i just had to post this because it made me so happy! this happened a while ago but for some reason i have only just come across it but since the video was posted a lot of people have contacted the couple to tell them how much they like it and now they have made a website where you can donate to their chosen charity. what a great couple! and what a great wedding!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0&feature=fvw

Raleigh in june

So far our North Carolina experience has been sunny, hot, happy, sunny, hot, great, hot, fun and lovely :D

Derek spends all day in the baking sun knocking on people's doors to ask if they want to buy pest control. and bless his heart he is doing wonderfully. while i spend the day running, swimming, scrapbooking, googling, blogging, baking... doing all the things i could ever want to do. Derek joins me part way through the day to eat the latest meal i found on supercook.com and see if its worth me making again.

I have definitely developed a love for cooking in a very short time. i had no idea it would sneak up on me like this. (consider yourself warned that this blog may accidentally turn into a cooking/baking blog).

anyway the story f the week is that derek jumped in the pool with his phone in his pocket earlier today. i did ask him if he wanted to change into his swim shorts but nooo he said his basketball shorts would be fine.. hmm.

anyway we're on just the one phone now. he needs it for work and i can contact people through the internet anyway. not a big deal at all.

we're so lucky to live in this time and country where we have access to great technology like the one and only KING SKYPE, master of all communication.

this weekend my mum and i cleaned my house and made dinner for grandma.. then we played scrabble.. all in a days work :D

then on sunday my mum had created a Father's Day challenge. each of the boys had to see if they could beat my Dad in three areas. now that he's the young age of 59 his challenges are starting to catch up with him and my brothers have a good advantage.

So sunday afternoon we had the webcam on while my brother ben and derek attempted to touch their toes, beat dad at pushups, and catch three coins on the back of their hand (harder than it looks trust me).

Derek did amazing and will be training for father's day in the years to come just in case anyone tries to spring another challenge on him. we're still not sure who won as my brother in law Nigel still has to do it. apparently he was sleeping when they were doing it. (because its not like anyone else has a reasonable excuse like living in a different time zone or anything).

The highlight of my weekend (as well as watching my brother ben attempt to touch his toes.. did i say toes? i meant knees) .. was going to see Toy Story 3 on saturday night. we loved it! came out smiling and feeling wonderful about the world.. plus an added amount of guilt for the toys we both threw away..but yes it IS worth seeing!

anyway i hope everyone's thank you cards finally arrived. we were so grateful for all the cards and gifts we received for our wedding. i just hope we didn't miss anyone off our thank you card list. just in case we did.. thank you again and we hope to see you soon!

Our house alarm

Just a fun story about our first week in our new apartment. actually, to be specific it was our first night and we were still moving our stuff in at 1:30am. I was in the shower when suddenly the house alarm goes off. so i jump out and derek is running around like a crazy person saying 'sorry i pressed the panic button'. apparently there is button right by our bed which derek had pushed when he was moving things around. to our annoyance we knew nothing about the apartment yet never mind the code to shut the alarm off. so for five dreadful minutes this piercing sound filled our apartment and those near us. we hadn't even introduced ourselves to the neighbours yet! thats not going to happen now. anyway so our frantic making up random codes and pressing every button on the keypad didn't work, but it stopped after the longest five minutes of our lives.

eventful, and not that surprising is it really?