More wedding photos

Just a few photos to see. I hope you enjoy!

Wedding!! Ireland style

Hello all! So sorry we haven't been in touch in ages and ages! At least we have time to breathe now! The Irish wedding is over it was last Wednesday(10th June). So we have had a visit from Helen and John who stayed in Dublin for a few days before heading off around the country. I think they had a good time. It was great for us to have them over. My uncle Mairtin was over for the wedding too and some of Brad's Australian friends (Aaron, Scott and Calum). They have all left now so its quiet here at the moment. I'm just working away although its only 3 days a week unless they need me for cover for holidays. Brad is still searching and we hope he finds something soon.
So the wedding was lovely I'm attaching a few photos and I'll post some more later in the week. The weather was lovely and we were very lucky it stayed fine that day and the day after when we had a huge bbq in the house which went on till midnight.
Our ceremony was beautiful and the food was very nice. Niamh made an amazing cake which tasted great. I made my own bouquet and it turned out fine. Rachel took the photos and we are so excited to see them! The music was great and lots of people got up to sing including my dad and Aaron both of whom gave great speaches (Aaron was our best man). It was a wonderful day and Brad and I couldn't have been happier.

Gold Class

Hey, it's just me again. Brad is over at Franks house with Scott for game day! I haven't got much news. We are trying to sell our furniture and we are getting organised to leave the house. We are going out tomorrow night with a few friends for dinner (Marlene, Lindsey, Aaron, Julie and John). The Avalon air show is on this weekend and we are all going but we are all praying it doesn't rain on us!
Brad finished work on Wednesday, he's all happy now. I don't finish till next week. We went to the cinema last Saturday to see the watchmen with vouchers for gold class that Marlene had given us as our wedding present. Gold class is amazing! You sit in a lazy boy recliner and have plenty of space and your own table and a waiter who brings you popcorn and drinks! It was good to see a long movie and take full advantage of the comfort!
So thats it for news, except we saw some Kangaroos out the front of our house this morning. They were pretty close and Brad took the photo below.

Februrary News

Hey so there isn't any real news at the moment. Brad and I are busy trying to find a home for Tink, and post boxes of things home to Ireland. We haven't been out much. We went out for dinner with Marlene and Colin the Friday before last and we have been to the cinema to see "The International" and "He's just not that into you". Scott came over for the usual boys day on Thursday but he brought Mel with him so we went to see "Bride Wars" which was good and we did a bit of shopping and had some cake!
I went into the city today to the Sunday Market and the Vic Market. It will probably be for the last time (at least for this trip) so it was nice to wander. Other than that we have no news we are trying to organise farewells with most our friends and clearing out and cleaning the house before we hand back the keys. It still seems to me like we've got a lot of time before we leave but when I look at the calendar its not. So Thats it for now. I hope we'll have more news next time.

Smokin'

Hello everyone and thank you for all the messages during the week. As you know by now Victoria was hit by some disastrous bushfires. They were for the most part, north of us but one or two were only a 10 minute drive away. We are fine though and the one that was in Bendigo didn't harm any of Brad's family so we are very thankful. Last week we didn't get up to much. There has been a lot of focus on the fires and the victims killed and the houses lost. We went out for Valentines night on Thursday to Koko at Crown (domo arigato Leanne for the voucher which we only used now!). It was lovely Japanese and we had lots of food. Yesterday we went to visit with Brad's parents in Bendigo. We had lunch with Helen, John, Heather and Les before working on our invitaions for our blessing in June. We also stopped by Brad's grandparents for a visit too!

Yes so there's plenty of smoke around Melbourne the past few days. Luckily everyone I know is alright although a friend from work lost his home and belongings. Weather has cooled a little this week after Saturdays record 47 degree day.
Koko was great (thanks again Leanne). I ate seaweed, sushimi, prawns (Aimee's as well), squid, rice, salad, fish, chicken, steak and icecream. I felt like I was going to explode! Put in the official notice at work too this week so i'll be all done on the 11th of March. Hopefully that should leave enough time for me to sort things out here before the big move!

Heatwave!

Hi sorry we haven't been in touch its been busy and hot over here! We went to the Australian open tennis thursday the 22nd of January. It was good we saw Nadal play so I was happy and we also saw a couple of the Aussie players. The mens final is on as I type, Nadal is playing Federer. We've also been having a bit of a heatwave this week. Monday wasn't too bad only in the 30's but Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were all in the 40's, Friday being the hottest day on record reaching 45! We don't have any air conditioning so I can tell you we really felt it! We are so glad it dropped yesterday to 25 and today was only 32. Now the big news we've booked our return tickets to Ireland! So we'll be leaving Australia on the 1st of April arriving in Dublin on the 2nd! I can't wait to see everyone!

Aprils Fools day. It's no joke though. Monday just gone was Australia day and even though Aimee and I both worked all day, we still had a small BBQ with my brother Jason. Hope you all had a lamb chop wherever you were. Tennis has been on the TV all week which makes it easier to sit up late in the sweltering heat. Its been in the high 30's all through the nights even. Yesterday we paid a visit to Seamus, Jocelyn and Niamh and had a BBQ lunch (no shortages of BBQs in summer here).

Our Week-aversary

Well it's been a busy week! We had a good time last Sunday, both Brad and I were in work so my mam and dad went to the winery area with Seamus, Jocelyn and Niamh. Afterwards they met us for dinner and then Brad took my dad to the cricket while mam and I went up the Rialto tower. It was a lovely evening. On monday we spent some time with Scott and Mel and Frank before having our last dinner together. They left on Tuesday and I was very sad at the airport but as Brad keeps reminding me it won't be long till we see them again. Thank you everyone for all the kind messages about the wedding. I'm glad you like the photos. Im collecting lots off the people who were at it so I'll have an entire album full soon! I can't believe we are now married a week. Yesterday I talked Brad into opening a bottle of champagne (thanks Niamh!!) to celebrate our week-aversary (Brad wont let me call it a one week anniversary cause the word anniversary means yearly so I made up my own word)! We even took a photo!