My trip to Michigan was great! It was so nice just to be there with him and his family. We spent a lot of time outside, hiking, walking and playing bocce ball. We also caught a movie with his dad and brother and sister-in-law. I really wasn't excited to see Hostage but it ended up being better than I thought with the exception of one nasty, gory scene and one very dumb play on the whole Virgin Mary thing. BAD! But the rest of the movie was actually good. We also got to celebrate Chris' birthday with his family. He was pretty excited to get The Incredibles (from me) and a great jump drive (from his parents). We met Kenny and Edie and the boys on Sunday morning and the five of us headed back to Iowa while Chris drove back to CMU.
The week at work has been good. I'm working on a grant proposal for the Mosquito Creek Watershed in Shelby, Harrison and West Pottawattamie counties. It's not officially due until April 15th but I'd like to get a good draft done tomorrow and get some comments from people higher up on the food chain and then have a chance to rewrite a time or two. So far, so good, but I might not have a full draft done tomorrow. And honestly, I am just not going to push myself too hard on this. It will get done. It will get done on time. And hopefully, it will be good enough to get funded.
So wedding plans are going well. Chris and I found 3 matching, adorable, white satin baskets for the flower girls over the weekend - and they had been clearanced so we didn't have to spend a ton! YEAH!!! It really feels like we have a lot of stuff planned. The next big thing to tackle is my dress and then the bridesmaid dresses. I can't believe it's less than 8 months until our wedding! I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with this man! Chris is the best gift God has ever given me.
3.31.2005
3.23.2005
On the road again....
Yeah! I'm leaving for Michigan today!
My friend's Ken and Edie are heading up to the northeast part of the LP to visit Ken's family for Easter and they're taking me along! So we head out later today, Kenny and Edie and their two teenage boys, and me. So by late tonight, I get to see Christopher! YEAH!!!!
I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend with Chris and his family. We'll be staying at his parent's house for the long weekend. It'll be nice to have a chance to get to know my soon-to-be in-laws a little better. Chris and I are planning on having dinner with a few friends of his that I haven't got to meet yet. We're also going to be celebrating Chris' birthday with his family. I'm so excited to get to see him!
Ken and Edie have been so awesome! They really didn't have room for me to go along but traded vehicles with another of our friends so they would have room for me. How awesome is that?! I am so incredibly blessed to have such amazing friends!
So I'm off to get an allergy shot (Chris' parents have a cat), have a quick lunch with my friend Melanie and her little girl, Rebekah, and then I'll be heading out to Ken and Edie's so we can get on the road.
Hope you all have a wonderful Easter celebrating the resurrection of our Savior!
My friend's Ken and Edie are heading up to the northeast part of the LP to visit Ken's family for Easter and they're taking me along! So we head out later today, Kenny and Edie and their two teenage boys, and me. So by late tonight, I get to see Christopher! YEAH!!!!
I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend with Chris and his family. We'll be staying at his parent's house for the long weekend. It'll be nice to have a chance to get to know my soon-to-be in-laws a little better. Chris and I are planning on having dinner with a few friends of his that I haven't got to meet yet. We're also going to be celebrating Chris' birthday with his family. I'm so excited to get to see him!
Ken and Edie have been so awesome! They really didn't have room for me to go along but traded vehicles with another of our friends so they would have room for me. How awesome is that?! I am so incredibly blessed to have such amazing friends!
So I'm off to get an allergy shot (Chris' parents have a cat), have a quick lunch with my friend Melanie and her little girl, Rebekah, and then I'll be heading out to Ken and Edie's so we can get on the road.
Hope you all have a wonderful Easter celebrating the resurrection of our Savior!
3.15.2005
Double Oops!
Ok, so if I was bad about not posting before, now I'm terrible! But alas, I have found my way back to my blog! YEAH!
So if there's anyone out there who actually reads this, you may have thought that I'd fallen off the face of the earth. And while that is definitely not true, I have kind of fallen in a way. :) Back in November I met Chris, an amazing, wonderful, funny, kind man. After a bit of a whirlwind, albeit long distance, courtship, Chris proposed on February 11th and I (of course!) said yes!
So the last month has been a jumble of traveling, lots of overtime at work, studying for Spanish - and trying to plan a wedding! I had no idea that you could get so overwhelmed with wedding planning! Chris and I have decided that we want to keep it simple but fun. The wedding will in Harlan with the reception following at the Irwin Community Center. Oh, yeah, and the date is set for Friday, November 25th, 2005 at 6:00 p.m.
More good news is that soon things will no longer be long distance! Chris graduates from Central Michigan University (www.cmich.edu) on May 7th and will be moving down here that week. YEAH!!!! Can we say Happy Fiance'?!
Check out the ticker at the top of my blog that counts down the days until our wedding. Very fun!
Hope you are all doing well, my friends! I may not be in touch as often as you or I would like, but you are all on my heart!
So if there's anyone out there who actually reads this, you may have thought that I'd fallen off the face of the earth. And while that is definitely not true, I have kind of fallen in a way. :) Back in November I met Chris, an amazing, wonderful, funny, kind man. After a bit of a whirlwind, albeit long distance, courtship, Chris proposed on February 11th and I (of course!) said yes!
So the last month has been a jumble of traveling, lots of overtime at work, studying for Spanish - and trying to plan a wedding! I had no idea that you could get so overwhelmed with wedding planning! Chris and I have decided that we want to keep it simple but fun. The wedding will in Harlan with the reception following at the Irwin Community Center. Oh, yeah, and the date is set for Friday, November 25th, 2005 at 6:00 p.m.
More good news is that soon things will no longer be long distance! Chris graduates from Central Michigan University (www.cmich.edu) on May 7th and will be moving down here that week. YEAH!!!! Can we say Happy Fiance'?!
Check out the ticker at the top of my blog that counts down the days until our wedding. Very fun!
Hope you are all doing well, my friends! I may not be in touch as often as you or I would like, but you are all on my heart!
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