good day to you hello there. that coffee was bailey’s free. not sunday morning’s though no sirree. i am SO glad my roots have dye in them again, if my hair was natural up there and the rest black i woulda had a way tougher time dealing. blond bonus – you can go days without having to wash your hair. (also the flash of my camera makes my hair look brown and it isn’t).

good morning hello.

love this terrifying thing, vintage toys are the best.

workin’ all day dave and on his birthday too. i said happy birthday 50 times to him throughout the day, didn’t care, so unbig a deal to him the fucking apocalypse could happen and he’d be all, meh.

me hard at work representin’ outfit one.

meanwhile… ha jokes GUY i took these. also nothing’s in order thank you flickr.

i hope i look this babely when i’m pregnant.

little emily and i picked some wild flowers to put in the wishing well bucket. it was a very important job. hangin’ with kids is awesome, they do your chores for you or help you dodge ‘em completely oh i can’t help you lift that because we are picking blades of grass over here.

i love the scattered arrangement of the tents and chairs, so low-key, no bullshit, no seating plan, zero uptightness. refreshing indeed.

what’s goin’ on here? we’ll come back to it as the pics aren’t in order ugh. anyway funny story about this ATV (is it called that?) the ort boys & cofield (of course) took it for an insanely loud night cruise (more like 2am) and got it on 2 wheels (i think?) and are now banned from using it haha idiots.

the wedding was on valentine’s day, family only. the pictures are stunning.

ahhh that’s what alex was driving over. good thing that one was wearing a life jacket.

outfit 2, for hangin’ and preparin’ also i got ONE beer out of the keith’s keg, the heineken was emptied by the time i was ready for a brew. cynthia said we weren’t allowed to start the kegs until 3 no matter we all worked around that one – bottles, cans! (alex said that rule was faulty) i think it was tapped around 1 anyway haha. it’s funny when everyone’s wasted on keg beer one hundred they justify it like they are helping the keg owner by assisting them in draining the thing. also who drank all my coors lights?

wicked rug.

wicked rug plus chicken legs.

last minute captions for their alex roast slide show. i introduced it for them cos they are not down with the public speaking and i made a mini speech and almost started crying. i cut it off once my thighs starting trembling. anyway because of that i got most of the credit for their work even though i repeated myself twice that fil and steve worked very hard on it. it was a seriously touching tribute and funny too if i had made it i’d’ve glory hogged the shit out of it. note my crap hanging up on the wall.

when someone owns a cottage it warrants giving them the goofiest shit ever and they are forced to lovingly display it. not that this wooden egg is goofy, just talkin’ here.

then some fresh-faced showered people arrived and i started feeling skidly time to clean up. slicing my hand on the screen door was a nice bonus, band-aid on my hand from the 70s with adhesive so gluey once i took it off i had gummed-up residue like crazy. in fact there’s still some on my hand right now.

i love the contrast of this urbanesque print in a cottage setting. neat.

CANADA! CANADA!

the bride gettin’ her hair did. jamie says in the first year of marriage you are referred to as bride, after that it’s wife. ride that one shari. i then realised holy crap there’s a straightener here thank god.

time stands still at the cottage, well, they’re like time capsules basically.

then matt and leslie showed up to get down.

some serious snacks.

simple clean whimsy, the best. this was the food table and it was screened in i forgot to get a picture of the fabulous spread. use your imagination.

the opposite of dorks.

matt and leslie always have a tickle trunk of random various boozes.

tastes like a creamsicle. pretty certain this sealed my needing a nap fate.

bromancin’ the stone. that’s tarley off in the background, see how his shirt matched by dress and the day before we were red/white stripes FASCINATING.

ugh.

delicious amazing on its way to becoming pulled pork.

i’m such an emotional loser this could make me cry even. mom what kind of genes have you passed on to me!?

the biggest bowl of onions i have ever seen. i didn’t even get any cos i was too impatient to wait in line. whoever had to cut these musta been crying.

how much do you love this chair!

i can’t even settle on just one picture of it.

i love cynthia (alex’s mom) she is so sweet, welcoming, and eccentric. she also taught art to steph and so many other people we know. she also partied to notorious BIG it was awesome.

misleading size close-up.

poor little dude.

HOT MAMA. i love that dress how much does it make you want to be 8 months pregnant like right now. i wish i could photoshop that guy out no offense. maybe fil can do it so shari can use this as her FB profile pic.

i’m running out of funny captions juice cid just bit my finger and i’m getting hungry. oh yeah nice matching shirts zzz.

some people meet me as lauren, some as raymi. oh yeah little emily asked me what my name was, i said luh-ren, like lauren but better.

perfectly adorable little cigarettes for children! i had a drag of one of these later on and immediately regretted it but blessing in disguise as it required i drink two bottles of water which alleviated the majority of my hangover.

jackson pollock floor.

oh god.

ditto.

this one was pointless, lasted no time at all as it instantly got cold and i was ready for nap town but thanks to its overall loudness it was not forgotten. why can’t people just mind their own beez? (ps i wasn’t the only one singin’ on the mic i was actually quite moderate with it stop being catty to me all the time).

i shushed so many people during speeches excuse me i’m trying to cry over here.

tarley played i have never later on at another cottage i can only imagine how that nite turned out, oh to be a fly on the wall.

dave-O MC-extraordinaire + adorable emily. she wanted to tell a story on the mic so bad and finally got her chance, decided to sing a song instead, got out a few la-la-la’s then shy attack took over, so adorable omg i’m about to start crying right now even. reminded me when i gave a speech at my uncle’s wedding to all the grandparents and bawled my eyes out at the end. i didn’t want to give the speech, but felt i should yet knew i would crumble in fear and nerves. i was 8 and felt exploited.

shari’s dad gave a hilarious stoner speech. i coulda listened to him talk for a half hour, so funny and scattered and eccentric. she kept heckling to keep him on track.

i kept it together during cynthia’s speech until she said that the island was a special place where friends become family and family become friends OMG so totally bawling right now again. nick was surprised by my sensitivity what with my bitchy exterior and all. dude a flower petal could make me lose it.

this was funny, aunty margy wrote the speech for both of them then brought out a champagne bottle full of confetti that wouldn’t burst, they brought it home from the uk and he thought it would blow up the plane haha ahh comedic relief.

it finally popped.

perfect.

i was jealous of that idea & tried to stick one on my cheek but it wouldn’t stay hi i am 4.

melissa read me her speech earlier while i was putting on makeup and it made me bawl. then hearing it again knowing all the emotional bits of course i lost it again especially cos she got chokey at parts. lindsey’s speech made me blubber too hi this post is about how much i cry i hope you liked it.

bummed we had to miss out on presents opening the next day. we had to leave for fil to shoot a show THAT WAS CANCELED DUE TO RAIN ANYWAY. extra bitter as the sun came out and was perfect swimming weather.

i like how zero per cent of a shit people give on the island when it comes to funny hats uh i mean nice hat. rob in the background said he looked at my blog and didn’t “get it” also “what’s with that cork?” haha. rob there is nothing to get. enjoy.

shari is such a natural public speaker, so brave and chatty. they are a wonderful couple and this reception made it oh so apparent it was very touching to see. congrats you guys xoxox i hope you have a girl!

nite time party pics to come later.