A few Winter Engagement pictures

With the snow on the ground and the temperature today a little bit warmer than it has been this week, I asked my sister to take a few pictures of Cameron and myself...

Conditions were far from perfect... Cameron has been sick all week and probably shouldn't have been outside all day, and didn't have any dry gloves to wear because his were soaking wet from our sledding adventures earlier in the day (you can see his hands are in his pockets in most of the pictures!!)... and on top of all of that, it was REALLY cold out there... Most of our pictures are of us standing because neither of us wanted to sit or lay in the snow.... haha

Update after several months... with lots of pics!!

Wow...I haven't blogged since the night before my student teaching began! That's been a while! Since then....

One of our groomsmen got married...

Karter took his first steps....

and also got a really cute snowsuit...
And turned 1 !!!
And dressed as a really cute cowboy for Halloween!!
I ordered my wedding dress (here's a sneak peek!)
that will be in sometime in March..
We had a great time in the leaves :)
We spent time with family at Thanksgiving...
I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree
in Elementary Education and a minor in Reading...
with a surprise visit from two great friends..
I fell in love with a classroom full of first graders...
and received an amazing gift from them...
(A basket full of teacher necessities, and a Shutterfly book full
of pictures and stories from the semester)

We had a great Christmas....
Cam and I took a small road trip to visit some of
his family in Tennessee...
My brother went back to Denver
after being home for a couple of weeks...
Karter got to play in the tiny amount of snow we got...
We had a great New Year's Eve with great friends...

Now.... schools are back in session, so I'm applying to substitute teach... We're also getting deeper into wedding planning :) There are five months left and several things left to do.... Also, I hope to stay more up to date with the blogging!!!

Summer has come to an end....

Well, summer if officially over in my book.... Today I had orientation on campus for my student teaching which starts tomorrow. It was a long day with 3 hours spent in the car, a few hours in orientation and an hour in class.... I feel as if I know a little bit more about what to expect, but I'm still nervous about what this experience is going to be like! I have so many questions--- and they're mainly detailed ones--- like what to do about lunch tomorrow! haha

To wrap up the summer, some of the women in my family took just a little trip to Springfield, IL. It was about a 5 hour drive and the city was filled with buildings and museums about Abraham Lincoln. I know, it sounds like it would be boring, but it was very interesting. We spent over 4 hours in one museum alone! I highly recommend it for a short weekend trip!

I got to see a bunch of friends from college again today, which was great. So many of them got married, got pregnant, etc.... all the marriages made me realize that by this time next year--- I'll be married! I'll be applying for teaching positions as "Krista Truelove." That is so crazY!!!

Well, it's after 10 pm and I have to leave for school at about 7 am, so I better be getting to bed. Wish me luck!!

Emotional Day

So today was quite an emotional roller coaster...... This morning we had the funeral for my grandma's brother who passed away on Sunday. The weather was beautiful and for being such a "country boy" without any children, he had a great turn out at the funeral and graveside services. After the funeral, several of my aunts and uncles went to eat to celebrate my grandma's 84th birthday (which sadly, was today---the day of her brother's funeral). We had a nice, relaxing lunch at the lake and spent time talking about old times.... It was almost what we all needed this week....

Now for the most exciting news of all----
When I got home and checked my messages online, I had a message from a friend saying that our Praxis results were in early...... my heart began POUNDING... my palms got sweaty... my whole body began to tingle and get weak..... my hands felt like they couldn't type and move anymore...... I went to the company's website and signed in....opened my test results.... and scrolled down to find-----"PASSED" typed into the results section of both categories...... What a RELIEF!!! I hadn't told but just a few people because I didn't want to have to tell people that I had failed, but now that I know I passed---- I just wanna scream it from the rooftops! I have to do a few more things in the next few months, but I will soon be a licensed teacher. I still have to take the test for my reading minor, but I haven't scheduled it yet---but soon will....

A new blog--Truelove Ideas

So.... I have a new blog--more of a "business" blog. My brother works online, with websites and all that stuff that I don't understand. When he saw my posts about my cakes and such, he suggested that I create a place to share my ideas. I don't yet have a website (but that is his goal for me) so I'm collecting all my ideas in a new blog--- http://ideasbykrista.blogspot.com/

It's definitely a work in progress but the idea for it is to become a place to suggest and share money saving tips and ideas for wedding planning, cake decorating, party planning, cheap lesson plans, recycling, inexpensive recipes and so on. I've spent a lot of time researching, collecting, thinking, questioning, studying, reading, creating, and experimenting, and I would love to share my findings with others! We could all stand to save some money, right?

I hope to get blog followers and soon, followers of the website. Wish me luck!