Twas the night before finals....

Check out the display outside my hall at work--i love it! It's super bright and happy. The green grass is made out of my kid's footprints and they LOVED walking in paint. It was tons of fun! I definitely love my job and am so ready for summer--I have a lot of goals for our classroom! Speaking of all of that, it's the end of the beginning of school and I have never felt more ready to be done with school in my life! I don't think i've ever been more unmotivated when it comes to school in my life....i've still got another year to go, but i'm farther than I was three years ago! I have to say though that this has been my fastest period of life so far and I am really excited for the future!

I have officially decided on my colors for the wedding and i'm way excited about it all--i'm goign to do green dresses with bouquets of yellow, orange and pink flowers. I for sure what to have gerber daisies, but am not sure what other flowers..any recommendations?? I am going to start planning more things this Summer and i'm really excited--I am going to start working on the centerpieces for the tables and what not, but we need to make a decision on where we're going to have it before all of that. It's harder than I thought it would be--everywhere is either too small or too expensive or won't let us play the kind of music we want, so it's becoming quite a chore at times! But i'm sure we will get it figured out!!

I have an interview Tuesday to be on the college board for fundraising at Infant Crisis Center--i have been working on coming up with some ideas, because I have to have some, so be praying that God will work through all of this and hopefully eventually give me the ability to work for others through him. I am excited for it and feel like I could get this opportunity....be praying! There's power in prayer!!

I hope you all have a wonderful week!!

Here we go a banqueting!

Tonight was IOTA's club banquet at Crabtown downtown--it was awesome! Here are some of the best pictures from the evening.
Enjoy!





The only damper on the evening was the pouring rain when we got out-boo! But we were glad we got in before it started. This was obviously my final outfit choice after changing my mind about 4 times and 2 trips to my house to get a dress. I got new jewelry out of the deal though!
Hope you've had a great weekend!!

The Chicks came alive!

The Chicks came alive!

I hatched baby chicks in my classroom and they have been SO much fun! We have had some yucky things happen (one being dropped and one being squeezed) but besides those memories, it's been good! We have been able to watch them staying in their incubator to hatching to being fuzzy and cute and being able to hold them and play with them. It has been a lot of fun! Check it out!

I was afraid that they weren't going to make it, so I was really glad when the first one hatched. 17 out of the 24 eggs I had hatched. It has been great!

The beginnings

I had originally said I wouldn't create one of these until I had a marriage or kids to show off, but clearly changed my mind! There can still be exciting things going on in life that you might be interested in knowing so we'll give this a shot.

If you weren't aware, wedding plans are underway for my future--though it seems like I have all the time in the world. I have completed the exciting (and sometimes daunting?) task of buying a wedding dress. If you haven't heard my exciting story from trying on wedding dresses, then here's a bit of enjoyment for you. I was really nervous about trying the dresses on for some reason, and the girl came in with the dress and what not, and I was determined to get them on by myself without any help (stupid?). Anyway, I started to put the dress on, and had my arms up above my head, and i'm trying to wriggle into the dress. Naturally, my phone rings and while it's ringing I realize that the dress is stuck....i'm so embarassed and feel so huge that I keep trying to get it on to avoid people seeing it stuck on me. Finally, I realize i'm not going to be able to get it on (or off at this point) so I call for help. The girl helping me comes in, and do you realize what step i've left out of the dress-trying-on equation?
Unzipping the dress.
She says "it might help next time if you unzip the dress."

So. For those of you who are ever trying on wedding dresses, i recommend unzipping the dress before you try to squeeze it on your body and feel enormous because you can't get it on.

Have a great day!