Success!

We had such a fabulous time during our 2 weeks in the states. Thank you to all of our family and friends for making our trip so wonderful!

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It was a busy few weeks with an engagement party, 2 stunning mountain weddings, a Broncos game (Rob’s first ever regular season NFL game), a Rockies game (Todd Helton’s last home game)…

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…plenty of day hikes in the mountains, walks and runs, golfing, story telling, Tim Tam Slams…

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…birthday celebrations, brekky/lunch/dinner/coffee catch ups with friends, wedding venue ‘shopping’, shopping in general, alcoholic beverages, BBQs…

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…minding the kids, awkward O’Keefe family photos (see below)… the list doesn’t stop…. But it was all worth it! All said and done, we stayed at 8 different places over the course of 16 days! A special thanks to The Ralph’s, Al, Jeremy, Maria, Kristen and The Schneider’s for giving us a pillow to sleep on during our time at home.

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And thank you for those who made the trek to Ft Collins for our engagement party – during some of the worst flooding Colorado has seen in years.  Luckily, the skies cleared and it turned out to be a lovely afternoon at The Ralph’s in FoCO!!  Thanks for hosting, Mom/Mum/Maureen and Dad!!!

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We’re engaged!!!

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We went away for the Queen’s Birthday weekend to the small town of Berry – 2 hours south of Sydney. Little did I know that Rob had the ring for over a year and was waiting for the perfect opportunity to propose (and little did he know that the perfect opportunity would be handed to him on a silver platter, when I recommended that we watch the sunrise on the morning of Sunday 9 June 2013). Even better, I navigated us past 7 Mile Beach to a lookout just outside Berry (thank God for Google maps!). Of course, I was going nuts with the camera (due to the stunning scenery) and since this was all my idea, I had no reason to suspect Rob was up to something. It was the perfect moment!

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