Welcome to my world

Hi, Hello, Hey –

So I’m not sure how you start these things off, I’m also not sure how many of you will actually read this, but I really like the idea of having a ‘journal’ of sorts to look back on one day!

So how do I combine 26 years of life, lived to the fullest, into a story that won’t take 13 years to read!

Lets just jump right in and hope I don’t ramble too much.

I come from a loving family of 6. I am the eldest sibling, 2 younger sisters and one younger brother. We grew up on dairy farms and I couldn’t have asked for a better childhood. My siblings are my best friends in life and I can literally go to my parents for anything.

I would say my school life was very normal for a pre teen/teenager! I had all the normal heart ache and drama I think most people do at this time in their life! I was cheated on, lied to stabbed in the back and bullied to some extent. I also loved, laughed and just had fun! I think all these things shaped me to be the person I am today. I’m not going to pretend I was an angel who never hurt anyone through these years, because I did! I made decisions that I look back on now and am embarrassed at the way I acted or the things I did, but I wouldn’t change any of it. I think overall I have very happy memories from my schooling years and I’m thankful for everything I learnt from this stage of life!

I met Kere in March 2010, I was fresh out of high school and also a bad relationship! I really wasn’t looking for a boyfriend at all, but as things happen when you least expect them to, something just clicked with him. The funny thing is, Kere and I actually went to high school together. He was the year above me and I only ever knew of him, and him I. We had never actually spoken two words to each other!

After I graduated from university in 2013 Kere and I moved over to Darwin, Australia and we lived there for 1.5 years. It was an amazing experience such a beautiful, different place. If you ever get the chance to visit Darwin I highly recommend it. Kere worked in the gold mines and I work in real estate. Safe to say we had a fair bit of coin and just lived a very carefree life. We then moved to Hoek Van Holland, The Netherlands, after Kere had a offer to play rugby for a team there. That was an experience to say the least. Living in a non English speaking country is very testing and it taught me a lot about my self. It definitely wasn’t easy but we had so many amazing opportunities to travel to so many different countries (23 countries to be exact). We even went to Egypt which is the only country we visited that we missed our flight home! But that’s a whole other story for another day.

We returned home in 2015 and quickly settled back into normal life. Kere started working on his parents sheep and beef farm and I started working administration in an accountants office.  We had a cute little rental in feilding and it felt so nice to be home. I think anyone who has been over seas for a few years knows how lost you can feel when you get home. For so long our life had been so exciting and we could travel so many places at the drop of a hat. I started to crave a new challange, a new journey. After months of discussion we decided we were in a good place to start trying for a family. This happened a lot quicker than we expected and before we new it we had a little gift due to arrive in February 2017. We had a busy few months following this exciting news.

Firstly we moved to a house in Marton that would soon be Keres grandmas house. We lived there for 6 months while our little gift grew. Then 1 month before I was due we moved out to the farm house (we basically house swapped with keres grandma) the farm house was getting to big for her and with Kere working on the farm it just made more sense for us to live there.

On the 18th February, 2 days before my due date, our little gift arrived. A precious little girl called Paisley.

So that’s my life summary. I hope I didn’t ramble too much! Tried to keep it short and sweet, hopefully you enjoy reading it!

My pregnancy and birth story with Paisley is what’s up next. Stay tuned, that is a goodie!!