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Finally I got around to sorting through and resizing all the photos for my blog! Sorry it took so long! The wedding was on Dec 29 and it was so lovely! One of the best weddings I've ever been to, and as we remember I've been to many weddings! I'm going to another one on Feb 10 and that will make 8 in the last 12 month period. Nutso! Let's get onto the photos! I'll try to put them roughly in cronological order.


This is Kelly's mum Chris & I just before the ceremony. I think this is one of the best photos of me ever! I'm so impressed!






This is Emma, Anesti & I just hanging out.










Grant & I while he was still legally a single man!










Kathryn & I looking hot. Oh yeah...











Lisa & Adrian. Aren't they such an adorable couple! Awwww!















Kelly walking up the isle with her dad. Isn't that a lovely photo?










What a good looking bunch of people!













Staring lovingly into each other's eyes. Awwww! Get out your tissues. I cried a few times that day!












Alison & I, slightly blurred.












The wedding party! I snuck up while they were getting their official photos done and took a few myself. Aren't they lovely?







Once again looking great and oh so happy!









Fun photo!













Anna & I













The boys having a bit of fun!













Silly photo!













This is their "I'm sick of having photos taken" look. Very attractive indeed!







Their very first dance as husband and wife. Awww!!! They learnt a proper dance and everything. I was very imrpessed. It was beautiful!






From left to right: Alison, Lisa, Kathryn & the bride Kelly.







Grant, Anna & I











Lisa & Grant
















Rob & I. I have no idea. From now on, you can tell it's getting on in the night...









Rob & Lisa in their oh so hot poses!













A group at the end of the night. Can you tell?









Dale & I in one of our traditional poses.







And that's all I've got to show you for now. I'm going to be house sitting for the next week, and there is no internet there, so I won't be around much. I'm going to have severe withdrawals me thinks.... Love to you all!

I saw this movie last night with some friends. Talk about intense! I wasn't aware of the huge issue surrounding conflict-diamonds. It was very eye opening. "Blood Diamond" is very educational and moving ala "Hotel Rwanda". I definitely suggest that people see this film. It really shows what life is actually like in parts of Africa. But it's not a film for the weak! It amazing how we don't hear about this kind of thing on the news, we become so complacent about how so many people live day to day. Makes you question Australia's refugee policies. How can people treat each other in such a way? The lead character from Sierra Leone (played by Djimon Hounsou) says something like "I can understand how people can come in and treat us the way they do, but what I can't understand is how we can do it to each other". It really is unbelievable what people are capable of doing to each other. I hate to think what I would be capable of in such a situation. Powerful film.


This is a refugee camp in Guinea. The conditions these refugees live in is incredible.



I really hope people pay attention to the message of this movie, and not just think it's interesting or a good film. Why do we live in such ignorance? Why do some things get reported and others not? Do we not care about of fellow humans in Africa?

Got some new photos!

Photos of Kelly & Grant's wedding coming soon!

I've updated my MySpace too, so check that out! There are new songs up there and I revamped the whole page. New photos and new songs! Yay!

Had a fantastic time in Tassie over the weekend. I was only there for 3 days, but that was enough. I love my friends down there, but there is nothing to do and after catching up with everyone, I tend to get bored. I had a lovely time with my friends and the wedding was just fantastic! Penny & Andy looked so happy and so gorgeous. It was great! I stayed in a crazy boys' house. 4 single boys in a house is an interesting (but awesome) place to stay. It was great seeing the guys again. I forgot to take my camera can you believe, so I only have dodgy photos from my phone!


This is the happy couple!












This is Ezra & I. Ezra is Amy & Troy's kid. He is just over 4 months now! He was only 1 month last time I saw him. He's so big and so cute!

I have so much to post about! The Carols, Christmas, Kelly & Grant's wedding, New Years, lots of other things, but I can't be bothered right now.

Tonight I went to the St Kilda Markets, so awesome. Spent most of my money on beads. Then headed off to see 'Zoophyte'. I just love them! Check out their music on myspace. The only issue with tonight's gig was Andy's new girfriend, who just happens to be MEGAN GALE!!! Now that's nice for them, but the thing is that of all people at the venue she decided to stand next to me. Which means I had to dance next to Megan Gale for half the night!!! That's enough to make any girl feel unattractive and bad about herself! But for the other half of the night I got to dance next to Josh Lawson, so that more than made up for it. I spoke to him after the gig and he is so very lovely! We had a nice chat and he was a really genuine guy. I was very impressed.

I'm flying out to Tassie on Friday arvo for the weekend. Yes, another pair is getting married. Penny & Andy get married on Saturday. Awwww!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful new years, and that this year is full of great stuff!

Today I go to my last wedding for the year. Kelly & Grant are getting married this evening. How lovely! I bought a new dress and everything! I can't wait! I'm singing and playing piano while they sign the register which makes me feel pretty special I must say. Weddings are so great, coz everyone comes together, everyone looks so pretty and they're all in a great mood. And we're celebrating 2 people in love. What could be better? *sigh* And the reception centre is soooooooo nice! You'll be getting lots of photos as usual!

Last night I figured out how to hook up my wii to wireless internet. Anyone else have a wii? We can hook our wii's up and be friends! :)

And something just for fun!

I'm going to be on tv tomorrow (Sunday) night! Look out for me in the Carols by Candelight choir! I'll be sitting in the second front row, and I'm the last girl on the right side of the stage (looking from the audience) before the guys start.

Merry Christmas!

Tonight we had rehersals at the channel 9 studios for the carols by candelight on Christmas Eve. We got to sing with all the performers tonight, so I can now say I've sung with some pretty famous people. Yay! We have another rehearsal tomorrow night at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Don't forget to watch out for me on tv! I'm going to be rather tired on Christmas day I suspect.

Ok, so I need some help. I've been having an argument with my brother Guru about the fact that Josh Lucas and Matthew McConaughey look exactly the same. I am convinced that they were separated at birth. I watched half of 'Sweet Home Alabama' before I realised it was Josh and NOT Matthew! Guru claims I'm insane and they look nothing alike. For reference, Matthew is in 'How to lose a guy in 10 days", and Josh is in "Poseidon". There was even a joke on 'will and grace' (yes, sadly I watched it last week) about how they are practically the same person. Help me out guys!

Inspired by the discussion on Glenn's blog (get in on that!), I thought I'd post a couple of quotes I heard the other day.

Quote 1:
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." What do you think that means for how we live? How large is our perspective?

Quote 2:
"Power is made by power being taken" Do you agree? I think I do. Mostly anyway, I can think of times when that isn't true, but I think mostly it is.

At 2am on Dec 14th, Chrystal & Danny (Dboy) welcomed a son into the world! Isaac David Symons. How exciting! All these new babies are amazing!

This is my goddaughter Yuna! She is just so pretty! She was one month old on Sunday. Isn't she adorable?! She belongs to Naomi & Courtney. Awwww! Naomi, Court & Yuna came over for dinner on Wednesday and I took a lot of photos.... Prepare for a grandmother like photo onslaught!

This is Yuna & I




A very attractive Luke & Yuna


This is Mum & Yuna


Naomi & Court


Awwwww!


I think I hogged her for most of the evening...

Some footage from Kelly's hens day!



I just got a call from Kelly saying that I made her cry! I'm playing the piano and singing while Grant & Kelly sign the register, and I recorded the song I'm going to sing for them and gave it to them on cd last night. Kelly just rang telling me I made her cry. Awww!!!!

Don't forget to click on these sites every day. It's a small and easy way to make a practical difference. It only takes one minute of your time!
The breast cancer site
The hunger site
The child health site
The literacy site
The rainforrest site
The animal rescue site

Oh this is so sad...




And a happy happy birthday to Kathryn!!! Much love to you!

I have so much to report on. I've had an incredibly busy week. Last week was exam week, some good, some bad. Overall not terribly tragic. It's all over now which is nice!


Friday night I went to see Bob Evans! He's the lead singer of Jebediah performing under an alias. His real name is Kevin Mitchell. I bought his album 'suburban songbook' a few weeks ago and I just love it. If you like his music, he puts on a good show, so get along to see him!



Saturday morning I had another choir rehersal for the carols thing. It's sounding good!

Then Saturday arvo/night it was Kelly's hen's night! We had soooooooooooo much fun! First of all we went pole dancing. We took a class that went for about an hour and a half. We weren't that sexy really, but we had a ball! Then we headed back to Amanda's for silly games and dinner, then we went out clubbing at Marquee. I usually hate clubbing, but I really had fun! Didn't get home til about 4am, so I was pretty stuffed the next day, but it was so worth it! Prepare for all the photos!

This is Anna & I in the car before pole dancing


This is the group of us just after we finished pole dancing


Kelly & her mum Chris


Lisa with my hair on her head


Me drinking a Margarita


Anna wearing one of Kelly's feather boas


Kelly with the penis pinata her mum made! Haha!


Us doing pole dancing! That's Alison at the front.


Kelly all dolled up


Kathryn & Lisa doing their sexy faces

Sooooooo tired... I've had 5 hours sleep the last 3 nights in a row. I'm wrecked. Going to sleep for a long time now...