Back to School.....Yuck!

Well my vacation is officially over as of last week. Spring semester started exactly a week ago. I am just taking one class, Pakistan. I don't understand why Pakistan would be a general class. I just hope it isn't too hard. It is my last class in order to receive my Associates and then move on to transferring to UCCS and getting my Bachelor degree.

I miss the time that I used to have when I didn't have school and only one job. I am so over school, but I have many more years of it ahead of me. I just need to stay focused, especially this semester. I just need to pass this one class and then I move on to my next step in life. I am so excited to get my Associates. I will then feel like I am half way there and less stressed out. Well guys, wish me luck. Oh, and my finals week for this class is the week of the sealing and reception and when all my family will be in town. Suck! I am going to be so stressed out then and throughout the semester, I will be worrying about wedding planning and school and work. Ugh! We'll see how it goes. I have to do good in this class or I am going to be so mad at myself for not finishing my Associates when I should have.

Happy Birthday Drew!!

Drew's birthday was yesterday. He is now 23. What an old man! :) I got balloons filled with helium and hid them in the storage closet. I got up before he did yesterday and snuck the balloons a couple at a time into our bedroom. They also had little notes at the end of each balloon saying why I love him. He was so surprised when he woke up. I also got him a card and put it on the door knob for him. He didn't have enough time to read the notes so he took them with him. I also got him a birthday cookie for him to come home to. He already had a birthday cake from work. We didn't see each other again until 1040 when I got home.

We are celebrating his birthday tomorrow so I was going to save his presents until then but he got me to give them to him last night. I got him two pairs of shoes he really wanted. Tomorrow we are going to have dinner at Tucano's to celebrate his birthday. I'm pretty excited. I've heard so many good things about that place.

Busy Busy

This week has been extremely busy.
I started my new job at Panda on Monday. I was supposed to be there from 3-830 but they asked if I could stay to close so I could learn how to close. They wanted me to close on Wednesday so I said ok. I ended up staying till 1045 and didn't get home till 11. I also had to shower and get ready for the zoo field trip the next day with the kindergarteners. I also started my online class on Tuesday. Tuesday was my only day off of panda and I did homework. I worked school and panda Wednesday, Thursday, and today. Thursday was also Drew's birthday. Tomorrow is my bridal shower too.

I sort of liked just working 8-2 and not having school. Had so much time to get things done and relax.

Well the zoo was fun. Here's a few pics and videos. I just have to say that that zoo was smelly. The monkey pavilion place was so bad it made me gag.

Spring Break

Oh how I love spring break! Even though I'm not in school this semester, I really needed the break from all those elementary kids. Drew also gets this week off from school which is great. We get to spend the mornings together. He still has work though 1-10 every night =/ but I guess I'll take what I can get. This past weekend we went camping! First time ever going camping together. It was pretty fun. We went to the sand dunes. We took a couple sleds to go down the dunes on. It wasn't all that successful. Also, it is super hard to walk on sand. You get super tired.

 I loved going camping! We made foil dinners and I made a peach cobbler in the dutch oven. We also made breakfast in a bag and had hot dogs and s'mores. It was awesome. We also went to the alligator farm nearby. It was pretty cool seeing all the animals and alligators and we even got to see someone wrestle an alligator.

Making peach cobbler!

Yummy foil dinner!

Baby alligator

How cool does this picture look?

No More Being Bored

So my father-in-law called Drew on Saturday morning with an idea. He suggested that if we pay for the repairs for th red car he would just give it to us. The main repair that it needed came out to be 600 dollars. Dad (father-in-law) paid for 200 and we paid 400. It's an older car. It's a 91'. Same age as me :) lol. It's pretty funny, Drew's grandma drove that car, Drew drove that car in high school, the girls drove the car for school and now it's my turn.

I am so grateful that my in-laws have helped us out with the car situation. It is difficult having only one car and both working and going to school. I love my in-laws! I was pretty surprised when Dad offered us the car. What a wonderful blessing we have received. I can now drive to and from work and look for another job as well and not be limited to just walking distance.

Dress

So I have been asked what my dress looks like. Here it is! And my shoes. I'll also include the flower girl dress.



Stressing

I have been stressing a lot this month and now I am finally starting to feel at ease. Well first, I had to give a talk today in Sacrament on prayer. I thought it went alright. That really got me stressed this past week. Maybe a bit more than it should have. Also, I am a primary teacher now and I was stressing being prepared for the lesson this week. That turned out alright as well. I did end up having the 8 year olds as well because their teacher did not show. So instead of having 3 kids, I had 8! We did this activity at the end of the class where you get a bowl of water and sprinkle pepper in and then put a drop of dishwashing soap in and see the peeper spread away. It was super neat.
So those were my 2 major things this week. The other things I have now come to relax somewhat about is our sealing this year. We have an appointment all set to be sealed in the Denver Temple in July and we are also having a reception. I have already sent out invitations to my family and I am super excited that they are all coming. I have my dress and my shoes. I have my maid and matron of honor and bridesmaids all set. We are having a ring ceremony as well for just our families and I am going to have my cousin be the flower girl. We have a dress picked out for her. I already have planned out the reception decorations/food/activities. I am just super excited that it is all happening. Last thing I need to do is just send out the rest of our invitations.