple layered cake

My cousin & I

Cousin love

The baby bump at 15 weeks

Tiff & Olly

Hand Surgery...

Yesterday Ev had his hand surgery. Basically after an appointment with the hand surgeon to see if he needed surgery it was inevitable as he had completely fractured the scaphoid in two! So they will be putting a 28mm nail into the bone to hold it together.

The surgery went well and poor Ev wanted to go home that day but unfortunately once the nerve block in his arm had worn off he was in a world of pain. No way would he have been ok to come home that night as it's a 3 hours drive and needed morphine injections.

Today he was much better {and less grumpy} so we made the trip home. He will be in a cast until we go back to the hand clinic and then a splint for 8 more weeks.

Poor thing, after surgery

Sydney Hospital - the oldest hospital in Australia

Asking a man...

We are both going to ask our maid of honour and best man if they will do us the honour of being in our wedding party. At the moment we think we will only have the one each, but may change to have two. We will just see. So to ask these special people we are going to put together a little grooms pack & Bridesmaid bag! We decided to have our siblings to sign the paper work as we are both very close with the other. I think it's a cute bonding thing that shows just how close we all are.

We are going to start with the best man as he is my brother & he will be here in early January so we wanted to ask him then. I have found this cute card to print up and I will put it in a box with a flask, engraved best man. just something simple, little to invite him.

He is getting married soon too (now) and I wondered if he will ask Evan back?? He probably hasn't thought that far ahead to be honest, and really I am sure it wont bother Evan at all if he isn't. They may pick friends as they are a bit younger then we are. I use to always say I would pick two friends and then later we grew apart and now I couldn't imagine having them in all my wedding photo's as they are not apart of our lives now. You can get good friends, but family is forever. We are much happier with the idea of our siblings as they have been an important part of our lives.



For my maid of honour, she lives here so i have a bit more time to plan something. I want to do a little gift back and something asking - will you be my maid of honour?

I have seen some cute bags that I say on them Maid of Honour. I would love to get a T that says the same so we can wear them later on. I would also like to throw in a few cute other bits, but I will think more about that one later. I'm having Evan's sister and she already knows anyway! ha ha But I don't think she will expect this and it will make it a bit more special for her. It's her first time being a bridesmaid.

Welcome 2012 ...

It's here!!! Welcome 2012, the year of big plans, happy times and travel! I have a few goals and resolutions so here they are to keep me focussed:

- Get serious with our wedding planning
Pick a date, sort a venue, book a photographer, get organised basically.

- Send out Save the Dates
I have to have that ready to post for the end of the year.

- Focus on me!
Time to kick my bum & get fit, healthy & happy!

- Travel More

I want to see more of the world so this year I plan to make a few trips.

- Manage Our Money

I hope to sort out our funds, pay any debts & save more!

- Find my New Career

I'm still working on what this means exactly but I want to do something that challenges me

- Organise & De-clutter

Our house is in some serious need of a face lift. Make our home more user friendly!

- Take more Photo's

I am doing Project 365 & want to have more personal pic's

- Cook More

We eat out a lot of the time, so I want to cook more at home, get adventurous in the kitchen!

I'm sure I have more resolutions but this is it for now... fingers crossed for a bumper year!