Polaroids

We chose to have polaroids for our guestbook at our wedding so that all of our guests would have a picture of themselves next to the note that they wrote. I wish I had a good picture of the guestbook, but I haven't actually seen it yet since it's been completed. 

We took one of the cameras with us to New Caledonia, and it was fun to try out taking pictures on the island to see how they turned out as polaroids. Here are a few favorites:

         

We played a lot of scrabble by the beach and the pool. I'm pretty sure I have the winning record.

 

We also took a little dive in la piscine naturelle, saw some incredible fish, and took a really flattering picture with our masks.

And finally, I'll leave you with some individual shots - me awkwardly posing by myself in front of island greenery and Jonny blending in to the white of the overexposed ocean.

Scenes from New Caledonia

On a whim, we chose to spend our honeymoon in New Caledonia. We knew we wanted to spend our weeks on a remote island in the Pacific and we wanted to go somewhere that neither of us had ever been or might ever go. New Caledonia is a French island near Fiji, and it was absolutely fantastic. Perfect weather, great food, and lots of time together. We would highly recommend it if you don't mind traveling for 24 hours to get there! Below are a few pictures from our time there.

 On the beach in front of our bungalow about to head for dinner:

 Our little beach bungalow:

I loved how, because we were technically in France, everything was in French, even the knobs on the sink:

Our view of the lagoon from our back porch:

I don't normally like pictures of my feet, but this just shows the beautiful ocean right outside our bungalow, so I'll let this one go up:

 Another look at the lagoon from our porch:

Mealtime!:

 Our view from breakfast every morning:

 

And one of my very favorite things about where we chose to go on our honeymoon: all of the Japanese couples there were wearing matching honeymoon outfits. I tried to get a picture and this is the best that I did:

All in all, it was such an incredible few weeks together in a beautiful place, and I'm so glad we got to take the trip. I'll definitely be sharing lots more pictures from our wedding and honeymoon and other joyous affairs in the days to come, so get excited!

Home from the Honey

We just got home from our honeymoon in New Caledonia and New Zealand this weekend, and we've been busy busy unpacking, settling into our house, and eating at Chili's for our first dinner back in the US! We had such a fun wedding and honeymoon, and I can't wait to share pictures as soon as I get them all uploaded and sorted. For now, here is a little sunshine and blue skies from New Caledonia to combat the black skies of San Francisco.

New Caledonia

Jonny gave me this awesome book for Christmas, The Earth From the Air. It shows all these neat aerial views of different parts of the world, and the heart on the cover is a picture of New Caledonia.

Last night we booked our honeymoon flights and hotel. We had been saying forever that we wanted to go to Thailand, but after doing some research and finding out that it'll be monsoon season, we decided to go to New Caledonia instead, and it looks amazing. Here is one of my favorite pictures of the island: