Done!

I am finally done with Spring Quarter and I couldn't feel better! This was a really tough quarter with work and the wedding planning needing to get done but I finally finished and am ecstatic! John and I are both done now but while he gets the rest of the summer off of school, I only have 10 days until I have to get back into it.

It is going to be a really busy time though. In just over a week is the engagement party that my fabulous aunt and uncle and two of my brides maids are throwing me. I am so excited to get to see my family and have John meet a lot of them for the first time. then in 23 days I will officially be married a I don't know how I could possibly be any happier. And while I don't get to go on a honeymoon right away because of school, I do get to go on one in August to Victoria, Canada. This is such a busy time in my life but I have to remember to sit back once in a while and just enjoy because I will never be going through this again. Sometimes I really have to remind myself of that when I am feeling overwhelmed and am ready to just throw in the towel. I don't think I could have gotten through all of this if it weren't my family and my future in-laws. Thanks guys!!

Irritation!

The final for my science class was to create a portfolio of work that we have done over the course of the last 6 months. I spent 6 or 7 hours putting this whole portfolio together so that it was ready for my presentation. I presented my portfolio to my teacher and in the end my teacher didn't even take it or look at it. I am highly irritated that I spent so much time on an assignment that no one even looked at! Thank goodness I only have one final to go; then I have a week and a half break until summer quarter starts!

Wedding Plans

Life is pretty crazy right now. As of today there are only 69 days until the wedding and it still feels like I have a million and two things to do. Fortunately, we got most of the boys out fits done. John's suit is completely done and looks fantastic on him. We also got shirts and ties for all of the boys. Anibal's suit needed to be re-altered because they didn't take the waist in enough. Ryan was just fitted for his yesterday and Jake, John's brother, was fitted for his a few days ago. Hopefully they will all be ready to pick up on May 9th. We just need to get shoes for them now.

I'm pretty much leaving the flowers in mom's capable hands. While I think that flowers are pretty, I in no way know what I am doing when it comes to picking them out or talking to florists. Luckily, between my mom and the florist that we are dealing with, I think that everything will look great.

My dress is currently being altered and will be ready for me to pick up on May1st. I'm so excited to see it on when it fits correctly!

I have now sent out just over half of the invitations. I hit a sticking point when it came to stamps and now have to wait until tomorrow to pick more up. The people who live close to me were fortunate enough to be given a hand delivered invitation that has a bow on it. If I were to send the invitations with bows, then each invitation would take 4 stamps to mail. My inner cheapness came out at this point and I decided that there was absolutely no way that I would be paying that much. So to fix it, I had to undo all of the bows that I had tied and turn them into just a strip of ribbon with a little embellishment on it. This took for ever because I had to re-cut all of the ribbon and hot glue it in place. At least I am done with the gluing process and it is just a matter of stamping at this point. Thank goodness!

There are many other details that I am trying to work out but I think I have done enough talking for one post!

4th File, 4th Photo

So I was reading Megan's blog and getting some insight into what it is like to become a mother when I got to her next post and saw that I had been tagged. I perused through my folder and was worried about what picture I would have to post but was pleasantly surprised to find that it was one that I absolutely love! It is not very often that our family gets a good picture of Anibal smiling but this just happens to be one where he is wearing a huge smile! It was taken on Christmas Day of 2007 when we were all gathered as a family. I love both of my brothers so much and I am so thankful for their love and support!

Suits!

Last weekend was a very exciting step in the right direction for our wedding. The boys finally got their suits ordered and two of them have even been fitted. As of right now, John and Anibal have both had their suits fitted just for them and are being altered as we speak. Unfortunately, they didn't have Ryan and Jacob's sizes in stock so they had to special order them. They will get fitted once their suits have arrived. This was also a monumental day because my mom finally met John's dad and my brothers finally met John's brother Jacob. Everyone seemed to get along really well and my mom really liked John's dad. Thank goodness! I love both my family and my new extended family and I'm so happy that they seemingly get along so well!

Pay Off Continues!!

So I found out about a week ago that I got straight A's and it really was a wonderful feeling. But I just found out yesterday that John got straight A's too! Between the two of us, that is nine 4.0's!!! It is one thing for me to do well but it makes it even better knowing that John did well also! I'm so proud of him!!!!

The Pay Off!!!

Those busy days have payed off because I just got my final grades and for the first time in my college career, I got straight A's! My GPA for this quarter was a 4.0! I didn't think this was possible at the beginning of the quarter because I had 5 classes but I proved myself wrong (thank goodness) and aced all of my classes. I can only be thankful for breaks between quarters because I was at the end of my rope with a long drop at the bottom.
Now I can look forward to next quarter which will hopefully be a little less busy since my wedding is getting so close. I was able to put wedding planning on the back burner last quarter but I do not have that luxury anymore since the wedding is only 3 1/2 months away.
In preparation for our impending marriage, John and I have gotten an apartment that is close to both of our families and to school. It's very exciting because it is a first for both of us. We get to move in on April 18th but only John will live there at first. I will move in with him once we are married. We'll see how it goes!