Toby & Ruth's Engagement Party

Apologies for the lack of people present in these images, I was too tired and had already socialised all morning at our church fair ahem.

We had a relaxing celebration with afternoon tea and chit chat :)

David's 21st {Or the Post in Which I Reveal My Identity as Superwoman}

It's been fun having a few 21sts in our church group over the last few months, but I think we may be done for a bit now?

David's and my birthdays are only a few days apart, and I was in the thick of planning my own party so jumped on Google and Pinterest the night before (don't do it guys, it's stressful :P) to see if I could put a book-character costume together.

I've never read/watched/whatever Superwoman, but some of the ideas coming up looked like ones I could re-create. I already had a blue top, red skirt, red shoes, and gold ribbon, so that decided my costume for me lol. I found (yes, and coloured in) a colouring picture to pin onto my top, and grabbed some red fabric the following day which Mum made into a cape and erm whatever-you-want-to-call-them to make my shoes look like boots.

Thanks Malinda for the following shots:

: : With Toby and Ruth : :

: : I wonder if Facebook still recognised the Birthday Boy? : :

: : Superwoman and Mary Poppins aka Georga : :

Joel & Esther's Wedding

The day I survived on ~2-2 1/2 hours sleep {and decided that really wasn't enough}

And that day that two old homeschool friends tied the knot

Sidenote: I'm officially old now. The bride is younger than I am :O ;P 

#someonegetmeawalkingstick #please #jokes

But in all seriousness, it was a good day and I was glad to be part of their celebration :)

Congrats & best wishes for your new life together Joel & Es <3

: : Entrance of the bride : :

: : Wedding party : :
L-R: Jessamae, Emma, Ruth, Esther, Nathan, Joel, Alan, Timothy, Samuel

: : Signing the registry : :

: : Bridesmaids : :

: : Exit : :

 : : Spot the key word ;P : :

: : All those lights! : :
*heart eyes*

: : Table setting {kinda : :
{Sorry, I was so tired I didn't really even think about the camera until it was over #failphotog #oops}

Esther's Bridal Shower

How did we suddenly get from celebrating 13th birthdays to celebrating weddings in my friend group? Did I blink? 

: : Making dresses ourselves : :

: : Go my team! : :

: : Final products : :
{Anyone keen to help us market these? ;P)

: : Time for Es to judge our work : :

: : Later in the afternoon Joel arrived to help open the gifts : :

Thanks Ruth for organising :) 

TWENTY || Years of Birthdays {and the conclusion of this series}

So I had this brilliant idea to find a photo of me on every single one of my birthdays, and scan and post them on {for} my 20th this year. I think I actually started uploading late last year. For more recent years it wasn't too hard to find the photos (although some years there aren't any very good ones :P), but for the years before we had a digital camera, I haven't managed to find everything I was looking for. Apparently we've lost a lot of photos because they were stored in the garage which had a leaky roof for a long time :'( We may have a couple more in albums, which I'll consider uploading and adding to this post if we find them soonish. In the meantime, though, I'm not going to abandon the whole post because of the years I'm missing.

This will be my last post for this month, so it is also the conclusion to my series TWENTY. My birthday month is coming to an end; the celebrations are over; I no longer have to think about my response when someone asks my age. 

I didn't feel any different as a 20-year-old on July 2nd than I did the day before when I was 19 (surprise, surprise), but I know I've grown since this time last year. No doubt the coming year will present new experiences and challenges, and this time next year I'll look back and see how much I've changed. 

Thanks so much to everyone who has sent me cards, gifts, and wishes, or followed along for this series! :) July is just about over, but stick around in August for more posts on the blog -- my work schedule is pretty busy but hopefully I can make time to carry out my plans for this spot on the web ;)

: : Day 1 : :

: : 1st birthday : :

Jump a few years since we're missing the photos between here . . .

: : 8th birthday : :
{Yes, I scanned this out of an old journal}

: : 9th birthday : :

: : 10th birthday : :

: : 11th birthday : :

: : 12th birthday : :

: : 13th Birthday : :

: : 14th Birthday : :

: : 15th Birthday : :

: : 16th Birthday : :

: : 17th Birthday : :

: : 18th Birthday : :

: : 19th Birthday : :

: : 20th Birthday : :