June

Well June has successfully flown by. Next weekend is the last weekend in June! Which means HOOPFEST! My life has been consumed by last minute wedding details and bridal showers. I cannot wait to go and watch some street ball and just relax next weekend. Then it will be back to the grit and grime of last minute craziness :) I am fully enjoying every minute of planning a wedding, but I also am so ready for the final product and our new life! We went and got our apartment tuesday. I am in love with it. I cannot wait to move in all of our things and start our new life on our own. It will be stressfull and scary I am sure, but much needed!

Wrapping Up

Well, we did it! We are officially Teachers! Graduation was so much fun, we got to see all of our friends again and remember what it is like to actually be in a college town. These past four years have definitely been the best years of our lives. We look forward to our wedding day that is quickly approaching and cannot wait to move out into our own place to call home :)

Bring on the Stress

This semester is flying by. Being with Kindergarteners sure is different than second grade! I love my class and my mentor teacher. However, I cannot wait to have my own classroom. But I guess with my own classroom comes a lot of stress.

Recently I have been making resume's, cover letters, getting letters of reccomendation, and trying to make a professional portfolio website for myself. So far so good, I am done with my resume and cover letter, along with an application for a school district. Now I just need those letters of reccomendation and my website. Wish me luck. I am just a bit stressed out.

As the semester flies by with the blink of an eye, I seem to be getting more things on my plate. Not only am I trying to get everything squared away with graduating and finding a job, but I have to worry about getting certified in two states. Also comes the stress of planning this wedding. Everything is happening all at once, but does that mean it will all be over at once? I sure hope so! I cannot wait to relax and not have to do so many things.

I hope I do not go nuts in these next coupole months!

Engagement PIctures

We got our engagement pictures back finally. I love them! They all turned out so good it was hard to pick just one for our 8 x 10 but we finally did. I will upload a few for you to see :)

It's Been A While

Sorry I have not stayed on top of the website! We have been busy lately with student teaching and wedding plans. The day after Thanksgiving we bought our wedding bands on sale! It was a great deal and we both love our rings.

We went wedding cake tasting a few weekends ago and think we know what type of design we want. We also loboth loved the white cake with lemon filling. Jon liked the chocolate cake with mint, and I also liked the carrot cake, and white cake with raspberry filling. We are not sure yet which flavors we are going with but I cannot wait to eat it on the day of our wedding!

Today we have another marriage prep meeting with Deacon Doug. We get to see our results from the quiz we took. I hope we agree on most of the things! I am nervous to see what we do not agree on. Hopefuly they are not big issues that we disagree on. Well, I will hopefully be better at updating :) Talk at you soon!

A September to Remember

September was a crazy month. Wedding planning came to a hault, and student teaching rushed into my life full force. Jon and I are both loving student teaching. He is in a 1st grade at Evergreen and I am in a 2nd grade at Deer Park Elementary. I wish I could go observe him for a day because I think he is great with the kids.

In my classroom there is a lot of low income families. It really opened my eyes when I got there. I love those kids so much and cannot wait to go back each Monday. They teach me so much while testing my patience, but I love it. I have already been observed twice by my Supervisor who is also my Principal. She says I am doing great and that she has never seen a student teacher who can make it look so easy and like they have been doing it for years. That dfinitely made me excited! I absolutely love the school I am in and really hope to get a job there someday. The staff is amazing and so is my mentor teacher!

Right now in Science we have insects. The kids love them, but I on the other hand hate them! There is so much work to do with those stupid things. You have to feed them, give them new water (which is fruit or veggies), care for them, and throw away the nasty stinky ones that have died. It takes so much time! Even when you make the kids do it. I will be glad when we get our Butterflies and just have one class culture and not 23 individual containers!

As for wedding planning goes, there is not much yet. But next week I am sure I will start again. We get our engagement pictures done tomorrow so then we can make our save the dates and send them out! YAY! Another check off of the list :)

Hope everyone is doing well in school and student teaching!

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Yesterday was a great day. First I met some OLD friends for coffee and lunch. We had an amazing time. I always love getting to catch up with high school friends. It seems that good friends will always stay the same and conversation is easy. I love having such great friends!

I also went dress shopping yesterday. It was very fun because it was my third time going. I found out some NEW things that I like and dislike and overall it was very productive. I think I may have found the one, but I have to look one more place first or I will always wonder.

As I was dress shopping a lady came in to have her last dress fitting. She looked great in the dress, but it was one of the top 3 dresses I liked. Although it was nice seeing it one someone and having it a perfect fit, I felt as though if I chose that dress it would almost be BORROWED. I would not feel like it was my dress... but that's ok because as I kept trying on the top 3 #2 was still my favorite :)

So now today I want to go to one last store to finalize my decision making, but I have to round someone up to go with me! I am sure Katie will go if she does not have work, but who knows what her schedule is. After today is over I get to head to the lake! I am so excited. It is a much needed relaxation period at the end of a long week! The lake is so gorgeous this time of year with its rolling waters, BLUE skies, and sunny beaches :)

27 Dresses

The other day I went to try on Wedding Dresses for the first time. I had a blast and cannot wait to find the one. One of my friends made the comment how she is going to be the girl off of 27 dresses because she has been in so many weddings, but never as the bride. I thought it was funny and almost said well that is not that bad, but then I realized I still want to be the one in a Wedding Dress :) The search continues, but now I know more of what I like.

So much planning

This summer I have tried to plan as much of our wedding as possible. It is so hard knowing I will be student teaching this fall and have no extra time for meeting with DJ's, Florists, etc., so I am gung ho on getting the majority of the planning done this summer. I know some might say I will have plenty of time during the year, but I plan on getting hired at a coffee stand and spending my nights and weekends there working to make some money. The lady told one of her workers she will be hiring in the fall because so many of her employees are leaving for college... so I already know she will be needing some extra help. Pray that I get it! I am almost ready to stop planning for a while but I just love checking things off! Those who went to school with me know I am not one to let projects sit there... and this is an exciting project! I have the ceremony site, reception site, center pieces, photographer, bridesmaid dresses, flowers, invitations, and food already picked out and reserved for the most part... now I need a cake, my dress, men's wear, bridesmaid shoes, gift registry, hotel room, transportation, musician for the wedding, and a DJ... man o man I guess I have more than I thought... and I know that is not all. Well, I guess I better be going to get ready for the day and head out to more stores!