1 year anniversary!!

Today, Ryan and I are celebrating our one year anniversary!!! It's so crazy to think that this time a year ago we were having the wedding. Time goes by so fast. It has been a great year. I am so grateful to God for bringing us together. It is very interesting to see that people who in some ways are quite different, are actually JUST RIGHT for each other. I definitely see that we compliment each other in so many ways.

To celebrate our anniversary we started out by seeing Gateway (High school group from our church) off as they left for their mission trip to Queens, NY. Then we went to breakfast at Egg Harbor in Libertyville...the food there was so yummy. I had an omelet that had meat, veggies, and avocado in it, I had never tried avocado in an omelet before...it was delicious!!! Then we enjoyed a nice round of disc golf at Alder Park...I hadn't been in a while, but I didn't do half bad. It was so much fun....then we came back and hung out at home for a while...I left to get a haircut...it's a little shorter than I was planning on going...but I think it looks cute!!!

Now, we are getting ready to go to dinner at Claim Jumper...I'm so excited, I haven't been there in a LONG time, and Ryan has never been there. Then we will top the night off with seeing Transformers in IMAX!!!


I couldn't have asked for a better husband!!!

Baseball Baseball Baseball!!!!!

Holly, Ryan's sister came down last Monday to hangout with us and go to a Twins game vs. the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on Wednesday. The seats we had were GREAT! We were so close to the field, it's definitely the closest I've ever been at a baseball game. 1st base line, 14 rows up! We seriously could have walked straight onto the field...it was awesome. Then the game started. Of course we went to the game to cheer for the Twins because we were definitely not gonna cheer for the Sox anyway. It was fun until the 4th inning when the Twin's gave up 7 runs. In one of the following innings the Twins scored, so we stood to cheer...and some stupid Sox fans threw peanuts at us (like three times). Granted I have always heard Sox fans to be Jerks, but seriously... Then, the game ended and Twins lost (which was definitely sad), so as we were walking back to our car to go home, people continued to give us crap and use choice words against the Twins. This is what put me over the edge to "Absolutely Despise " the Sox. If the Sox would have lost, I think I could have taken the crap...but come on...they won the game and still felt the need to be royal jerks. It will be my life goal to cheer for whichever team is playing against the Sox.

Although we weren't able to go to the game on Thursday, it was AMAZING to listen to. If you didn't hear...the Twin's beat the Sox 20-1. Holly, Ryan and I said it would have been so much fun to be at that game, but with the way Sox fans are when they win, I'm not sure we would have made it out alive! I for sure would have been scared for my life. Even though I am a Seattle Mariners fan, it was so satisfying for the Twins to beat the Sox!

You might ask, "how can you cheer for the Twins if you are a Mariner fan?" well since my husband and his entire family are Twins fans, I came to the decision that I can cheer for the Twins so long as they are not playing against the Mariners. So if by chance it comes down to the Mariners vs. Twins in the AL playoffs, Ryan and I won't be on speaking terms during the duration of the series.

We came up to Minnesota for Memorial Day weekend, and today we are going to go to the Metrodome to see the Twins play again. This time we will be surrounded by fans that like us...that will be NICE!!! Hopefully the Twins can pull out a win again!!!

time flies by...

Well, I can't believe how fast this year has gone...in less than 2 months Ryan and I will have been married for a year already. It has been awesome so far! I feel that we are exactly were God wants us right now...although I do not care to live in Illinois the rest of my life. It's such a fun journey waiting on God to lead us and guide us through every stage of life. I would love to be able to live closer to family, but the tough part is if we live closer to my family...it's far from Ryan's family and the same the other way around. Family is such an important part of both of our lives and it would be great to live close to both families!

Here at school we counted up the number of school days until summer and we only have 28 days left...that's nuts! This school year has gone by pretty fast when I think about it, but sometimes I feel that it doesn't go fast enough. Well, as of right now, I'm signed up to teach summer school, as long as my classes fill up (which hopefully they will) ...so technically my summer won't start until July 8th.

Is it just me...or does time go much faster the older you get?

Weekend with Family!

So, this weekend I got to hang out with my aunt Karen, uncle Don, and cousin's Janelle and Michelle. Janelle was here at Great Lake doing Navy bootcamp. She just graduated on Friday, way to go Janelle!! The family came in for the graduation, so it has been nice getting to see them! Yesterday we had a late breakfast at Elly's...yummy...that place is so good!!! Then, we were going to go to the city but because Janelle had an 8 o'clock curfew we decided against it, instead we toured the 'wonderful' Gurnee Mills, that place is so packed...and honestly I don't think it is all that it is cracked up to be! The most important thing was getting to spend time with family! After that we ended up at McCarthy's for dinner...yummy yummy!

Today, the family went into Chicago, and Ryan and I went to church! When I got home from church I felt like I hit a wall (like nobody's business). I was chatting with my friend Michelle on facebook chat...and I was seriously falling asleep...it was CRAZY...so I decided to take a little nap. After about an hour nap on the SofaSak, Ryan suggested I go to sleep upstairs in bed...so I did....oh my goodness...it ended up being a 4 1/2 hour nap....longest nap in a LONG time. I musta really been exhausted. Well, hopefully I can wake up for school tomorrow!

I found my new addiction, Facebook top 5's...it's pretty sad how many I did today...they tend to be a little addictive...seriously. Well, I'm super proud of myself because I remembered to make another post! It helps to make your blog a bookmark on your toolbar!!! Well, I'm gonna go find something to do...maybe I should go read my Bible...I need to get better at that!

Tata for now!

2 days in a row!!!!

So, this is officially a record!! Two blogs back to back! Well, today is Friday, and boy have I ever been more happy for a Friday to come! The week seemed to go by kinda fast, all except for today.

We took the kids out to the big playground!!! You would think that would be exciting...but we had 2 potty accidents...oh boy! At least it was a nice sunny day today!

I went to Portillo's for dinner with Ryan, my Aunt Karen, Uncle Don, and cousin's Michelle and Janelle. Janelle just graduated today from Navy bootcamp. It was nice to get to see her! I look forward to getting to spend some time tomorrow with the family checking out the sight of Chicago!!! Hopefully I'll have some pictures and stories to post....but for now, I'm super tired!

P.J. Day at school!

Today was P.J. Day at school...so much fun! You would think that when the staff is given the chance to wear pj's or comfy clothes that most would jump at the offer...but surprisingly there were many people who didn't. This is my proof that I went to work in pj's. Although I wore pj's, I did shower this morning and put on clean ones...just for clarification....haha!

Well, yesterday was Ryan's birthday, he's 24 now. I wish I could say that he had the best birthday of his life, but that is just not the case this year. Since he is going to grad school, he had 3 presentations to prepare for this week, and two of them were today. So, his birthday was pretty much spent putting the final touches to his presentations. We did, however, cook a pork shoulder roast and made pulled pork sandwiches which was pretty tasty!

His dream present would have been a puppy, but since we cannot have a puppy where we live (nor do we really have the money for one), we watched Marley & Me instead. It was such a cute movie...I really enjoyed it.

Tonight is youth group...and afterwards my aunt, uncle, and cousin are coming in from Washington to spend the weekend with us. My cousin Janelle, is graduating from Navy bootcamp tomorrow, so they came for the graduation! I wish I could go to the graduation, but since it is during the day I can't because I have to work. I do look forward to visiting and hanging out this weekend with them.

Let's see if I can actually keep up with this blog thing...I'm trying...I also am trying to use my Twitter more. Facebook is a piece of cake for me...it's almost like it's an IV....I'm on it all the time....it's almost sad.

Well, until next time!