We’re finally back from our honeymoon! When we first got back into town, it was a big shock. Five weeks away from work, home, and reality. Even the weather felt strange… it was like we skipped summer and went straight to fall. When we left town in early September you could wear a t-shirt outside in Vancouver and be sweating bullets… and when we got back, you could literally see your breath it was so cold.

That wasn’t the only reality check! After weeks of cruising, even just small tasks like doing laundry and cleaning our apartment felt strange. It really started to sink in the first time we went grocery shopping at Granville Island and started cooking — that we were finally home. It felt good.

Many of you have asked me for wedding pictures, and they are coming! Here is one we love…Allan and I on the rocks in Ucluelet, BC with some west coast fog in the background:

Photo by the amazing JONETSU Photography team Camille and Chadwick (check out their blog post here)

I can’t wait to put together posts on all the details and also a video compilation of all the different clips we’ve received. Even though it was already a month and a half since the wedding, it feels like it was just yesterday. Stay tuned!

We’ve been back for about two weeks now, and we’ve pretty much immersed ourselves in cleaning the apartment (soooo much wedding junk, boxes everywhere!), going back to work, filling up our social schedules with seeing friends and family, writing thank you notes, and going through the gazillions of photos from our honeymoon.

I’ve been calling this year the “Year of Fun” around my friends, as the past year was pretty much a write-off in terms of saving for the wedding and being busy day, night, and weekends with planning and prep. This coming 12 months I plan on living life to the fullest.

Here are just a few of the things we have in the works for the Year of Fun:

- Surfing in Hawaii
- Throwing many, many dinner parties with new and old friends and hanging out more with friends in general
- Vegas weekend
- New York weekend
- Tofino surf weekends
- Snowboard trips to various mountains
- Snowboarding a lot at Cypress Mountain
- Blogging more
- Attending a ball or gala
- Finally getting to our photo and video backlog
- More photo walks
- Paying off all our debt despite all of the above! (getting close!)
- Saying “yes” to more things!

Do you have anything fun planned for the next 12 months or so?

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I am SOOOOOO excited to finally be able to share with you our ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS by our amazing photographers Jonetsu Studios!

Yes yes, we got engaged a year and a half ago, but we only just got around to doing our engagement session… what a busy year! Time just flies. Can you believe we are just a week and a half away to our wedding?!?! Just crazy.

This is by far our favourite photo from the day. Allan and I climbed up this 8 ft stone structure in the middle of a park in my dress and his suit! Good thing we both spent lots of time climbing things in our childhood

Jonetsu Photography did this deluxe engagement session with us that took place over the course of an entire afternoon and evening. I am so happy and proud to say they are also our wedding photographers. We absolutely cannot wait to share our special day with them and know that we are in good hands. We are friends with about 6 different couples who have also gotten their photos done with Camille and Chadwick Bensler, and the number one thing they say about Jonetsu is they make you feel both comfortable and beautiful. This was 100% true.

Allan and I were both super nervous going into this shoot and within 5 minutes they made us feel relaxed! They let us focus on the connection with each other instead of worrying about how we were looking or what we were doing. I think it’s resulted in some of the most natural photos Allan and I have ever taken! And that’s saying a lot because anyone who knows me knows I am suuuuuuper posy

Without further ado… here are our engagement photos!

Thank you again so much Camille and Chadwick. We cannot thank you guys enough for being both amazing friends and amazing photographers. We really truly love you.

For more information on JONETSU STUDIOS or to see more of their Vancouver and international wedding photography, click here! You can also check out their blog, Twitter, and Facebook.

11 more days till our wedding in Tofino!

What do you guys think of the photos?