Busy busy again...

So I'm sitting here with 7 days to go until I'm on a flight to England. Originally I was supposed to leave at the beginning of May, but situations change and now I'm heading out next week. Super excited to see my family and catch up, also to get out of the country and travel!! Not so excited because now Dan probably will not be able to go which we are both really bummed out about! 6 weeks away, gonna miss my man! :( Not to mention he broke his collar bone a couple of days ago at work! Oops and Oww!

Last weekend was Dan's 32nd Birthday, I just wanted to wish you a BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE! :D We ended up celebrating the day before as I was heading down to Victoria on his birthday for Danielle's bachelorette. We started out with a yummy brunch at the Kingfisher, a chill day together and then dinner and drinks at Backstreet with a bunch of friends. Another exciting year finished and many more to come together! :)

Danielle's bachelorette was very eventful! Let's just say it included stripercise, appies, alcohol, make-up, accessories, pub, alcohol, jacuzzi and more alcohol. Here's a few censored photos to give you an idea of what went down. :)

It started with a blindfold.

Danielle demonstrating her pole talents. She was real good ;)

Pretty make-up for Danielle :)

Hawt! ;) The Bridal Party got some sexy make-up done, I think Danielle loved it :P

P.S. They gave me a butt chin! How rude :(

Meow.

We got to attack her with the make-up, she was so impressed! I think this was the best photo :)

This is what we looked like for the pub. I think we're a catch ;)

There's plenty of more embarrassing photos but too many to post unfortunately. We all had tonz of fun and lots of laughs. Thanks for an awesome weekend girls! :D

Had a wicked weekend with Britt! Included skiing, drinking, visiting, hydropathing, eating out and tonz of laughs! Here's a few photos from our weekend, gives a you bit of insight to what it was like :P

Say cheese.

Haha! Nice Britt :P

Ummm...

Nice dance moves!

Haha, I'm not sure what we were doing here, trying to dance I think.

Good fun! :)

Big Date Countdown;

47 days until Snow to Surf!

50 days until Dan's mum and aunt arrive!

56 days until we leave for England!

80 days until Danielle & Dave's Wedding!

Days until big move to Australia, still unknown!

Winter Wonderland...

Here's a few more photo's from our beautiful Mount Washington, it's a winter wonderland! And so much fun!

It's a hard view to look at ;) Sure gonna miss it!

That's me! :D

Me again :)

Going to hit up the Ozone this Friday! Should be fun!:)

Big Date Count Down;

3 days until Britt arrives!

55 days until Dan participates in Snow to Surf!

68 days until Dan's mum and aunt arrive!

74 days until we leave for England!

102 days until Danielle & Dave's Wedding!

Days until big move to Australia, unkown.

Quick Update...

So it's been a little while since my last post. It's been a pretty busy month! Of course Dan and I are still dealing with this visa migration application. But we're nearly finished and the most stressful part of it is over!:D Which feels good. We both have very busy few months over the next little while, so we're hoping to get this application done and outta here by the middle of March! Hurry up Canada Post!

So Dan and I just enjoyed a nice 'mini holiday' this weekend. We both went up the mount and it was a beautiful 'blue bird' day up there and nice powder! Wicked! Then we spent the night at the Kingfisher Resort and enjoyed going through the Pacific Mist Hydropath together and a yummy breaky the next morning. The following day we decided to go to Nanaimo to look for some shoes for the wedding we're going to in May, but we ended up coming home with a little more than one pair of shoes:S Hehe...oops.

Before the weekend I decided it was time for a change. Dan's been bugging me to become a brunette for quite awhile now and I thought it would be fun to surprise him. It was a shock for me for a little while until I got used to it. I actually scared myself walking into the bathroom the first day and saw myself in the mirror, then I remembered that it was me I was looking at.:P It's day 4 with the new hairdoo now and I think I'm getting used to it. Dan was very surprised when I walked in the door the first day, he seems to love it:) Yay. So I guess I'll rock with the brunettes for awhile until it's time to have fun with the blondes again;) Here's a pic below that I just took, not the best lighting/photo, but it'll do for now until I get some more.

Anywho, time to crash on the couch and veg for a little while. Until next time...

Busy busy...

Hi everyone,

So I thought I'd write a quick blog to update those of you that don't know what's going on in my life at the moment. As you may know I am planning to move to Australia in the fall this year with Dan, but who knew it could be so complicated!?

I was planning to get another Working Holiday Visa on my UK passport as I've already had one on my Canadian passport and I thought that was ok, turns out you're only allowed one per person to Australia, not one per passport. So that puts a jammer in things.

So our next option is to apply for Partner Migration Visa, which means Dan as my 'common law' or 'defacto' will be sponsoring me to live in the country temporarily (2 years) and than after that be reassessed by the government and hopefully get permanent residency. The application process is very confusing & expensive, but hopefully in the end it will all work out! It all stresses me out, but what stresses me out the most is if it doesn't get approved??!! What next?! Well apparently if it doesn't get approved it can get reviewed again and maybe then it will get put through. I guess one step at a time is the way to go and deal with things as they come along. Or as Dan's arm says 'GoWithTheFlow'. Wish us luck!

So that is the most exciting thing going on at the present moment. A few weeks back my mum, Dan & I all booked our plain tickets to England! Yay! Looking forward to seeing you all (Nana, Grandad, Elaine, Julian, Jo, Anita(& baby:)) in May!xx We (mum & I) will be there for a month leaving at the very beginning of May and Dan for 10 days joining us mid-May. Then Dan and I jump on a flight home at the end of May, and then race to Victoria the following day for Danielle & Dave's exciting wedding(which I'm a bridesmaid in:)! Also Dan's mum and aunt are coming out here at the end of April from Australia for a visit, first time seeing Canada for his mum(Susie) and second time for his aunt(Barbara). Exciting!!! Looking forward to seeing you both!xx

Also looking forward to seeing you Britt in March!!xx A good friend who will be coming out from Toronto for a nice little visit :) It'll be fun! :D

Let's see, so much going on. I don't think I've missed anything. Hopefully a trip to Kelowna is in the calendar this summer to visit the Purdy clan, will work hard to make that happen!!

Well, I can't seem to think of anything else at the moment, mind you it is the end of the day and my brain is tired. If I've missed anything I'll be sure to add it later. I hope life is treating you all well. Feel free to drop me an email and update me on your life when you have a chance or a phone call or a good ol' fashioned snail mail :) Chow for now

Brenna xxx

Mount Washington

Here are a few more beauty photo's from Mount Washington. Such a gorgeous mount! So picturesque. Hope you like them as much as I do:) There's a wicked one of Dan! :) He's definitely enjoying the park this year!

Dan's 1st Time Skiing

This was Dan's first time skiing up Mount Washington (last week) and straight up the blue(eagle) chair we went. He did awesome and had some great fun.

Mexico

Here are a few photos from our trip down south to Mexico back in November. Seems so long ago already *sigh* but it was an awesome time and such an amazing and beautiful country. Our trip itinerary included beach, tan, surf, eat, the market, surf, tan, beach, swim, eat, sleep, swim, beach, some shopping, visiting, sightseeing, did I mention the beach?! Unfortunately the tan that we worked so hard on is gone, but there's always next time I suppose :) Enjoy the photos.

First Blog

Well hello everyone! :)

So I thought I'd start this blogspot so you can all keep up to date with my travels and adventures in life. Keep an eye out for my new posts and enjoy...