New beginnings

Seeing as it's the start of a new year, and this is my first blog post, I thought I would take you back to the start of my new life as Mrs D.  This will give you an idea of the beautiful place that we live, as we were married right on the beach here in Cockle Bay, on a beautiful sunny day, in Winter no less.

 

We are on a beautiful and complicated journey, merging two families into one...  We have had our ups and downs, but we are resolute and unified in our intention to succeed and not become a sad statistic of a failed 2nd marriage.  This means we read copious books on blended families, attend "How to successfully parent with your ex" courses, get counselling on a regular basis, and communicate... a lot!
It also means we are serious about taking time out for just the two of us.  Coffee dates, lunch dates, dinner and dessert dates (yes, a lot of it involves food, wine, coffee and tea!), weekends away with no kids, visits to art galleries and shopping, just the two of us.  It's very important in any marriage to spend good quality time together and even more so in a 2nd one, where merging families creates a whole new difficult terrain to traverse.
So here we are, starting on our married and blended family journey.  I hope you'll tag along for the ride, as I show you where we've been and tell you about what we've learnt so far .....


** Many thanks to Allie and Ant from Sharpshooter Photography who took these awesome photos on our special day ** (all photos copyright)