Kate Ferdinand has marked eight years since she met her husband Rio as she shared a heartwarming throwback snap of the couple together.
The former TOWIE star, 33, and the ex-footballer, 46, met back in 2016 through mutual friends while they were both on holiday in Dubai.
The couple are now back in the UAE to ring in 2025 with Kate sharing a cosy snap of the pair enjoying a night out.
Alongside the post, she wrote: 'Rio & I met 8 years ago yesterday.
'Who would have thought that fast forward to now we would be back in the place we met, married, with 2 more beautiful children, 5 in total
'It's crazy to think that a chance meeting, and so many hurdles thrown our way we would be ready to see in the new year as a family of 7(just missing our Lorenz).
'Going in to 2025 feeling very grateful and excited for what's to come ✨'.
Kate and and her husband Rio, who married in 2019, are parents to Cree who born in December 2020 and daughter Shae, who was born last year via C-section.
She is also step-mother to his three children Lorenz, 18, Tate, 15, and Tia, 13, from his previous marriage to Rebecca Ellison who passed away in 2015.
In November, three-year-old Cree was rushed to hospital with a horror injury during a family trip to the Maldives.
Former TOWIE star Kate shared the scary news on her Instagram as she posted a snap in the back of an ambulance with her toddler but didn't say how he'd got the injury.
She wrote over the top: 'We ended a fabulous trip with a broken collar bone. My boy just always gets injured!!
'It's been sleepless nights, cuddles, tv & chocolate since.'
The podcaster told how the frightening incident occurred at the end of their 'fabulous trip' and said how Cree 'always gets injured'.
She said that since the injury they have been dealing with 'sleepless nights' as he recovers.
Kate has remained open candidly her struggle adapting in a blended family, admitting she 'overthinks' her actions when it comes to caring for her stepchildren.
During an appearance on Virgin Radio she explained: 'My family are so accepting. They love me. It's nothing to do with them. I just always will feel a little bit worried, and it will be a little bit of a struggle. I don't think the box is ever fully ticked.
'I think sometimes I can mistake them just being teenagers that don't listen. I start thinking, 'Oh my god, is it me? Is it because I'm their stepmum?'
'And every now and then I just have to sit back and say, 'They are teenagers and this is what teenagers do.' But you can be a little bit more sensitive.'
