I am happy to say that Mike came out here for a visit and we had a blast!!! We did so much. Day one consisted of sleeping, sushi, and Lake Las Vegas. Day two consisted of rollercoasters, kite flying, In and Out, and watching Marley and Me (where I bawled my eyes out!). Day three was our marriage license day! Woot!

One more trip for Mike in a couple of weeks and then its our wedding! It’s going down!!

So I’m running a 5k tomorrow with no training! Haha. I thought it would be fun to see how I do, even if I haven’t been running in a while, plus its for a great cause. I did it a few years ago and its a lot of fun!

Wish me luck!

We will be staying here the first night (since I won a free stay a while back!):

And then we will stay here the two other nights:

AND THEN! The best part is in July….we will be going here:

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO!!! I am so excited!!

I really do think I am a nut for planning my wedding a day after the last day of school, but it gives me all the reason to count down to June 6th.

Invitations are off and things are starting to set in motion. I’ m meeting with a lady next week to plan out my reception. Nothing too fancy, but I want it to be cute and I’m excited to come up with inexpensive ideas but make it look like it wasn’t. I love a good challenge!

Anyway, enough wedding talk! Six weeks to go!

I absolutely LOVE Buckle Jeans and LOVE LOVE LOVE their store!

The amazing deals on Southwest.

Albertsons has mandarin oranges 10 for $10.00. Amazing.

Candies shoes. I still love Maddens, but Candies are cute too.

I was driving to meet my sister at the temple and Mike called with the good news! We are cleared to get married!! WOOHOO!

Save the date guys!

Saturday, June 6th 2009
Las Vegas Temple
4:00pm session

The reception will be on the northwest part of town:

Alexander Chapel

It’s been a while since I blogged and unfortunately I haven’t taken too many pictures. Pretty much my time spent now is working, getting ready for the wedding, sleeping, and working out.

So since a majority of my life right now is at school, I figured I would blog about that. My classroom has full on become a zoo. It’s my fault because I can’t say no and I love animals a little too much. This is what I have to go to every day:

I have two red slider turtles that showed up a couple of weeks ago. They are the smelliest things ever and I pretty much have to clean their cage twice a week. BUT, when their little faces look at you, they are so cute! They always look like they are smiling!

Angel, the leopard gecko, is a classroom favorite. She was a donation from my stepmom who was trying to get rid of her. She is pretty low maintenance and I highly recommend her for a pet.

Noodles the snake holds a special place in my heart. I got him my second year of teaching and he has managed to survive six more years of grubby kids and moving from apartment to apartment. I love him, but I expect him to go soon since they only live to be about seven.

My firebellied toads crack me up. They are always croaking when its quiet. Plus they have such a smug look on their face. Silly guys.

I know…beta fishes are really simple, but I have seriously become attached to my beta Orlando. Every morning he swims over to a certain spot in his bowl and waits for me to feed him. So cute!

Am I a nerd or what???