Its hard to condense seven years of adventure and joy into snapshots, but here goes. After meeting the day before Andy's birthday in September 2017, we were never really apart again. This was our first Christmas together, December 2017!

Our first new years together!

Andy meets Strang matriarch Grandma Cecile- Nelson, New Zealand.

Aly graduates!

Admission day!

Our first housesitting experience for Auntie Fi- with her baby Blu.

His friends, becoming OUR friends.

Our first festival together.

Our brother in law Mala introduces us to our first pug/griffon- we were instantly obsessed!

Our brother in law Mala introduces us to our first pug/griffon- we were instantly obsessed!

Morning coffees with Strangs in Whitianga

Andy makes a little buddy, Strang fam in Whitianga.

Alice and cousin Olivia, Strang fam in Whitianga.

Mayhew family trip to Queenstown!

Lake Hayes. Mayhew family trip to Queenstown.

Trip to the zoo with our little nephew and newest member of the whanau, Mala.

Birthday celebrations together, in AK.

One of many gigs we would love to go to!

Dinner at ChinChin in Melbourne. We hear murmurs of a new virus called Covid-19...

... the 2020 lockdown. We move in together during the first lockdown, going de-facto! We become foster parents to multiple litters of kittens!

We become fur parents to our eldest, Margaret-Mary Strang Burns, who we fell in love with.

First trip after lockdown, back to visit South Island Strangs in Nelson.

We bought a house! And insisted Margaret Mary be featured front and centre!

Moving day, farewelling the sanctuary of the eastern bays for something new!

One week after moving, we introduce the newest member of the Strang-Burns whanau, Katsu!

Katsu the Christmas doggo, at work.

2021 Strang Burns whanau all rugged up!

Renovations begin, with Margaret Mary providing invaluable assistance.

We farewell our old kitchen...

...introduce Nigella, Nobu and Nadia the silky chickens to our home...

...and welcome our new kitchen, in time to celebrate Margaret Mary's 1st birthday!

Our beautiful children- thrilled to be there.

We celebrated Grandma Cecile's 90th at Mapua, Nelson.

Strangs (plus Burns) in Nelson.

Our (last?) fur baby, Kiki Strang-Burns.

Our fur baby line-up, on the watch.

Seeing the new year in with Auntie Lynne and Uncle Rob, Russell.

The boys off for a stag (the first of many!).

Marrakech, Morocco

Alicante, Spain

Dinner with dear friends- Chiswick, London.

Catching up with special friends Steve and Julia in Bristol.

Le Mont-Saint-Michel

Our lovely little nephew Seru enters this world!

Boogie nights at Tamaki Avenue!

A memorable night out in Tamaki Makaurau, why we love our city so much.

Christmas celebrations with Mayhew whanau.

We lost our veggie garden in some floods (we vowed to re-build!)

Another reason why we love our life in Tamaki Makaurau- out with special friends for an amazing day on the water.

Blimmin engaged!

Blimmin engaged- part 2! What a surprise (for one of us)

With Kise-Bachan in Urakawa, Hokkaido, Japan.

Special friends giving US more special friends- Baby Harvey joins our group.