Challenges!

I don't think I've mentioned this here yet, but Nicky and I are going on a round the world trip in a mere 6 weeks' time! My best friend Greg (who is also the best man at our wedding) is getting married at the end of March in Nagoya, Japan. It took a LOT of research and working out, but we eventually got a travel agent to work with us on producing a round the world plan to include both Japan and Canada, so that we could combine the wedding trip with a visit to my Dad and his family on Vancouver Island. We will fly direct to Tokyo, spend a few days exploring there, take the bullet train to Nagoya for the wedding, fly to Shanghai for a touristy two days, and then spend a week in Canada skiing with dad before flying back to the UK via Los Angeles. We can't wait, it's going to be amazing!

Plus, as though going on a round the world trip the same year that we're getting married wasn't enough, we've also now moved the wedding date four months forward, from December to August! Challenging! Essentially, Dad and Sue had looked into flights and accommodation for the five of them to come over for our previously planned date in December, and found that it would cost almost as much as the wedding. As they are helping us out, we thought it would be only fair to try and move the wedding to a date that would be better for them financially. It had to be in the school holidays because of the children, and we didn't want to postpone it until Spring 2013, so we called the venue to check their availability for the summer. It turned out that they only had two Saturdays free between June and September, so August it was! It couldn't have worked out any better really, as the Registrar had had a cancellation for our exact wedding date, and our preferred florist also only had that exact date free for the whole summer! There have been so many coincidences, we think it was just meant to be.

Basically, our every spare waking minute at the moment is spent researching some aspect of either our Japanadian Extravaganza or the wedding, but thankfully Nicky has created a very organised folder for each to keep us in check!

Here's a gratuitous photo of Milly with a dog chew shaped like a toothbrush. Look at that adorable scrunchy cheek!



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