Happy 31st Anniversary

Happy 31st Anniversary today to my wonderful parents. Mum and Dad you should be so proud of the family you have brought up and the amazing lives you have lead together. Congratulations from all of us. xo

Our First Wedding Anniversary

12 months ago to the minute, William and I were in the midst of the biggest and most amazing day of our lives together. Surrounded by family and friends we exchanged vows and became husband and wife. Today we went back to Woodlands at Marburg and shared a beautiful and romantic lunch in the mansion. Memories from our Wedding Day came flooding back as we strolled through the grounds and admired the mansion.

First thing this morning we went out to the Fernvale markets and then drove on to Wivenhoe Dam. From Wivenhoe we headed to Marburg to look in a few antique stores and then went up to Woodlands. Lunch was so beautiful and intimate and then afterwards we sat in the grounds together and read our vows aloud to each other once again.
Happy 1st Anniversary to my wonderful, caring and supportive husband. We have achieved so much together and still have so many plans. With Love from your Wife Susan xo





"Susan this is my promise to you, before God, our family and our friends. I will always stand by your side. Wherever you go, I will go, whatever you face I will face, when you fall I will catch you; when you cry I will comfort you, when you laugh I will share your joy. Let me be the shoulder you lean on, the rock on which you rest. No matter what lies ahead for us, I will see it as a journey. From this moment everything I am and everything I have is yours, and for eternity my love for you will remain. I would be honoured to be your husband."

"William today I will marry my true love, the one who has always been there for me and supported my every endeavour, and always with a smile. Your love and respect for me and for our new family is something that shines from within your beautiful heart. Your genuine nature has won you the respect of all you know and the love and friendship of your loving partner. You are truly my shining beacon, my lighthouse. You deserve the best of everything that life could possibly give; I would be honoured to be your wife."

Our First Wedding Anniversary

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Here is a short slideshow I have made up with some of my favourite snapshots from our wedding. I walked down the aisle to this song. The music is 'It is you I have loved' by Dana Glover, you MAY recognise the tune from SHREK.

William and I are going back to Woodlands to have lunch for our first anniversary tomorrow. I will post some photos from the day tomorrow night.

Susan xo

My Clever Tinkerbell

I am so proud of my baby girl, she drew a big smiley face on her blackboard for me this week. She is growing up so quickly. Small things hey?
 

One Ekka Showbag

William's Dad went to the Ekka (Brisbane Exhibition) this week and bought Chelsea a fairy Showbag. She thought it was just it, and proceeded to dress daddy up in a tinsel wig. He is going to kill me when he realises I have posted this picture on the Blog! LOL
 

One Less Weed

Well that's one more tree gone from the jungle we call our backyard. This one was on the Council Website as being a High Risk Weed, and it was a MONGREL for dropping leaves, flowers, seed pods and anything else available onto our yard, house and pergola. GOOD RIDDANCE!

William and a mate from work (a very very nice mate!) brought it down on Wednesday afternoon, with only minimal damage to the rest of the trees. Thanks Babe.. 

Our New Theatre Room - Before Photos

 

Well this weekend has been exhausting. You see, William and myself have been quite busy putting the finishing touches on our HOME THEATRE ROOM. Last weekend we purchased a Projector, screen and surround sound system from The Good Guys at Oxley, who never cease to please us with great service and really good deals. This week each day after work has been filled with measuring, trips to Bunnings, carting materials home and then finally, building the room. We still need carpet, which will come in a few weeks hopefully. The projector was only ready yesterday, and the skyhook is still on its way, so it will be a week or so before we can get it completely finished, but we watched Fast and Furious on it last night and its GREAT!

Chelsea and I went to the Markets in Ipswich this morning and I picked up a little hand carved table - I don't know if I will use it as a side table or if I will hang the tabletop on the wall as decoration. Mum, Meagan and Andrew came over last night. Dad is away on a work trip and Aimee and Dave are still down at the snow, flying home today I believe.

I am off now to clean out our wardrobe - the top shelves have not been properly organised since we moved in, and its killing me!!! I then plan on cleaning out the bathroom cupboard which has the same problem. I have been totally inspired to clean out and clean up from reading this lady's blog regularly. http://amymowbray.typepad.com/
Have a great week! Suzi xo

Jessica and Brad - Married 12 August 2006

Brad and Jessica were married in a beautiful ceremony at local gardens on Saturday.
Jessica has done a magnificent job in organising a modern and elegant ceremony and reception. Truly one of the best weddings I have attended. The following photos are my pick from the day, as you can see I have edited a few - I am really pleased with the end result. I went to Highschool with Jess and Rikki (her bridesmaid). They are both wonderful girls and truly good friends. To Jess and Brad, Best Wishes for a long and happy future together.

AFTER

BEFORE

Croak....

Well, guess what, I'm at home today, with little to no voice or should I say, a croak. I have a bit of a headache and a cough and runny nose, but on the whole I have been sicker than this. I guess this is my punishment for calling Riles 'Pilgrim' last week when he had the same thing and sounded like John Wayne with his croaky voice. LOL. So yes, another sick day off. This season has been incredible for sickness. I don't think I have spoken to one person who has not been sick at least once. Every year, I get sick once every winter, this year, this is the fourth time!

Anyway, Saturday was one of those days where everything is d r a g g e d o u t and you don't get much done because you're w a i t i n g f o r things to happen or be done. We have (or had) two big rocks either side of our driveway that were put there by the previous owners of the house. A few weeks ago, on the day of Chelsea's party, the previous owner came around and asked, basically, if they could have the bigger one of the rocks back. She explained that she believed it helped them stay healthy in the 12 years they had lived here and all three of them had been sick since moving away. The clencher was that she would replace the rock with a fountain/rock/ornament of my choice. So I said yes.......

Well this thing got carted away on Saturday and it was heavier than the three men who were trying to drag it onto the trailer. Eventually they did it and I have a nice new feature in place, which will hopefully eventually become a water feature.
AND BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING! I was getting sick BEFORE the rock was removed! I am superstitious, but I don't believe the rock has had any influence on our health. Maybe now its gone some more money will flow into the house though? LOL.

Saturday night we went over to mum and dad's as usual and had a ball. We won't be back over for another two weeks because next Saturday we will be at Brad and Jess' Wedding (which I dreamt about last night?!) and Aimee and Dave are going to the Snow in Victoria with Dave's Family. Lucky!! Aimee has never really seen snow and should be interesting to see how she goes skiing!! Hopefully she will sent me some great photos.

Sunday I spent exactly 8.5 hours in our garage. Why? To give my daughter a playroom. I had to clean it out (has never really been touched since we bought the house) clean the roof and walls, Will had to put up a dividing wall so her toys wouldn't roll under the car on the other side of the garage, I painted the roof and walls, brought all the toys in and set them up, and then finally had to clean out the other side of the garage. All is spotless now. You may look at the photos and think that we spoil our daughter rotten. We always make sure she has nice presents for her birthday and Christmas, but Chelsea has a lot of relatives and friends and friends of relatives and they all love buying her presents as well, as well as the fact that she has quite a few of my own toys that are still kicking, so, that is why we have enough toys to keep a dozen kindy kids all going for a week! I have always wanted a toyroom (I know mum will be jealous!) because I like having the rest of the house spotless and Chelsea drags all her garbage around the house to every room. At least now, its all in one place and she can get to it all easily. She still has a few of her special, good toys up in her bedroom.

Anyway, I will be adding a few more links to the left today, so be sure to go and have a look at all of these great sites that I visit regularly. I will most probably be back at work tomorrow, so I will make the most of my extended weekend. Even if I feel like garbage!! Suzi xo