excited.

So I just found out that Anthropology now ships to Australia!! 

eeek!

 of course it's not quite the same as spending an hour or so in the two story store in Seattle with:

a bunch of 8 fellow blogging ladies ...

8 tummies full of PF Changs ...

+ 8 fortunes from our fortune cookies ...

(1 lady with a fortune telling her that she shouldn't really shop ... what the?! ... poor Andi!)

3 babies 

(1 who was quite cutely shopping all by herself hehe )

  +

at least 6 cameras (Andi - I need pictures please :)

but I am happy just the same...

I just wish the postage wasn't so ridiculous!

 I am really kicking myself for not buying myself and M these monogrammed mugs when I visited.

I really did eye them for ages.

But at over $40 to have them posted here looks like they will just have to stay. 

I wonder if anyone stocks anything similiar here in Oz ...

anyone seen anything?

post edit: Just went on the Urban Outfitters webpage and they now ship to Australia too! With much more reasonable shipping prices might I add.
hopefully 'pandora' will be next :)

Back again..

Back from (another) holiday of...
FUN!
a last family holiday before the wedding kinda fun...
of fun with good friends... (who are basically family anyway)...
of meeting long-lost relatives... a grandfathers brother ... a grandfather I never got to meet ... Who I know only through the stories telling of his funny sense of humor and of the joker he was... and getting a sweet glimpse of him through his equally funny brother...
of pouring through an old family bible...
of meeting mum's cousins - I never knew she had so many!
of a brother getting his license first go...
of a funny moment when the RTA announced he wasn't able to take his driving test with possible 'projectiles' in the car...
of sitting in the RTA along with ALL our holiday supplies so he could take said test ...
of water park fun ...
of slides and rides and giggles and screams (fun ones of course) ...
of palm trees and beaches...
of sand and sunshine... (and a little rain too)
of 4wdriving and swimming...
of trivia nights and lawn games...
of early morning walks and chats with the lord ...
of a tonne of special moments.

and of me just wanting to drop in and say hi...
I'm back again...
to stay.
Well for awhile - there is a honey moon in the planning for later this year!
I'm feeling content and so blessed tonight - even though the fun times have been had and now is the time for planning and organizing (some of it stressful) and settling back down and oh some serious job seeking (cause savings only last for so long!)

and ...
of promising to stick around more this time + blog too :)

I'm back!

So I am on this amazing + dear ladies list..
why?
Because I haven't blogged in too long and perhaps, just perhaps maybe she misses me too?!
:)

So here I am. back + blogging... It's been only two weeks since I have returned from my month long trip to the States and yet it seems so much longer. I've wanted to blog to share photos (while wishing I had taken more) but truthfully I have just been a little swamped ...
a fiances birthday, a mothers birthday, a brothers birthday, a wedding (in which M was a groomsmen + quite involved), a school rowing regatta, a brand new car of his with a $1,200 problem (luckily still  covered under warranty), some frustrating banking problems (both with M + my accounts) lots of wedding preparations + appointments, last minute trips to find Paige a dress for the wedding, a suddenly falling down formal dress - thank goodness for Hollywood tape + bra enhanchers is all I can say... and lots + lots of running here and there.

I feel like I don't even know where to begin.

What I can say is I have been super blessed by my trip to the States. + I'm still trying to process it all! Super blessed to have met the most amazing bunch of women ever - who have given me so so much - inspiration, encouragement, beautiful memories and lasting friendships. I totally adore each and everyone one!!

and I feel I have grown so much since my trip too! To say I stepped out of my comfort zone boarding a plane to another country, leaving mine for the first time and meeting up with a bunch of women I had never met in real life before is kinda an under statement.. like I told Leslie I don't think I even thought about it too much - I just did it - crazy I know!  But now I know I am capable and able to do big things, to stretch myself and just go for it. + I have the sweetest bunch of real life girlfriends because of it.

see all this rambling? It's because I just can't seem to sort all thats floating around in my brain out.
So stay tuned for photos and blog posts as I try and sort out the most amazing trip and get back into the swing of normal life...

oh but did I mention we leave tomorrow morning for our last family vacation? + that by Saturday I will be relaxing beside a pool on a tropical island off the coast of Brisbane with my family and our 'extended family members' - hmmm maybe 'normal' is still a little while off yet ;)

Love Letter: Day 2

To the spunky guy with the subaru whom he loves alot ... but not as much as ME,

Hey babe! I have decided to write u a small love letter here each day to keep you updated on what we get up to each day and use the enteries as a kinda diary of my travels.

So here goes ... a little catch up for you:

* the flight was good. long, but I never got to the stage where you think "are we there yet?" and then you look at the clock and it says there's still 4 hours left! So that was great.
* My flight to Brissy was late arriving and they were taking the final calls for my connecting flight but as there was a large amount of us connecting one of the flight staff was waiting for us and took us all over to the international terminal, helping us with paperwork etc. SO helpful
* the international planes are big!! super big!
* and people in business class are lucky. super lucky!
* I had to sit between 2 strangers - for 12 hours! But the guy next to me and I became quite good friends in the end.
* And plane food isn't that bad. But they didn't really serve fruit - oh how my mum would be disappointed!
*  My flight into LA was early and I got through custom so quickly so I got there a little before Leslie but I knew her as soon as we saw one another.
* Hugging and meeting a bloggy friend in real life is surreal and so amazing.
* Leslie is amazing. and sweet and so is her little fam.
* I have only tried to get in the wrong side of the car once.. er make that twice (I did it again today!)
* I think you need to experience driving here. You would like it. but then again you just like driving full stop! it's strange and feels almost like you are over turning in the car and I keep getting confused
* the toilets are strange. super strange and low. And they FILL UP with water when u flush them?! I thought I'd chosen a toilet with a blocked pipe the first time I used one and that it was going to go everywhere!
* Cali is really warm so I have been able to wear jeans and short sleeved tops. how crazy is that?
* But I am expecting to freeze when I head further north!
* Rylan Mae is my sweet little shadow. She likes to wear my 'pretties' (headbands) and shoes and ask me what are u doing to everything I do. I totally want one - tantrums and all !!
* Yesterday we just hung around the house, relaxing and settling in.
* I miss you, but then again thats a given :)
*Today we went shopping at an awesome fabric places. SO So cheap we may have brought a lot!!

just maybe :)
you still love me right?
Always yours..
Kt
xxx



ps. Also I think it's so cute how excited you were over our feature on Polka Dot Bride :)



pps. I have a strange request: Can u email me a picture of your toilet and it's height in relation to the vanity - hehe thanks babe :)

featured!

Guess what?! 

Our engagement party has been featured on the Australian wedding blog 'Polka Dot Bride' today. We are so excited and stocked. You can click here to check it out for yourself. Thanks so much for the lovely write up Ms polka :)

ps. Have also arrived safely in LA and can't believe I'm not at all jet lagged and am already fitting in with US time. what the?! You can check out this ladies post to see how much fun were having and whats making us crack up (besides those cute kids of course).  And how I keep saying things and Leslie's all - "umm what?"

And yes, seriously the toilets really are super low here!! lol

will catch u up soon. But right now we're off to the cheap fabric shop for some shopping fun :)

a little quiet.

So things have been a little quiet around here lately and here's why...
remember that little trip to the US which I have mentioned a few times before? Well... I leave for LA in one days time! And I have been busy packing and organizing like a mad woman (well almost)!
It's kinda crazy - I can't believe  the time has snuck up on me so quickly or that I am going to be blessed enough to meet an amazing bunch of crafty fellow bloggers who I have been lucky enough to become good friends with over the past few years - throwing surprise baby showers, online christmas parties, organizing swaps and chatting away with these girls has been so much fun and I can't wait to meet and hug each and every neck in person in just over a weeks time!

I'm also excited for this time in my life - for a chance to spread my wings and fly, to explore and experience new places and new people, to get outside my comfort zone and try something new and exciting, to challenege myself, to grow and to learn from these amazing women who's passion for Christ and their families is so inspiring. And then to come home and feather my own little nest  - yipee :)

I will try to pop in from time to time and say hello.
But if things are a little quiet around here then you'll know what I'm up too :) 

love kt
x

Love Letter no:1

My Dearest Morgan,

Today was Friday - the exciting end of the week. The day where you get off work early and then you come to play. And we giggle. Sometimes we giggle ALOT because I do silly things like dangle off your back while you take off your shoes and make you play tag with me around the house. And sometimes.. well sometimes you just sleep. Cause you know it's been a looong week! Fortunately this afternoon was a silly one. (they are kinda my favourite!)

You picked me up and we drove in that big four wheel drive your family owns. The one I almost need a step ladder to get into cause it is SO high. Off to do afternoon errands. But I didn't mind, even though the air conditioner leaked water all over my shoes every time you took a left hand turn (seriously that water was REALLY coming out of there - with force!) - Did you mean to take so many of those left handed turns? But it didn't matter because I was with you. And you were with me. And that is really all that matters.

I love how we chatted and played as we drove along. And you teased me pretending you didn't remember that in high school Fridays were 'snuggle day' and that Friday to us just simply didn't exist. Until I was so confused by what you were saying and what you actually remembered. Oh I should know your game - you always get me with jokes like that!! Or how you refused to go along with my stupid plan to call the afternoon storm a 'snuggle storm' - I really was just being silly you know. And how you said you'd never call it that in front of anyone or tell anyone you did and how now I have just posted it on the internet for the WORLD to see because I am awesome, like that :)

And I am sorry that I probably embarrassed you in the optometrist while I was getting my contacts checked for the second time because they are 'smudgy'. And for yelling out silly things like "I think it's my eyes that are all smudgy""maybe their broken""Whats the weather forecast this afternoon baby?" or "I can't seeeee you!"
Or how I couldn't resist putting my just my leg outside the half open door and shaking it around pretending it was sexy just to get a rise from you. I hope I make you laugh and smile (because well you know I didn't have my contacts in and couldn't see your face). And I hope I was able to take your mind off a long not so good work week!
and of course for anyone interested, my optometrist was out the back while I was carrying on so! although we do have a few laughs together and I think he finds me funny and not too strange :)

Thanks for a fun afternoon my love...
I love you forever even though you truly do remember snuggle days, even when you say you don't :)
lets play forever and always be silly.
Always your
kt bear
x

a date.

Four our minus 1 year anniversary Morgan took me up to Wine Country to celebrate. We had lunch at the vineyard where we are having our wedding reception and sampled the food and wine - well I sampled the wine, cause he was driving this:

borrowed (with permission of course) from the parents.

And I thought you might like a little sneak peek of outside (I unfortunately didn't take any snaps of the  inside)...

the courtyard, where we hope to have the evening dancing (weather permitting)

the view.

the chicken shed. 

They use the fresh eggs for the meals and also the veggies from the veggie patch :)

Canapes on the lawn will be served here.

outdoor seating. I can just imagine this at night with all the lights on :)

After lunch we played in the vines.

and that was fun!

over lunch I caught the Mr-to-be starring and smiling at me in a total look of love

and I very much melted on the spot

And I realized ONCE AGAIN

How much I love this dear boy!!

I also realized something else that day ..

I have really deep armpit cavities!
like REALLY deep!

mmm sexy!

kt hearts ....

a little bit of pixie dust in a bottle

and other sweet items from my friend Fairlight's Esty shop :)

Please do check it out!

ps. there is only one bottle of pixie dust left, so get in quick!!

a little love.

 

So I have blogged before about my love of this sweet etsy shop. And now the lovely Alli is hosting a giveaway on her blog.

So hop on over to Hooray and you could win a cute canister filled with valentines goodies...

But please don't win cause I want this one pretty bad ;)

!