Ok so I can't lie.. as years go 2016 has got to be up there at the top! In fact.. looking back at the photos I couldn't quite remember all the epic times this year has held! I think we could pretty much sum up this year as the year of the hen nights.. weddings and holidays! Prepare yourselves.. this post is going to be pretty photo heavy.. sit back.. grab a brew and enjoy..



Its weird.. this seems like such a longtime ago now! I almost forgot that we did this but in January we went back to the Harry Potter Studio tour where we got engaged. I brought Adam the tickets for Christmas last year as I thought it would be nice for us to go back and for him to enjoy the tour without him being nervous about the ring in his pocket. We had such a lovely time and it will always be a special place. It was great to go back as we got to see Hogwarts in the snow and also the Hogwarts express which wasn't there the last time we went.



Another Christmas present.. this time from Adams mum and dad... we went to Manchester to see the Strictly come dancing tour. As someone who has watched the show since it began it was amazing to see it in real life. Especially as we has amazing seats where the dancers actually came right in front of us.

April was the month of the hen do's - well 2 of them. The 2 photos on the top are from my 1950s hen party up in Sheffield where we had Cocktail making and a Salsa lesson and the one in the bottom is from a night out I had at a local hotel who hosted a charity wedding night where we went with the girls I work with. Both epic nights.



In May we jetted off for an all expenses paid 5* holiday to Mexico which Adam had worked very hard to win at work! I was unbelievably proud of him that he did this and we had an amazing week. We went snorkelling in the ocean, had many a party and spent the week by the most amazing beach! Defiantly what we needed pre wedding!








Another amazing month with amazing adventures! In September we went on our Honeymoon adventure. As we had done the whole 5 * holiday in May we decided that we wanted to do something different for our honeymoon so we booked 2 InterRail passes and off to Europe we went! 14 days of London, Paris, Venice, Florence, Pisa and Rome! It was the most brilliant adventure and we have so many beautiful memories.

Christmas for me has always been about family. I absolutely love this time of year. Over the years we have had many traditions which we have followed since we were children, most of which have continued even now we are grown up and me and my brother are both married.


2016 marked our 3 christmas as a couple but our first one as Mr and Mrs so was even more special. Things this year were a little different for us as a family. Some of the traditions we were not able to do (like breakfast the week before christmas) purely for logistical reasons. As many of you know my Grandad hasn't been well for most of the last 12 months and although at home he needs a lot of extra care which means other things have had to slip too. We still had a lovely time it was just very different.

I was well and truly spoilt by my lovely husband who got me an Apple Watch! I have been eyeing these up for ages and he treated himself to the Samsung one in September! I am loving playing with the features and can't wait to get using it properly.

It was our turn to cook christmas dinner this year (we take it in turns with mum and dad and alternate) which was as yummy as always. I have realised this year how much i need to up my christmas game though and will be making notes to do so next year!

I can not even begin to tell you how many times I have gone to sit down and write this blog post. My last post had such hopes for ending 2015 and then I'm not going to lie... Everything fell apart. Just after writing that post my grandad was rushed into hospital.. He spent a week in and was discharged and then was readmitted not even a week later and has been in ever since. For just over 5 weeks now I've spent my nights backwards and forwards to the hospital - I'm not going to lie it's been a horrible time. I haven't even been able to think about putting pen to paper (or finger to screen), I didn't feel at all Christmassy and Christmas itself passed by without much joy. Hopefully now grandad seems to be on the up and is over the worst. He seems to have picked up everything while he has been in there but fingers crossed we have turned a corner now!