Pictures of Randy

So everyone has been bugging me to post pictures of Randy, so here are some from his trip. It's sad to say that there is only one picture of us together, and I don't like it very much. We are getting our engagement pictures done today though, so we will have more pictures soon!

This is Randy at Jimmy Hendricks(x)? grave. Yep, he's amazingly good looking :)



Randy and his brother Nate at some waterfall. Randy is on the right.





And last but not least, this is Randy stuffing his face full of hot dog. Very attractive. I just had to add it :)

That's it for now! I'll post more of the two of us together at a later date.

Big News!

Okay, since I'm not married, I hope that none of you guessed that I'm having a baby. But, I am ENGAGED!!! I am so excited! I am marrying Randy Hoffman, on October 15th. I met him through David, since they have been friends since Jr. High. Apparently Randy thought I was cute, and decided to ask me out for Valentine's Day, but tried to make it as un-romantic as possible. Neither of us was convinced about anything after that first date. I mean, it was fine, but perhaps a little awkward? Needless to say, a month later, Randy finally decided to ask me out again (he claims it was because he was sick). This date was much better, and Randy enjoyed watching me try to eat pie without a fork in a movie theater. Yes, we snuck it in, and it was awesome. We hadn't been dating very long when I left for a month for Europe. I think this was the time where we grew the most because we had the opportunity to be apart from eachother, and I decided that I knew what I wanted. That's pretty much it! We haven't been dating for too long, but we know it's the right thing to do. He is such a wonderful guy!!

Reasons why I love Randy:

1. He ALWAYS makes me feel special
2. He makes me laugh
3. He is extremely handsome
4. He has a brain that amazes me, seriously, he's soo smart
5. His love for the gospel

Hopefully I will start posting more, but it seems like I am always busy working, or hanging out with my fiance.

Home Sweet Home

I'm finally home! I have been gone on a month long tour of Europe with the University of Utah Singers. We ended in Germany, with the international chamber choir competition in Marktoberdorf, and we got first place!! Very exciting. We started the tour in the Czech Republic, then moved on to Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria, and Germany. Phew! Basically, I don't want to see the inside of a bus, plane, or my suitcase for a long, long time. I have a ton of pictures, so I will try to post some of them soon. All I can say is that I'm grateful for the following things:

1. drinking fountains
2. restrooms that don't cost money
3. my own bed
4. thoroughly cooked meat
5. less smoke in the air
6. choosing what I want to wear for the day, rather than letting a wardrobe schedule tell me :)

I feel like that's a pretty good list for now. I can't wait to catch up with everyone's blogs! It feels like I've been gone forever!

No Time

Sorry it's been a while, but I have had absolutely no time lately. I am right in the middle of finals at the moment, and I am also leaving for Europe in less than a week!! If I can survive my history final tomorrow morning, life will be so much better. One more paper to write, and one more project to do for my instrumental rehearsal techniques class. A concert Friday, packing Saturday, a concert Sunday, and then off I go!! So much to do, so little time... I will be able to put many pictures up from my trip though, so look forward to an exciting little piece of Eastern Europe soon!

One more thing...

Randy, this post is just for you!! If you need a good laugh, try watching these videos. They make me laugh hysterically every time. I dont know why... You have to watch the normal one first, and then the slow motion, which is BY FAR the best :) Enjoy!!

Normal

Slow Motion :) HAHAHA

Finals? Already?!

I cannot believe how fast this semester has flown by.  It seems like just a few weeks ago we were shoveling our sidewalks and lived in a winter wonderland... oh wait, that was just a few weeks ago :)  I am so happy that Spring is finally here!  Right now, I am wearing a skirt, and I didn't even bring a jacket to school.  What an amazing feeling!

I leave for Europe in three weeks, and it seems like there is still so much that I have to do before I leave.  We have tons of music that I need to memorize, but at least I will be able to do some of that on the plane ride over!  I have a few projects left for finals that I am working on (or should be working instead of blogging) but I got started yesterday and they won't be as bad as I originally thought.

Hopefully I will have some pictures to post soon from some family things and from Easter.  I hope everyone had a great Easter, because I sure did!  I am loving life right now!

Things I am grateful for:

1.  Warm weather and sunshine on my face

2.  Great friends and a loving family

3.  Pineapples Mmm....

4.  FLIP FLOPS!

P.S. You Are Pretty

This semester, I had the opportunity to "pre-student teach" at Hillcrest Jr. High. I chose to do the boy's choir, thinking that I would learn the most from that difficult group, and yes, they are difficult :) It turned out to be such a great experience! I went for ten weeks, and got to do warm-ups with the boys, do some voice testing (you know, because their voices are definitely unpredictable at this age) and even got to teach them parts of songs. What an awesome experience! They definitely weren't little angels, but they were sweet enough. Friday was my last day, and it was actually kind of sad for me. The boys found out it was my last day and got together and made me a home-made card. The front says "Thank you Mrs. Hackett" (yep, Mrs.!) with a huge, and somewhat scary looking smiley face. The boys wrote very nice things. One of them wrote "Good luck!!! P.S. You are pretty". Lol it made me laugh. They were great boys to work with! I think that I will end up teaching Middle School. There's something inside of me that says that's where I need to be. I can't wait to student teach in the fall! Teaching will be such a trying but rewarding experience. I hope that I have a boys choir just like the ones that I just left :)