We're all going on a... summer holiday

So, as if getting engaged wasn't enough fabulousness to last a lifetime, we also had the most fabulous holiday with friends at a bach on Lake Taupo, where we did all the things you're supposed to do on a kiwi summer holiday... barbecues, lazing by the lake, lazing in the backyard, lazing in the lounge, playing board games as 2012 came to a close, swimming in the lake, taking the dinghy out on the lake, relaxing in natural hot springs, getting massages, seeing parts of our beautiful country we either haven't seen before or haven't been to in awhile... it was bliss - the perfect start to what is set to be the most exciting (and a little bit scary I'll admit...) year of our lives so far.

Photos above: Lake Taupo, Turangi, Tongariro National Park, Huka Falls

Happy first Monday of the year!

Morning all and a happy first Monday of the year to you! Hope your new year got off to a great start! Mine certainly did...

Yep, that's an engagement ring on my finger!!
We stayed at a bach on Lake Taupo for New Years with a few friends and on New Years Eve, Joshua and I went for an early morning walk and he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! It was totally unexpected and I swear I am the happiest person in the world right now! And, is the ring stunning or what?! So now the planning begins... I don't think either of us were prepared for the amount of doors that the putting of the ring on the finger would open... it's only been a week and we and everyone else around us have started planning the engagement party, hens party, stag party, wedding and honeymoon... it's insane! But happy, happy times. Bring on a busy 2013!