10 days!

My wedding is in 10 days! Yikes! 

I have to-do lists upon to-do lists and I keep rewriting them as I get things done. I am so excited and surprisingly not too stressed. There's a lot of little things to think about but I think for the most part I have it together. I think my top stressor is everything being set up, but I remind myself that is why I hired a day of coordintor and I will have my brother and his girlfriend, plus my mom, there to oversee it all. I know it will happen, there isn't a ton to do. 

ahhh! 

I have so many posts I want to make about it, but I think I'm going to wait until after the wedding. As for right now, the weather is looking awesome for both the rehearsal and thew wedding. I'm praying that its stays that way! 

Wedding Wednesday: Bachelorette Bash!

My bachelorette party was last week and it was AMAZING! My bridesmaids went above and beyond to make it such a fun trip. We stayed in a condo on the water in Chelan and it was gorgeous! Two of my bridesmaids got their early to decorate, it was so cute and festive when I arrived! 

When we arrived we spend a couple of hours lounging at the pool and enjoying the sun! 

 That night we went out to an awesome Italian restaurant, we stopped for a group picture before we went in to eat. 

We caught the sunset after dinner. I loved being right on the lake. 

We went on a wine tasting tour the next day. We rode in this open air vehicle and our driver was great, he took us to the best wineries, was our personal photographer, and make the day a great adventure. Oh, and I made the girls wear tutus and it was a blast. :) 

The second night we played some games and stayed in. After wine tasting all day we were all exhausted and it was nice to just hang out with each other in the condo.

It was the perfect trip! The last big thing before the wedding! We are only 17 days away! :) 

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Wedding Wednesday: Food Tasting

We went to taste the food for our venue yesterday and it was a lot of fun. My fiance and I brought my mom since she is so generously paying for the reception. I love going to my venue because it always makes me even more excited for the big day. We are down to 30 DAYS!!! 

Food tasting was what my fiance was looking forward to the most in the whole wedding planning process. He was able to get half of the day off to join my mom and I. They brought the food our family style so we could all try everything, here's what we had! 

 Carved tri-tip with au jus and roasted potatoes.

Chicken with a honey dijon glaze and mixed vegetables. 

Classic Caesar Salad

 Some fancy salad that I didn't try because there was too much stuff I couldn't identify. haha.  

I didn't get pictures of the appetizers but we will be having BBQ meatballs, chicken skewers, and bruschetta. Plus for dessert, cupcake and a cookie bar. For some reason I don't think anyone will be going home hungry. 

What were you or your fiance looking forward to the most?

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JUNE RECAP

I can't believe today is the last day of June! It has been such an awesome month. School's out! The end of the year went pretty well, it came super fast and I was a little sad to say goodbye to my kids, but I don't miss them yet. haha. Summer is in full swing, and my wedding is only a month away!

I can't believe how fast everything is going. I have crazy to do lists and I'm working really hard to get in shape and lose weight for the wedding. I'm always better with a timeline so I can really crack down for a month and do great. I've run every day for a week and I'm already feeling great.

Things with my fiance have been great. There are a few stressors here and there but overall, I think we are both super excited for the wedding. It was his birthday last week so we celebrated with cake and presents. I tried to spoil him. :)

I've been reading a ton! I already finished two books this summer and am working on my third.

I also try to spend like an hour at the pool each day working on my tan. Slow and steady should make me the perfect shade of golden brown for my wedding. 

Life is so good! 

Wedding Wednesday: Bridal Shower!

Sunday was my Bridal Shower! It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. There was no detail that was missing, it was absolutely amazing. I am so excited to share. :) 

My wedding colors are aqua and silver. The lady who hosted the shower (family friend) had us eating off china and drinking out of crystal! It was so classy and elegant! I also loved my personalized, '48 days until she's Mrs. O..." napkins! 

 One of my bridesmaids made this sign, I'm making her create a "Mr. & Mrs." one for the sweetheart table. 

This is where all of the food went once it was ready. 

There were about 6 of these bouquets throughout where we were both inside and outside. I am obsessed with them! Peonies and lilies, gorgeous! 

It's not brunch without mimosas! 

Me && my bridesmaids showing off our rings! You couldn't say 'Bride' or 'Wedding' without losing your ring. I lost mine in about 2 minutes. 

There were almost 30 people there and it was seriously the best day. I felt so loved. I am so blessed to have such amazing friends and family. 

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Teacher Tuesday: Two Years Down!

It's hard to believe that tomorrow my second year of teaching is over. It feels so much better than the first, I was more confident and a much better teacher. Last year I remember being totally exhausted and worn out and this year I actually still have sone energy! I think some of it might be excitement about it being over, but hey, it's still energy! 

Things that went well...winning Nationals! I still can't believe that was this year, it was a life dream and I accomplished it already. I can't believe it. Next year I look forward to branching out more in FFA and continuing to pursue other competitions and activities. 

I felt like my classroom management improved this year. I did better at drawing the line, saying no, and sticking to it. I'm also not afraid to contact parents to try and get them on my side and get the behavior figured out. 

Things I want to improve on...organizing late work and missing work. I have a folder for students to get papers from but they don't realize that the papers are there most of the time. Even when I direct them there they are like, "where can I find that paper?" #frustrating

I also want to use my classroom website and technology more effectively. I think there are so many cool tools online that I'm not fully taking advantage of. In the same token, I do want to improve on cracking down on cell phones. I just need to say no, and have activities for students when they are finished with work that do not involved being on their phones. 

Teaching is exhausting and stressful, but also so incredibly rewarding. I wouldn't  trade it for anything. 

One more day! This summer is going to be great, probably the best of my life. I'm so ready. 

Weekending: Family and Friends

What a weekend! The main event was my bridal shower which will get it's own post on Wednesday, but here's how it went! 

Friday afternoon I had a second hair trial. The lady originally scheduled to do my hair called and said that she had a family emergency (in two months?!...) and can't do my hair. Another stylist was taking it all over, same price, same everything, but I need to come do a trial with her. So I do, and I hated my hair. It was the same-ish look, but so wrong. Now I have to go AGAIN and hope that she figures it out...less than two months before my wedding. It's a little stressful.

Friday evening C and I went running. We've been doing a good job going out to at least walk or run a few miles each night. It feels so good and I really feel my body changing. I'm going to force him to keep going, he always likes it when he does and he really motivates me because he can run farther and faster than me.

Saturday we went to the horse races with some of our bridal party. I wanted it to be more of a thing to get everyone together but we have people who work full time and their jobs are on weekends, people hours away, and my MOH getting everything ready for the shower, so having everyone didn't happen but we still had a great day with who we had. 

Sunday was my shower! I am saving all of the details for my post on Wednesday, but it was absolutely amazing. Seriously a dream. I am one happy, spoiled, loved, girl. :) 

It's my last week of school until summer vacation! Woot Woot! We finish on Wednesday and I CANNOT wait. I love my job, but I need a break! :)

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