So here we were, all eight of us, finally in Amsterdam. Tired, jetlagged, cold, and did I mention tired? We’d flown roughly 24 hours and managed to completely mess up our sleep/wake cycles. So what was 4pm actually felt more like 2am. … How many kids did we bring again? Memoirs of our European adventure – PART TWO
So here we were, all eight of us, finally in Amsterdam. Tired, jetlagged, cold, and did I mention tired? We’d flown roughly 24 hours and managed to completely mess up our sleep/wake cycles. So what was 4pm actually felt more like 2am. … 
It seemed like the world’s biggest pipe dream, at the time, but I’m kind of a ‘dream big’ type of girl. Paul and I had already been on a couple of European adventures without the kids, photographing weddings. Every time we’d see something magical, interesting or even just kind of stinky, we wished we had the kids there to share it with us. … 
She’d be home in three days. Well that was always the plan, anyway. Stacey left her parents in Nelson and travelled down to Ashburton to check out what the dairy farming was like down there. Little did she know that a certain dairy farmer was to catch her eye, and steal her heart. … 
It’s been in the pipeline for a little while now. Leanne, Nina and myself would sit down with a notepad and some yummy treats and gush over all of the ideas we’ve had stored up. The hours would go by, completely unnoticed by us, and while I’d like to say that most of that time was productive, it would be more honest to tell you we did a whole swag of giggling. … 
Stephanie was keen to get Hedley’s attention. He, the student surgeon, and she the slightly higher ranking doctor. The only problem was, almost every day when she saw him she’d be wearing her surgical mask. There was only one thing to be done. … 
It’s been tough, the last half year or so. I’ll just say that from the get go. You may have been wondering why I’ve been so gosh-darn quiet, compared to other summers. Normally the blog and facebook would have been brimming with activity, weddings, babies and lots of smiling faces. … 
The ring had been sitting in a sock draw for months, just waiting for the right moment to help Shane pop the question. Month after month passed and the perfect moment hadn’t yet eventuated, and so the gorgeous sapphire and diamond ring waited quietly with the socks. … 
Lee remembers the first time he saw Roberta, many moons ago. She was sitting there with her packet of squiggles and he thought she was pretty cute. With a shared love of target shooting, they soon became friends, but nothing developed for years, until one day at a friend’s 21st birthday they saw each other with new eyes and their friendship began to make it’s journey towards love.… 
They both secretly knew they were perfect for each other. Their friends and family knew they were perfect for each other. The teacher who kicked them out of the 400 seat lecture hall because of their constant chatting, probably knew they belonged together too. … 
A few days ago we met Billie and Chris and we took them to Rarangi for a prewedding photo shoot. We talked about the important things in life, like inappropriate places we’ve laughed, adventurous travel stories, and a proposal saga that sounds almost too ‘a series of unfortunate events’ to be true. …