OUR SPECIAL DAY!!

Officially MRS MCGREGOR here :) Ok so the day was perfect everything was amazing, I really don't know what to say other then I have truly married the one I love :)

Here are some sneak peek photo's from the photographer, there are way to many to put them all in a post but I will try and add them to my website gallery eventually :)

QLD Trip

Ok so it's been a while since I blogged, it has been a crazy chaotic time and I am trying to time manage everything as of late. Well the most exciting news of all is I AM NOW THE HAPPY MRS MCGREGOR!!! Ben and I finally tied the knot and I can tell you it was and is the most amazing thing! I am so happy in love and everything went well, it was just simply perfection :)

Before I get into a wedding blog with a sneak peek of some of the photo's from the day I thought I would do an over view blog of the QLD trip itself.

It was an amazing time with amazing people :) We shopped, we wined, we dined, went swimming, we jet skied, faris wheeled, mini golfed and so so much more. I wanted to share some pictures with you! It was so memorable and something I have all our friends to be thankful for :)

Pics of the house we rented for the week

Jet Ski and Lunch

Mini Golf

Ben and I 

Few random photos

So the pictures of the kids are separate to these ones, I will try and have them uploaded to the actual blog photo gallery when I catch up on that. The kids had a ball staying with poppy, grandma and grandpa at the Ashmore family holiday park :) They went swimming, played in the park, visited the wildlife park and so much more while they were there :)

Will get onto a Wedding day blog soon 

My Hen's Night

So I had my hens night on Saturday night :)

Well since I had that blow out with Nicole all the original hens night plans went out the window and I was ready to not do anything else because I couldn't be bother but Ben decided to book a room at crown Metropol :) and Clare and Jess did the rest of the organising! It's exactly what I needed, I had an amazing night with amazing friends, I couldn't ask for anything better. It was Clare, Jess, Karina, Jaime and Myself and it was just perfect.

We stayed at Metropol on new years so it was fun to head back :) We filled up our room sink with ice and all our alcohol and chilled there until we were ready to head out! most of our photo taking was in the room so here are the pics but overall a brilliant night :) Thanks Girls xoxo

and of course our coffee club breakfast in the morning! just a tad seedy!! haha

Max's Monster Bash Birthday

Ok I'm going to make this quick! I am so exhasted after a loooong day, just wanted to share photo's.

It was a great day and Max enjoyed every minute of it. Of course he crashed at the end of the day and straight to bed without a peep :) Also just want to say a huge thanks to wonderful family and friends who helped make the day so special for my big boy :)

KATE HAD HER BABY!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!

A GORGEOUS BABY GIRL!!! They called her Zoe Kerry, I'm still not sure on the details as I haven't been into the hospital to see them yet. I plan to head in there in a couple days, just let them settle in first. I put together a blanket for baby Zoe, I didn't make the quilt but just added the name patch! I also got a cute little newborn set with a bodysuit, bonnet, booties and bibs :) Of course we couldn't forget about mum and proud big brother Jacob so I got mum some chocolate and Jacob a set of match box cars :)

 

 

Survival Kits - Hens Night Gifts

Nicole, Jess and Clare are playing huge parts of organising my Hen's night. I'm not 100% sure whats happening but I can only assume it will be fabulous hehe :) Everything is done and organised and the only trouble is that I'm having trouble finding a dress for the occasion hahaha but that's ok I have a still have a few weeks to go.

Anyway I wanted to show the girls my appreciation with a small gift. 

I wasn't really sure what to do and after a lot of thinking and looking I decided to make survival kits. I saw this idea on pinterest and just had to make my own version. I am so happy how they turned out and I thought it is very appropriate and quirky as a gift for a girls night out :)

Only 24 more days until I become Mrs McGregor Yay!! I can't wait, I'm so excited. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with Ben he is the reason I smile everyday. 

Bridal Party Gifts

While we are in the gift giving blog mood I thought I would share with you the bracelets I bought for Clare, Nicole and I for the wedding day. They are so cute gorgeous and absolutely perfect! 

I bought the bracelets from MadeBySam on Esty.com, each bracelet has a starfish charm, blue aqua chalcedony charm, pearl charm and a disc with initial on it. I bought the white leather bracelet boxes from eBay and I used rub on letters to make them more personalised, then added ribbon and slider to make them more decorative. The leather boxes came in white cardboard boxes and I was originally not going to use them but to protect the leather boxes I thought it was a good idea to keep them and it made for an extra craft project :) so I added some pink patterned paper and rhinestone initial on the cardboard box to make them a little prettier. 

This bracelet will be my something blue for the wedding day too :)  

I can't wait to give them to the girls.

Clare's Birthday!!

Ok well with all this talk about wedding we cannot forget that it is Clare's birthday the day we come home. I feel horrible enough that she has to spend the whole day travelling, not fun!
I don't want her to go forgotten so I have made her a special present. It's not big but it will mean a lot to her. I will be giving it to her a little early so she can use it in QLD.

It's starting to become far from summer here but in QLD it is starting to warm up.

I thought to make a summer pack. I visioned sitting and relaxing by the pool on a hot day in QLD where we will be together a few days before her birthday.

Included was a beach towel, a magazine, some sunscreen and a packet of summer fruit juice lollies. I put them all in recycled manchester packaging, tied some ribbon around to make a bow and I will add a card.  I think it looks great and she'll love it. 7 years of friendship, she's very special to me :)

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Kates Baby Shower

It was Kate's baby shower today, all the decorations looked so cute. I couldn't stay very long as had to help Ben pick up a car in Melbourne but it was a lovely afternoon. Jess, Nicole and I organized, decorated and baked for the occasion and it worked out so well. We went with a subtle yellow duckie theme as it was gender neutral. Kate wanted to find out the sex but both times going in for the ultrasound there was so co operation from bubs. I'm so excited I can't wait, baby will be due April 16th via C-section. Not knowing the gender doesn't really help with present deciding hehehe.

Anyways I have some pics from before the party of some of the decorations. I haven't got my hands on any from the day once it was set up though. Obviously the banner said Kate's Baby Shower but to long to display :) Also I did a basket of wishes for baby so everyone could fill out little cards with messages to baby and I made custom stickers for lolly jar favours :)

 

 

Happy B'day Jess!!

Ok so I was having a moment and was feeling a little useless last time I blogged but I couldn't be better! I have a wonderful family and friends who support me and uni well it's crazy and challenging but it's great to. It's only going to be a quick one as I really need to start walking out the door but thought I'd leave with some photos from over the weekend.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS!!! I hope you had a fabulous day, I had an amazing time with amazing people!! Long live wonderful memories :)

It was an awesome St Patrick's day theme birthday :)

On the amazing people note, I'm not even sure if I've blogged but Nicole, Cory, Jess and Jarrod are now coming to my wedding and I'm soo excited not long now!! I miss Clare bear terribly too :( can't wait to be sun baking with them all in just over 6 weeks :)

For Jess's b'day present we organised flights for her to no where else but QLD, she really wanted to be there for us at the wedding and it was the only thing that I could think of as she's the girl that wants nothing and has everything hehehe :) so this was perfect and I was happy, she absolutely loved it :)

I printed up her itinerary and popped it in an envelope. I then designed a boarding pass style card/message and attached it to the front of the envelope, it looked great.