Our Engagement - Remembering How It Happened

Last weekend Jess and I spent a fantastic couple of days with one of the most wonderful couples around – Sam and Fryze (Ryan). We find ourselves laughing at how similar we are to these two and when we are together its always great fun! On Saturday we spent the day tiki-touring around Brisbane – New Farm Park, a City Cat 'cruise', Southbank (including Max Brenners of course!) the city and then up to Mt Cootha lookout. 

On Sunday Jess and I headed down to the Gold Coast and had a great lunch at Kurrawa Surf Club followed by a trip to The Dracula’s Haunted House at Sam’s request. Jess wasn’t a huge fan of the haunted House, which she made us (and most likely most of the Gold Coast) aware of by the caliber of her screams.

It was quite suiting that we spent the weekend with these two. It was one year ago on an evening with them to Launceston’s Festivale, that I received a very important phone call. A call that made Valentines Day 2011 one we will never forget. I don’t think anything I do this year could compare but on the eve of our one-year ‘engagement anniversary’ I thought you might like to read the story of how Jess and I came to get engaged on national TV, which you can watch (here).

Jess in Manly the day before we got engaged

And I picked up a wedding magazine...

The inevitable happened. Jess got her hands on Wedding Magazine thanks to a well meaning friend. Of course she persuaded me to ‘take a look’ and to my surprise there was an article in it that caught my attention. An article, aimed at blokes, on romance that appeared to be set in the dirty room at one of the mines near the gulf. If you’re thinking what I was, it seems a rather unlikely pair. In fact, mining communities are probably more testosterone packed than an NRL footy trip or Floyd Landis Le Tour win. You see, men aren’t often associated with romance and in my experience getting changed after being underground for hours is as far removed from the concept of romance as possible.

Love and Roses.

Last week was Sixty-Five Roses Week which aims to raise funds to support the genetic condition Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Obviously, this is something that is very close to my heart (or rather lungs), but each year when it rolls around there is something that really frustrates me.

Weekends are for Wedding Expo's - Cameron's thoughts on wedding planning

It is something us guys seem to underestimate. Getting married means a wedding. Weddings require organisation (of extreme proportions). My definition of organised and My Future Brides definition of organised are two different things.

For those not on Facebook and wanting to have a peek at some of the photos taken at Josef Chromy's they can now be viewed on Astrid's blog at:

www.vitalityphotographics.com.au

Thanks so much to the gorgeous Astrid. If anyone is thinking of having pictures of any kind taken I would highly recommend Vitality Photographics - Astrid is very creative and has very competitive prices!

Love Love Love xx

The ring