Michael came to visit me!!!!!!

So this past weekend, Michael came to visit me in Las Vegas!! And it was sooooo nice, AND we got a lot of pictures that I will share!!!

Here we are at the Hoover Dam! The people we asked to take the picture were really excited about the picture and so are we! :)

Some dam scenery. While we were at the dam, Michael was full of dam jokes.

The new bridge

We were waiting to take a picture of a statue and so we took one of us!!!

Michael said, "Well my feet have a good complexion because I put so much pressure on them!" haha so I had to get a picture to show off his "nice complexion."

We also went on a hike, but before we got to the hike, we vistied the visitor center and met Franklin the turtle.

We found a spring at the end of the hike!

We saw lots of cactus'! I also saw a rattle snake but we didn't get a picture because it was nestled in some bushes...

We made it!!!!

I am so glad that Michael came to visit and we had a great time! And I am excited that in less than 3 weeks we will be together again!!!

Little new things

I got a few new pictures- no real theme too them all just a hodgepodge of pictures that I could share!!

Micheal came to visit a few weeks ago!!! And that was REALLY nice! We had a great time and I am glad he came.

I recently finished a unit on the Solar System in my class and I made a bulletin board. I am very proud- of myself and my students!! They did a great job on their plant mosaics!

Michael and I were away from each other this Valentine's Days :( But he sent me beautiful flowers :)
Back to school: we also just finished learning more about Barack Obama's life and I made other bulletin board for that, but have yet to get pictures, but I will soon because it is so nice!

Bucket List

This past semester Danielle inspired me to make a bucket list- I told her I would help her make one for class. Except then I just make my own weeks later.... sorry d!

Well here are a few things on my bucket list (things I want to accomplish or do in my lifetime) Except that I am for real going
to them.

I will only include 20 to spare you from reading a long list, which we know I love! Enjoy!

1. Go on a safari (elephants are among my favorite animals)



2. Win a community award

3. REALLY make a difference

4. Meet Jason Mraz (without Oprah's help)

5. Always celebrate

6. See the northern lights

7. Go on a week hike

8. Live in California

9. Create my own education theory

10. Vacation at the beach regularly

11. Spoil my grand kids

12. Go to a Coldplay concert

13. Finish a grownup book - I got to page 81 of 1984 :)

14. Learn about my ancestors

15. Go to the Czech Republic


16. Be love

17. Run half marathon- at first I put marathon, but then I decided I would be realistic

18. Learn to LOVE to be obedient

19. Do what I want

20. Become financially stable

But please don't get me wrong. In my life I have done some AMAZING things that if I had made a bucket list years ago, would have been crossed off. Take for instance my trip to New York, twice.

Hula hooping with Bushwalla

Graduating from college :) pictures to come!!

Seeing Jason Mraz perform about a thousand times

Meeting a few amazing people and becoming best friends...twice

Falling in love with someone who is perfect for me :)

Going to Las Vegas for my birthday- not to mention LIVING in Las Vegas now!

Going on THE PRICE IS RIGHT

Well not to make a blog too long but that's just my thoughts tonight!

REEEEwind

Ok so I realized I forgot to blog about how this whole wedding thing came about- oops!

So it all began with the game of LIFE- thank you Milton Bradley- and the missionary Michael stole the game from. Thanks should also go to our mutual friends, Dello and Kristen for inviting us other- which I'm pretty sure we invited ourselves over.

That's how is started. It continued with my broken car, a tubing trip, pretending we didn't know each other, shopping trips, a camp out, MORE games, a Sunday school lesson, a hike or two and a couple movies.

Us meeting each other was fate, but Michael getting the guts to ask me out for the first time was a lot of courage. We played phone tag for a little while- we both were too nervous to talk to each other on the phone, but we finally did. It was only fitting that our first date was eating out- on account of that's what we know how to do the best :) After that we left each other for the weekend and told our families (well I told Mindy) about each other. While we were away, we planned to go on another date- my favorite actually- to the rodeo at the state fair.

School started and things got busy. We decided to talk a walk in Idaho Falls one Monday evening (instead of go to FHE- oops). But the whole walk Michael avoided the inevitable. But FINALLY on the ride home he told me he liked me. Best day of my life....so far.

Some months later (crazy I know) here we are...getting married!!! I really do see things in Michael that I love and I want to be apart of my life FOREVER. That's the story of our beginning. I didn't want to bore with the details, but that's the jist of it!

Wedding Deats Part I

Guess what everyone. I'M GETTING MARRIED!!!! So I will blog my wedding planning. But don't get upset if this is actually the only blog I post...


Here are the colors we am using. Pink, yellow and gray.


This what I was thinking for the bridesmaids dresses. Each person can do their own thing for the top. The dresses will be pink :)

Lists, lists, lists

So I just found out that I DON'T have work tomorrow- so that leaves me some time to blog!! And since I get upset every time I try to post pictures, I will not attempt-sorry :(

So I love lists- it's how I function every day- and as I think about things I organize them into lists and thought I would share some.

Things that Amaze me:
how we can send messages into space and they end up on someone else s phone or computer almost instantly
cars- they are just these things that run and carry us places
how people become grumpy
green-screens
how we all just follow rules

Things that I love and keep me happy
memories
ice cream
music
MY FAMILY
The ability to talk to Heavenly Father
New pictures of little Calvin (Danielle asked me "is Calvin his middle name?")
Naps
Water
The ability to be happy

The lists go on and on so I will them stop there.

Op- and for those that haven't, GO SEE IRON MAN 2- right now.

My new hair!!