staff christmas party

 

last saturday night we had our staff christmas party at the crown burswood ballroom. it was such a fun night and we had a really great time. awesome outfits too!

doug was rocking what we referred to as his "one direction" outfit (burgandy chinos and a polka dot shirt from jayjays and a bow tie from gsi...) - no wonder there were screaming girls throwing themselves at his feet all night. hilarious.

 

we like to make people think that we are enjoying ourselves also, so it is imperative that we take a lot of ridiculous selfies at the dinner table. oh my. what an attractive couple.

 

my outfit was a black target dress that has a sheer top section (coupled - of course with a wonder tee underneath) that i bought from an opp in brisbane when we were there in june and the shoes, ohhhhh the shoes - gold glitter points, also from target that i lusted after for an an entire season - and then snapped up when they went on clearance for just $6.88 yessssssss!!! freaking loved it!



my gorgeous friend lisa (who i am losing to the u.s. in just over a week :( sob!) did my hair and makeup and made me look smoking hot, which i was well pleased with... leese - you're a freaking legend! it always amazes me how quickly she does it and just what a good job she does. she totally should charge people... just not me of course!

the smoking hot girls of co-ord rocking the party... woooo

 



 

me and my boy. love him too much!

xx♥xx

thanksgiving dinner

 

on sunday afternoon we had thanksgiving dinner at the reese's... i know the end is nigh (with just two weeks until they depart back to the u.s.) and we are trying to enjoy every minute with them. a group of 14 of us got together, with everyone making something, which ended up being one heck of a lot of food! sooooo good. potato bake, sweet potato mash, a whole roast turkey, stuffing, bread rolls, roast pumpkin salad - and....  drum roll... pumpkin pie!!!

 

 

i have been waiting so many years to try it, i was just desperately hoping it wouldn't disappoint! and disappoint it did not. plus... i was even gifted lisa's extra can of pumpkin so i can make my own come christmas! yesss!

i even did my research and found out what thanksgiving is about - apparently (americans feel free to correct me...) it's when the pilgrims arrived in america they were having difficulties growing things in the unfamiliar soil and the indians stepped in and assisted them. at the end of harvest (successful harvest) the pilgrims and the indians sat down together and celebrated with a feast - and there began the first thanksgiving! 

 

boys having fun

 

 and maddie stuffing her gob full of turkey.

 

i am so thankful. for good friends, family (and food! haha)

happy thanksgiving yo!

breaking dawn: part 2

so... last week i went to see breaking dawn: part 2 in gold class with lisa, as i have all the others and i am pleased to report that it does not suck. sure it had it's fair share of cheesy moments, as did the others but i was more than impressed with the ending - and just how they did it. it was not just tolerable but really quite good. after loving the books so much (but despising the movies - gah) i was glad that one of them was doable - i'm just kind of sad that after all these years there's no more of them to watch - but we've had such a great time. we'll just have to move onto the next phase now haha. :)

cuteness overload

i woke up this morning to find a bunch of facebook notifications from a photo i'd been tagged in. followed the links and found this piece of gold! maddie and aunty niques had been watching yo gabba gabba and niques started taping her reaction on her webcam. a few pauses and cuts later - we have this! i love it! such priceless facials on our little girl. my favourite is the second from right on the bottom, what's yours? x

thankful

don't i know it!

 

i couldn't tell you everything i am thankful for, even if we were here all week...

i am seriously so blessed. but, above all, i am thankful... to not have to look for things to be thankful for...

happy thanksgiving to my beautiful american friends!! x

together forever

mum messaged this picture today and it made me so happy! grandad's headstone has been completed and replaced and i feel like they can finally...

 

rest in peace

tie onesie

remember the formal onesie i made for baby mason here?

well...

drumroll...

here he is!! wearing it at his uncles wedding! what a doll... can't wait for his momma to bring him home so i can have cuddles again. :)