Engagement Party

Last Saturday the family arranged an engagement party for the two of us. It was really fun! Thanks so much guys for all your time, help and effort! Both me and Shane had a really good nite :-)
I will put up photos as soon as I get them.

It's not usual for us Norwegians to have engagement parties, but I seriously think we should start that trend! You get two sets of presents! :-)

I got to meet more relatives and friends, it was quite a few people. We had good food, good music, and a CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN! Never seen one before, but I loved that thing. You know how a water fountain look like...? Well, just imagine that there's chocolate coming out, not water! It was amazing.
We also had a few games, and my bridal party dressed me up in a wedding dress made of toiletpaper! (not sure if I'm gonna put that on flickr :P)
Then we cut the cake. It almost felt like a wedding. So I guess I'm well prepared for the big day ;-)

The proposal

Many of you may have seen the webpage Shane made for me when he proposed over the internet last year. It was very creative!

So I was surprised when I got a SECOND proposal in Norway :-) (Well, he already told me he was going to do that, but he didn't tell me when). So on the night to our 13 months anniversary he took me out.
This time on a romanting outing at the beach that I grew up by! He had gotten two of our good friends to arrange something special for me, so when we rocked up it was all set with blankets, candles and good food! We even had a view to the sea and the sunset :-) (Hope to put a photo of it on soon)
It was the best night I'd had :-) He was very romantic and did very good in proposing a second time. He had written a song to me, and he sang it too!
After that he kinda got on his knee and asked me to be his wife... awe! :-)

So guys... I really am getting married! On the 8th of September in Chiang Rai, Thailand. It's not long till now. For those of you who aren't gonne be there... We're planning on sending the wedding live on the net! Isn't that crazy!? Anyways, more info will come on that. So hopefully you'll still be able to see us getting married :-)

Thank you so much honey for the lovely surprise! You really did surprise me, hehe :-) (You can hopefully read more about that later on on Shane's blog)
Jeg elsker deg! You rock my world ;-)

From Norway to Australia to Thailand (soon...)

Currently I'm in Perth living at the Beckingham's palace :-)
It's winter here right now, but it feels like Norwegian summer!
Berit and Gunnar came a week later than us and have also been staying here. They've now found an apartment where they'll live during their studying.

Me and Shane had a wonderful time in Norway. Just wish we could have stayed abit longer. The wedding was sweet. Berit and Gunnar were SO CUTE together! They had put together an amazing party.
Shane got to see Norwegian wedding traditions, so we have some ideas for OURS now ;-)

On our way to Perth, we got to spend a whole day in Hong Kong. That was SO cool! It was a crazy city filled with sky scrapers and jungle. That's how it seemed like anyways.

I'll see if I'm able to put on some photos for you later on...
God's blessings to all of you