This was so fun to make! A collage of our year that we had! So many big moments ... a really exciting year.

top left: 

Brad and Nerida's wedding in March, down south

top middle: 

A beautiful sunset over our new local beach, South Beach. It has been so good living ten minutes from the water.

top right:

Luke and Vanessa's beautiful wedding in October. What a wedding .. what a pair ... 

middle left/middle middle:

A photo at Sugarloaf Rock my good friend Steph took down south the day after Todd proposed

 

middle right:

Meeting my little cousin Macario in Sydney for the first time. A great trip with Mum in January.

bottom left:

Painting our house over the easter break. Aubergine and mushroom coloured walls coated with layers of white! So lucky to have families who pitched in. Lots of little hot cross buns toasted and little chocolate eggs floating around that weekend.

 

bottom middle:

Todd heading out for a coffee for one of the first times after his hip surgery! Handled it like a trouper.

bottom right:

Dance floor that kicked on well into the am at Mum and Dad's house to celebrate our engagement.

  

A weekend away down south for a week between christmas and the new year.

It was so nice having both families together ... there was a lot of relaxing and eating.

Christmas dinner with the Rich side ... at Mandy and Graeme's house ... perfect weather to sit outside

A beautiful, still christmas morning at South Beach!

 

A quick pull over on the side of the freeway and we had hacked down an old agave flower.
It made for my favourite christmas stick to date!

The end of the school year celebrated on the roof of our house with some drinks and a brilliant sunset!

Our local beach, South Beach.
Thursday sunset. Reminding us summer is here and Christmas is close!

Those perfect Perth nights down by the river where there is not a whisper of air and you can eat dinner on the grass.

 

 

A little package I sent to each bridesmaid.

So happy they said yes and so excited for what's to come!

 

We've been spending quite a bit of time down south booking things for the wedding.
I'm not complaining!
Geographe Bay is so beautiful in winter. No wind this evening we went down.
There must have been a wedding during the day.

Happy birthday to this ol' timer xx

By sheer good timing, my wonderful friend Steph and her husband Nathan happened to be down south the weekend Todd proposed.
A generous offer of some photos to capture the weekend and here are some of the results.
I will always be so grateful she encouraged us to do this and always treasure these photos!

A trip up north to Three Springs, farewelling Todd's grandma.
The canola fields were so bright!

8.8.14 will now always be very special date.
We're engaged!


Todd planned the most incredible weekend (completely got me by surprise!!) and the weather participated!! It could not have been more perfect.

Fremantle.
The beach is now so close to us, close enough to go after or before work.
Tilly is our favourite companion to take.

Todd took this photo and I love it.
Luke and Vanessa were back from London ... hanging out at Liam and Amy's playing croquet.

One last walk down by the river before Todd's hip surgery

Winter saw Todd's hip surgery. Poor thing was couped up for six weeks before he was even allowed to start weight baring.
Always so blown away with his positive outlook on things.

A farewell to my little Pola Street home.
Lucky enough to have beautiful parents who helped me purchase it.
I loved the foorboards and big windows instantly when I first saw it.
A fair few house mates, so many dinner parties, building a vegetable patch and  planting a native garden.

I'll always be very proud of the little home I created here.

We got the keys to our new house in April, which means we could paint over the Easter Break!
So very lucky to have both sets of parents help us paint. We were crouched in the corner toasting hot cross buns and unwrapping lots of little chocolate eggs.
The entire house was shades of beige, mushroom and eggplant!! That, combined with years of renting, meant it was screaming for a fresh coat.

White white white all over and it began to look clean and fresh!

 A new school this year has given me a fresh perspective on teaching.
More time spent in the classroom. More focus on teaching - day to day - not performance based learning.
I've loved being back in the classroom with 4 year olds ... and back in the classroom in a co-ed environment.
Even though this school doesn't have the frills I'm used to, it's such a refreshing and welcome change.

It's opened up space in other parts of my life.