My Wedding Day... The getting ready bit!

I finally got around to editing and uploading the time lapse video from the morning of the wedding, yey! I'd have loved to have filmed the whole morning, but there's no way I could have edited a 5 hour video, so a time lapse seemed like the right move! 

I'm pretty happy with the end result. I think it's a lovely way to re-live the perfect morning we had, before the perfect afternoon and evening! (I promise I'll edit the wedding video soon too!)

I know I usually post on a Monday, but I couldn't wait to share this one. Hope you enjoy!

xx

It's all about #365happydays...

Some people love it, some people hate it, but I think it's super important to try and keep positive and happy; and in a world that is increasingly negative and pessimistic, I think it’s important to find at least one positive moment in every single day. 

A few from my first #365happydays album :)

In April 2014, I decided I was going to do the #100happydays challenge. The idea being you take a photo of a happy moment for 100 days running. Simple. I did it, and I loved it! So when I got to 100, I kept going and turned it into #365happydays, and when those finished I turned it into #365morehappydays. I’m currently on day 116 of my second year doing it, and when I finish this one I will probably do another year. Here’s why…

I found that taking a moment out of every single day to find something positive, or something that makes you smile, really helped me to maintain a positive mental attitude (it’s all about the PMA). It was VERY helpful during the many sleepless nights when Poppy was very little!! I'm a pretty cheery person anyway, but these little projects make me even happier, as I am taking time out of every day to be grateful for everything I have to be happy about. 

That’s not to say there aren’t rubbish days, there are believe me, and some of them are just plain awful. But even in those dark moments I try to find something to smile about. Maybe it’s a text from a friend, or an inspirational quote, or a silly picture from Timehop that jogs a lovely memory. Maybe it's a glass (or bottle) of wine at the end of a hard day. There is always positivity hidden somewhere, sometimes you just have to look hard to find it.

I’ve been through rough times, and I never used to have this outlook on life (something several friends will back up, sorry guys!), but after a harsh talking to one evening a few years ago, I decided to change my outlook. Everything is a choice, and I choose to be happy, and I choose to share that happiness with the people in my life.

I have found that my happiness has spread too. Some of my friends enjoyed my ‘happy days’ so much that they have messaged me to say thank you for making them smile and a couple of friends have taken on the challenge too. Yey! One lovely friend started her happy days after seeing mine to help her recovery from being unwell, and I love seeing her daily pictures!

A good friend shared something lately on Facebook, and I love it so much. It said, “If you see someone without a smile, give them yours.”

Maybe my happy days pictures help spread a smile. And that thought makes me incredibly happy!

Xx

Some from my #365morehappydays album :)

I got MARRIED!!

And yes, it was one of the best days of my life!

*soppy post ahead* 
That's fair warning guys... :)

On Saturday 4^th July 2015, I married my tall guy. The guy whose pet name for me is ‘dick-head’, and I love that! We are idiots together, we act like big kids, and we are always laughing. If you’d have told me 14 years ago when I met Steve that I’d end up as his wife, I’d never have believed you. We are like chalk and cheese, completely different in so many ways, and I think that’s why we work so well. We balance each other out!

The wedding was PERFECT! The week leading up to it, however, was less than ideal. I think that’s a fair way to describe it. So many things went wrong; my dress, our banns not being read and Poppy having to go to hospital, all within 4 days of each other. Looking at it retrospectively, it taught me more about being positive and to believe that things will always be OK somehow, even though at times that might seem unlikely. At the time, however, I was more of a blubbering mess than a positive little hippie!

I'm a big believer in putting positivity and good vibes out in to the universe, and in the week leading up to the wedding, I think that might have been the only thing that got me through. I’d love to say that deep down I knew it would be OK, but I’d be lying.

I could elaborate on each disaster, maybe go into great detail about what went wrong, and how horrendous I felt about it all... or I could be thankful that it all came together in the end in spite of all that went wrong. I'm going with the latter.

I AM SO LUCKY!

I got to marry the man I love, and celebrate the day with our closest family and friends (although a special few were missed!) The weather was amazing (nice and cool while we got ready, then beautifully sunny and hot for the rest of the day), the service, breakfast and reception were all perfect, and everyone had a wonderful time, so I'm told! Steve and I certainly did!

After all that went wrong in the run up,  the only thing I cared about was marrying the man I love, and starting out on our new adventure as husband and wife (how grown up does that sound?!) 

I was thankful we listened to advice from friends and stole a few moments throughout the day, just Steve and I, as it really did go so fast, and other than our 'moments' I barely saw him after the meal.

I just want to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who came to our wedding, and an even bigger thank you to everyone who made it possible!! 

I'm a wife... Mrs. Dyne... That's me!! :) :)

Xx