photo time :)

So our Wedding date/venue's booked! :)  But I can't post the details until after the 31st (our Engagement Party) as we will announce it then.  SUPER excited for it though!  (just to tease you all :)

Dan got his promotion!!  Good job babe! :)  He is now a Team Leader of memorials/cremations at Bunerong Cemetery (a brother cemetery to the one he's at now).  He makes the new transfer this coming Monday, looking forward to the new challenges.  So we're a house full of Team Leaders now :P  My job's going well still!  Same old really, new challenges everyday (some more challenging than others if you know what I mean), today I had 4 people call in sick, on a Saturday, for those of you that don't know how busy it is, we get around 3,000-4,000 customers on Sat/Sun, so you could say just a bit busy.  Luckily everyone was being flexible and I managed to get it all covered, but just an example of some of those 'wonderful' challenges.  They're not all like that, so don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the job.  Just venting this morning's frustration I suppose :P

Dan and I went to 50th 'fancy dress' party last weekend.  I was Wonder Woman and Dan was a cowboy.  Was so funny seeing all the outfits and was good fun, nice to blow off a bit of steam.  I think I was a pretty good looken' Wonder Woman too! :P

Just over a month left and then I'll be on a flight back home!  SO excited!!  It's getting closer and quickly too! :)  Will travel around to the Valley, Victoria California and Bowen Island to see all of my family, friends and of course find a wedding dress with my Mum, Nana and Grandma!! :)  All the dates are set, so I'm excited now to know that I'll get to see everyone! :)

Easter long weekend is coming up, yay :)  Doing the Bell tradition, family camping trip.  Sounds like we'll be going to the same area we went to last Easter which will be nice.  Dan and I have managed to pick up some more camping gear, a nice comfy lounge chair for me :), a portable bbq, a canopy, moving up in the world of camping gear :)  Year by year we will start to get some 'comfier/nicer' things for camping, either way though, it's nice to get away from the hussle and bussle and live simply for a few days.  It will be Junior's first camping trip too, how exciting! :P

Here's a few photos for you, been awhile since I've put some up.

Our little boy isn't so little anymore 

Love this shot!  He just woke up and he always sleeps with his tongue sticking out, too funny/cute! 

Sleeping, this is normal for him, yup, he's a cutie 

And a destroyer!  This was from his little adventure a few weeks back. 

 Destroyed the pot plant (it's starting to grow back now though:)

Dug several holes like this one

Chewed some of the furniture and climbed all over the table 

What's left of Dan's bonsai.  Luckily he was able to mend it and now looks healthy and growing.  The rest of the garden's been fixed now, and no more fence for Junior, he gets tethered. 

Our new dining area/dining table. 

His bed is meant to be in the crate, he decided it was comfier on top of the crate.  Interesting. 

'Fancy Dress' party, Don't I look different with long black hair?!  Fake, was super itchy.  But good fun all in all.

And of course, the ring :)  Love it!

just a little one...

So Dan and I had a lovely long weekend together last month. First one in what felt like forever! We decided to head to Hayfield, which is about 3.5 hour drive from ours to the middle of no-where. One of Dan's mates from work owns an on-sight caravan at a caravan park there. So we decided to escape from it all for a few days. We literally did nothing. Went down to the lake a couple of times with Junior, let him swim. Wasn't much of swimming water, very clay bottom. In fact, walking along the lake, Dan had a good laugh at me as I sunk into the clay. It was like quick sand!! He had to drag me out and then I had clay feet. haha. Was good fun though, sat around, played some games, watched some movies, sat and stared off into nothing. Let the mind go dead..ahhh :D Was just nice to get away from the hustle and bustle.

We have another long weekend coming up in a few, Dan's birthday (on the 20th for those of you who might have forgotten ;). We also have an engagement photo shoot booked that weekend. Should be interesting, good ol' fashioned family photo shot. haha. I won it when I went to a bridal expo in January. Why not, it's free. I'm sure you'll all see the outcome of that day.

We FINALLY got our dining table!! Bought it back in December, taken 3.5 months to get it! And since I was so annoyed with their service, they gave me 50% off :D Gotta like it!! It looks great! Was worth the wait I think.

Junior got into the garden the other day. Little mongrel! Chewed through the bamboo fence around his pen and decided to have a field day in the back yard while we were out. It was poring rain too! Dug a few nice big holes, destroyed Dan's bonsai, had a chomp on some of the outdoor furniture, chewed some of the bamboo plant, dug up a pot plant....yup, had the time of his life. I was in shock when I got home and he couldn't of looked happier than a happy little kid with what he'd done. Covered head to toe in mud! He was very pleased with himself, let's just say I wasn't as pleased with him. So we spent most of the week cleaning bits and pieces up, just got some new mulch put on top of it today and it finally looks back to normal. He's now tethered to his kennel, he ain't going no where now!

Been busy busy planning our wedding...that will be announced after our Engagement Party on the 31st, so you'll all just have to keep an eye on my blog for the big announcement :D Exciting!!!! I know we're SUPER excited! A few more things to pick up for the Engagement Party and then we should be all set. Just the set up on the day of, looking forward to having people over at ours, it will be pretty chill, some food, some drinks and socializing, should be good fun. Wish all of my family could come as I've said before, but we'll celebrate while I'm in Canada and at our Wedding! :D

Works been busy as usual, 2 months until my holiday! :D Can't wait!!! Dan's been offered another job at their brother cemetery, a Team Leader position. And when the boss is gone he would step into his shoes to cover. It's the same area, memorials and crematorium, so he's still tossing around whether to take it or not. He's comfortable where he is, likes the job, likes the people but the new job offer would be a step up, a challenge, something different. He'll have to decide before tomorrow, of course I support either way, whichever will make him happy. Keep you posted on what the big decision is.

Well, time to chill out and put the feet up. Back to work tomorrow. Miss you all, 2 months until we get to catch up!! Oh and we finally have a home phone and voicemail that works! Yippee! So feel free to call anytime! :) And if you need the number, just let me know. xxx Chow for now.