One Year of Wedded Bliss

Today marks our one year wedding anniversary.  I know many of you are probably excited for us, but it feels sort of silly really, because we've been together for 9 1/2 years.  We've lived together for 8 1/2 years.  So it feels like we've been married for a very long time.  I just have fancier jewelry now.

Today we are in Vienna.  Wow!  Vienna.  I mean I can't even believe it.  I am so blessed to be married to a man who loves to travel as much as I do, maybe even more so.

So on this day I will share with you some of my favourite wedding pictures.

Here I am enjoying my ham and cheese croissant.  I'm classy

Jill seems pretty proud of that cake.  And she totally should be!  
It looked awesome

Ew! ha ha ha

My Granny traveled over 1000 miles to be at my wedding

She's 81 years young!

I have the cutest wedding party!

 And the most excited!

 I don't know what's going on in this picture but I love it!

My cheeks were sore from laughing so hard during the speeches.

Ty and I didn't write anything to say, but I think we did a good job

I dance with a couple of cuties!

Like my pictures?  Credit goes to the very talented Randal Kurt

Check out his Facebook or his website

And my  makeup was done my the incredibly talented Leah Cuff  

She's on Facebook and her website!

Instagram!

Ok, I have to admit.  Some days I'm an crochetey old lady inside a 29 year olds body.  Seriously.  I hear things coming out of my mouth and I honestly wonder if I really was born in the 80's.  "Don't move my plants"  "I'll take it, just in case" "*loooong sigh* my back" And if that's not proof enough, I crochet and embroider. 

My old lady ways mean that I am slow to joining the hip new trend of the moment.  I honestly resisted Facebook for like a solid 4 months.... I was going to say that now I do it all...but I don't.  Why? Well because there are some social media sites I like more than others.  And because I'm an old lady.  Remember? 

Facebook-love it!  I'm pretty active on FB so.... Follow Me

Twitter- I'm on it but I don't really care.  And I don't think anyone else cares that I'm on it either, cuz hey, I'm no celebrity. But if you wanna follow me?

Instagram-I like pictures, sign me up!  I signed up for Instgram in  early 2011 but have really only started using it this year.  

I post crazy pictures like this....

and like this.....

Instagram is a super easy way for my to mini blog about my day without having to watermark my pics or write...stuff.  Plus it's cute and I like selflies #truth, oh and #hastags.  Follow me on Instagram

And I love following you back and sneakin' a peak on what you're up to!

Gramma's Mini Album

This was my first foray into mini albums.  I was lucky enough to snag a mini chipboard album at Michael's for half price (SCORE!)  My plan was to make a mini album for my Gramma for Christmas, but things were so hectic I never got around to putting the pictures down on the chipboard.

I printed my pics at those instant Kodak picture printers at Walmart/grocery stores.  Definitely not the highest quality prints, but relatively cheap and I kinda liked that the prints were so thin.  The cool thing that Jilly taught me was to create a collage in PicMonkey so I could print mini pictures at the kiosk for the mini album.  I highly recommend that.

Here's the finished product.

Everyone coordinated their outfits (without planning) which made making the album super easy.  I could use matching and coordinating colours.  Primarily coral, purple and beige.

That's my family.  Well almost all of them.  I'm missing an Aunt & Uncle, three cousins, and five second cousins.  Ok so thats 10 people I'm missing.  And my Dad too.

(Like that grey Washi Tape?  Me too.  
I got it a Downtown Tape!)

I'm kinda hooked on making mini albums.  Luckily I'mm be making another one for my flower girl as a keepsake!

Adventures in New Zealand

Ok, I'm dong this a little backwards but whatever.  On our flight home from our honeymoon we flew from Bora Bora to the island of Tahiti.  Overnighted in Tahiti and then flew 6 hours west to New Zealand for an 8 hour layover!  I was psyched to be able to be in New Zealand, even if it was only for eight hours! I am also very proud of the newly acquired stamps on my passport.
Here's our eight hours in New Zealand!

 Ok, here's us in the Bora Bora Airport. 

Don't worry, these tans have faded already!

Here's Ty on the tarmac as we get into our plane.....

with propellers!  (I was scared)  

You can see the main island of Bora Bora in the background

   Tahiti Airport. 

We stayed at the airport motel across the street.  Never again!  Had to hoof it up stairs and insanely steep driveways with our luggage to get there!

 WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND!  

As we arrived in the airport this beautiful Maori carving welcomed us, complete with lighting and music.  It was so awesome. I love this country!

 I so desperately wish that Canadian McDonald's had lamb burgers! Yum

 Here I am, on the bus, ready to go to the Auckland Harbour/Viaduct!  If you're ever in Auckland jump on the airport bus that takes you right to downtown.  It only costs $26 return/adult and has several stops to get on and off at.  

It was easy peasy!

I could've gone and seen a show!

These awesome lamps were all down the way by the ferry terminal. (Luckily we only had to drag our carry-on luggage with us. Our bags went from Tahiti to Vancouver!)

They were setting up for NZ Fashion Weekend (Sept. 8 & 9)

Auckland Viaduct Harbour.   Auckland really reminded us of Vancouver.  Harbour Quay is very Coal Harbour-y, Granville Island-ish.

Ty enjoys some local New Zealand beer.   Actually it was really good!

Ty ordered Beef Bourguignon.   It was unreal delicious!

When in Rome.... I ordered lamb.  It was my goal to eat lamb in New Zealand!  If I only did one thing, it was gonna be that.

It was pretty good, but not as good as Ty's beef!  (See my Tahitian pearl I'm wearing?)

Everywhere I go in the world, I go to LUSH!  They had no Angel's on Bareskin :(  And Skin's Shangri La was $76 or something crazy!

 The Skytower. 

It's the tallest man made structure in New Zealand!

 And yes I'm from the land of coffee so I had to buy a Starbucks.  Ty was outraged at the price...I didn't think it was so bad :)

Airport sign.  Sorry it's blurry, I was on the bus.

Time to fly home.  Waiting to board our Vancouver bound plane in the Auckland International Airport

Kia Ora!  That's Maori for "hello"!  The Air New Zealand plane was quite comfy.  We had a 13 hour flight to enjoy those seats....I slept through most of it.  Had to stay awake for dinner 2 hours into the flight though.  It was worth it....butter chicken! SO GOOD!

Ty gets ready to take off!

Homeward bound

And there you have it!  Eight hours in Auckland New Zealand.  I promise I will post about our honeymoon in Bora Bora soon!  And yes, it looks exactly like the postcards-unreal beauty!