Sunday, January 23, 2011

Aotearoa

Friends do you remember when I said that I was really going to start living again this year?
I'm doing it. Slowly but surely, I'm doing it. I am getting out there and living my life. I'm making plans and following through. I'm daring to hope and even better daring to dream.
I have dreamed for 12 years of going to
The Land of the Long White Cloud or Aotearoa.
I cannot count the number of times that I sat in class in the CAC or Old Gym and listened to the New Zealand exhibit perform at the PCC and thought, "someday I'm going there."
And now I am.
What makes this trip even better is that I am going to New Zealand for my little sister's wedding. Jamie and Xander will be getting married April 23rd in Whangarei on the North Island.


Come on- it's obvious why he loves her. She's fun like her older sister.




But a wedding isn't fun unless you have fun people there. Introducing your fun wedding party- Nikki Forsberg, sister-in-law extraordinaire and lyrical dance machine.



Father and Mother of the bride and the reason the saying "Pakehas know how to party" came into existence.




And lastly, the most photogenic bridesmaid- me. Jamie is so lucky I am going to be in a lot of her pictures.




All of this just affirms that living is definitely worth the risk. I continue to pray that all of you are well and dreaming big.

7 comments:

nancy said...

I LOVE LOVE that you quoted the PCC...i could just hear that guy saying that and the tatooed gorgeous Maori people walk out with their colored balls. ha. LOVE that you are going there! I want you in MY pictures.

Brie said...
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Brie said...

although the maori village had it going on, do u remember the guy from fiji? anywho, i'm tot jeal that i am not accompanying you to the wedding...why aren't i? ps, glad you decided TO LIVE this year...i don't think i could have lived had you decided that you were against..life. Sorry i haven't called back..this week hopefully. i miss you like jo's smelly sweaty shirts

heidi said...

saaaweeeeeet!! you will love it! are you guys traveling to the south island at all? let me know if you are--my mom married a kiwi and lives on Lake Wanaka...and loves visitors!

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